News & Press Clips

April 5, 2007
Atlanta, GA - On the Road: USFS brands roll out welcome mat for guests of short stature. The event…welcomed a special guest-Matt Roloff, one of the stars of "Little People, Big World" on The Learning Channel. He was there to help USFS executives announce that the company's two brands, Microtel Inns & Suites and Hawthorn Suites, will offer accessibility kits for people of short stature, or little people, at all of the brands' nearly 400 open properties.
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March 29, 2007
Atlanta, GA - Microtel and Hawthorn Suites to Feature 'Short Stature Accessibility Kits' for Little People of America in All Hotels. To better serve the over 1.2 million Americans of short stature, Microtel Inns & Suites and Hawthorn Suites are providing accessibility products preferred by Little People at all of the brands’ nearly 400 hotels currently open around the U.S., which will also become ‘Little People Friendly Locations.’
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December 20, 2006
Minnetonka, MN - Carlson Hotels Worldwide Introduces In-Room Assistive Convenience Kits Across the Americas to Assist Guests With Dwarfism. Following a year-long test at its owned and managed hotels in the Americas, Carlson Hotels Worldwide has moved forward to introduce the Assistive Convenience Kit by Direct Access Solutions for guests at select hotels in the Americas by July 2007.
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December 20, 2006
Minnetonka, MN - Radisson reaches out to little people. Here's a first from a hotel brand: complimentary kits to help short people cope with rooms designed for larger folk.
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September 1, 2005
Minnetonka, MN - A Welcome Package at Carlson Hotels Worldwide. Measures that include provision of assistive devices and sensitivity-trained staff are hallmarks of Carlson’s commitment to diversity. The newest addition to that welcoming symphony is Welcome Kit that targets the needs of short-statured (under 4’10”) guests.
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