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KEITH WORSHAM President and CEO
Mr. Worsham have over 20 years of hospitality experience in hotel development and franchising. For many years, Keith was the Director of Franchise Sales and Development for Cendant Corporation. During his tenure, he signed over 150 franchise agreements generating over $120 million in annual revenue. He was the top producer for three consecutive years and in the top five producers club for his entire career with Cendant corporation
After leaving Cendant Corporation Mr. Worsham developed over twelve hotel management agreements and has a proven track record in development, consulting and management. He developed West K envelopment, Inc., providing access to significant growth capital, development and construction resources, and a vast network of professional advisors and contacts. In addition, he has a wealth of knowledge in repositioning hotels, franchise selection and negotiations, site selection, brokerage and evaluating investment opportunities. Mr. Worsham along with a joint venture converted the Carter Hall a dormitory for Georgia State University into A full service Hotel named Capitol Plaza Hotel and later franchised and operated as Holiday Inn Select in downtown Atlanta, GA.
Mr. Worsham merged his company with Wayne McAteer with Wesley Hospitality and created Wesley Hotel Group, LLC in 2003 to own, operate, and develop hotels. Wesley Hotel Group developed the first new build Hotel Indigo in Sarasota, Florida along with a private investment group named Paradise Hotels of Florida. Sarasota was the first newly constructed Indigo in the brand. Wesley Hotel Group signed another franchise to be developed in Nashville, Tennessee (Vanderbilt – Music Row). The Hotel Indigo was an office building conversion. Wesley signed a second franchise with Hotel Indigo to be developed in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. This would be a conversion of a historical office building. Wesley Hotel Group now has been part of 5 Hotel Indigo projects. Wesley Hotel Group, LLC was named IHG developer of the year in 2007.
Mr. Worsham is a Georgia licensed real estate salesperson with the Georgia Board of Realtors and is a graduate of Valdosta State University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Organization Communication with an emphasis in marketing.
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