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Hotel Elkhart Named Top Restoration Project in Indiana
Hotel Elkhart Named Top Restoration Project in Indiana
Virginia Business Magazine selects Cornerstone Hospitality President & CEO Kimberly Christner as one of the most influential and powerful business leaders in Virginia’s hospitality sector.
PRESIDENT AND CEO, CORNERSTONE HOSPITALITY LLC, selected one of the most influential and powerful business leaders in Virginia’s hospitality sector.
Although Cornerstone Hospitality manages branded hotels, the company is probably best known for its work developing distinctive boutique hotels designed with décor reflecting the history and culture of the regions where the properties are located.
June 14, 2024 -- Lynchburg, VA - The Craddock Terry Hotel Recognized as One of the Best in Central Virginia by Virginia Living Magazine
April 3, 2024 -- Lynchburg, VA - Craddock Terry Hotel Shoemakers American Grille in Lynchburg, VA Wins Distinguished Restaurants of North America Award
January 29, 2024 -- Bristol, VA - The Sessions Hotel, located in the heart of Bristol, VA, has been distinguished as Tribute Portfolio’s Hotel of the Year, a remarkable achievement that celebrates the hotel’s unparalleled commitment to excellence in hospitality and is awarded annually by Tribute Portfolio’s leadership team.
LYNCHBURG, VA, AUGUST 8, 2023 - BUSTER BROWN AN ICON AT THE CRADDOCK TERRY HOTEL CROSSES OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE -THE GOODEST BOY EVER AND BELOVED MEMBER OF THE LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA COMMUNITY
WILLIAMSBURG, VA, JULY 19, 2023 - Cornerstone Hospitality LLC cornerstonehospitality.com is proud to announce that its owner as well as President & CEO, Kimberly Christner, has been selected as one of the most influential women and powerful business leaders in Virginia by Virginia Business Magazine.
JACKSONVILLE, N.C., July 18, 2023 – Cornerstone Hospitality, LLC proudly announces the grand opening of Jacksonville's latest addition, My Place Hotel. This official unveiling, in collaboration with the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, celebrates the second My Place Hotel in the state.
LYNCHBURG, VA – March 3, 2022 – Perched above the James River in a former shoe factory, Craddock Terry Hotel, Lynchburg, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel brings captivating design, and experiences that bring people together and connect guests to the surrounding Lynchburg community. The hotel joins Tribute Portfolio – the growing collection of characterful, independent hotels from Marriott Bonvoy’s extraordinary portfolio of 30 hotel brands.
Elkhart, Indiana – (September 23, 2021) – Cressy Commercial Real Estate along with partner Mno-Bmadsen, the non-gaming investment arm of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, announced today that the historic Hotel Elkhart located in Elkhart, Indiana will celebrate its grand opening on September 28, 2021.
Kimberly Christner, CEO is guest on No Vacancy Live July 2020
Boutique Hotel Biz Advantage- Kimberly Christner, CEO of Cornerstone Hospitality talks to Glenn Haussman and Anthony Melchiorri on No Vacancy Live
The Sessions Hotel Opens Downtown Bristol, VA
Music imagery and history oozes from every sparkling pore of The Sessions Hotel.
My Place Opens in King George Virginia
Music imagery and history oozes from every sparkling pore of The Sessions Hotel.
Niche industry leader: Christner’s boutique hotels tell stories about their communities
Kimberly Christner has become a driving force in Virginia’s boutique hotel industry, a field that combines two of her passions — restoring historic buildings and helping the economies of small communities.
Sessions Hotel now expected to open in 2019
BRISTOL, Va. — All was quiet on a sun-drenched Friday morning in the 800 block between State and Goode streets, where a cluster of long-vacant buildings stand silently.
Developers of the long-promised Sessions Hotel said this week that silence will soon be broken, issuing a new timetable for construction and opening for the 70-room boutique hotel and two attendant restaurants.
CRADDOCK TERRY HOTEL RECOGNIZED WITH CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER’S 2018 READERS’ CHOICE AWARD #14 in the "Top Hotels in the South”
THE WORLD’S BEST HOTELS, RESORTS, CITIES, ISLANDS, AIRLINES, AIRPORTS AND CRUISE LINES
October 17, 2018 – Condé Nast Traveler announced the results of its 31st annual Readers’ Choice Awards with Craddock Terry Hotel recognized as #14 in the Top Hotels in the South, ahead of the only other Virginia hotels listed, the Jefferson Hotel #16 and Quirk #27 in Richmond.
‘You have to have a new ride’
PIPELINE OF NEW HOTEL PROPERTIES EXPECTED TO MAKE VIRGINIA MORE COMPETITIVE
“It doesn’t feel like we’re in Norfolk anymore,” Dana Jo Decker remarked to friends while standing in line recently to check in at The Main, Virginia’s newest luxury hotel and conference center. “It feels like we’ve been transplanted somewhere else.”
Work progressing on Western Front Hotel in downtown St Paul, Va.
ST. PAUL, Va. — The squeals of power saws slicing lumber fill the air near the intersection of Fourth and Russell streets in downtown St. Paul, much as they have for the past nine months.
Milton's at the Western Front Hotel - Featured in Tasting Table
Travis Milton, a chef out to preserve and push forward the culinary traditions of Appalachia, will open the first of his three restaurants in the region this summer. Meals at this meat and three, which is a stone's throw from his hometown, will remain casual. Stay tuned for his more elevated Shovel and Pick in a year.