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| InterContinental Hotels Group awards scholarship to Tephane Rainey
We’re pleased to announce that Tephane Rainey has been awarded the first InterContinental Hotels Group scholarship at the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management at the University of Memphis.
A full-time student, Tephane has more than five years experience in the hospitality industry and continues to gain operational experience at a full-service hotel in Memphis. She looks forward to an exciting career in the hospitality industry and notes that to her, hospitality means offering "fresh ideas with innovative and creative gracious southern hospitality."
SVP Corporate Affairs Vicki Gordon describes Tephane as a dynamic student with a promising future in the hospitality industry.
The company is pleased to be able to assist in the development of the industry's future leaders via the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management. The scholarship, which focuses on helping female and minority students interested in the hospitality field, is one portion of our support of the University of Memphis. We also fund the InterContinental Chair of Excellence for the school.
| Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality And Resort Management at the University of Memphis | | InterContinental Hotels Group is committed to building management capability and leadership for the future of the hospitality industry, and we believe this leadership must reflect the overall population.
The Kemmons Wilson School opened in March 2002. Out of this commitment, we are pleased to be a major supporter of the new Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management at the University of Memphis.
Our endowment will create a scholarship fund for women and minority students and establish a InterContinental Hotels Group Chair of Excellence for the Wilson School.
|  |  | | The Kemmons Wilson School opened in March 2002. | | | The gift also allows us to honor and help preserve the legacy of Holiday Inn® founder and industry pioneer Kemmons Wilson, who opened the first Holiday Inn® hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1952.
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The Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management includes a fully functioning Holiday Inn hotel on site, with 82 suites, a full-service restaurant and meeting and ballroom facilities. The Wilson School is one of only a select number of hospitality schools in the country that provide students with such hands-on experience.
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