GERMANTOWN, Tennessee—McNeill Hotel Company (MHC) and the McNeill Family announced the passing of Phillip H. McNeill, Sr., who was 87. McNeill, Sr. was one of the early investors in major hotel brand franchising, having opened the second Hampton Inn located in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1984. He further founded and served in multiple leadership roles with Equity Inns, a publicly traded (NYSE) Real Estate Investment Trust, which grew from 8 hotels valued at $40 million […]

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