Kemmons Wilson: An Appreciation
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 01.07.04 | 9:19 PM ET
Holiday Inn founder Kemmons Wilson “may have flattened the cultural landscape, but he also widened its horizons.” So writes “Up in the Air” author Walter Kirn in a terrific New York Times essay that chronicles the recently deceased Wilson’s role in transforming America’s highways from a “sinister place lined with greasy spoons and fleabag tourist camps and populated by felons and fornicators” to a family-friendly setting.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
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