Tennessee's Top Luxury Hotel Takes Five-Star Approach to Funding Preservations of State's Scenic and Historic Land
Partnership Between The Hermitage Hotel and The Land Trust for TennesseeWill Protect About 500 Acres a Year NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 11, 2008 – The finest hotel in Tennessee has inaugurated an innovative program to save what is finest about Tennessee – the state’s open space, farms, woodlands, scenic corridors, vistas and historic places. About 500 acres of scenic and historic land will be protected each year through The Hermitage Hotel’s new partnership with The Land Trust for Tennessee.
The downtown Nashville luxury hotel, Tennessee’s only Mobil Five Star and AAA Five Diamond hotel, is now offering guests the chance to contribute $2 to The Land Trust for each night of their stay. The hotel forecasts that the program will generate about $50,000 each year, which The Land Trust estimates will cover the cost of preserving approximately 500 acres. The Land Trust is a non-profit organization that works with willing landowners to preserve forever the historic, scenic and natural values of their land
“Based on our typical occupancy, we look forward to donating half a million dollars in a decade. This is enough to preserve an area twice the size of Nashville’s Warner Parks, which is one of the largest urban parks in the country,” said Greg Sligh, managing director of The Hermitage Hotel. “And this is just the beginning. We plan to actively encourage other Tennessee hotels to join us in this project to save Tennessee’s heritage and scenic beauty. The potential benefit is enormous. We are very excited about what Tennessee’s hospitality industry and The Land Trust can accomplish to together.”
Governor Phil Bredesen, who founded The Land Trust for Tennessee, applauded the new program. “Our conservation and preservation goals are best accomplished through partnerships, when organizations with a shared vision work together to achieve a common goal,” said Bredesen. “This cooperative approach is an excellent example of how private entities can partner to achieve lasting benefits for all Tennesseans.”
About The Land Trust for Tennessee
The Land Trust for Tennessee is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, founded in 1999. Its mission is to preserve the unique character of Tennessee’s natural and historic landscapes for future generations. To date, The Land Trust for Tennessee has protected more than 32,000 acres of land and is working with numerous other landowners across the state. More information is available at
www.landtrusttn.org.
About The Hermitage Hotel
The Hermitage Hotel, which opened in 1910, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Today, 122-room luxury hotel is the only Mobil Five Star and AAA Five Diamond hotel in Tennessee and five contiguous states – Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Missouri and Arkansas. More information is available online at
www.thehermitagehotel.com. The Hermitage Hotel’s sister properties include The Jefferson Hotel in Richmond, VA, The Sanctuary at Kiawah Island Golf Resort in Charleston, SC and Sea Pines Resort on Hilton Head Island, SC. The Hermitage, The Jefferson and The Sanctuary also hold the Mobil Five Star and AAA Five Diamond rating, placing them on an elite list of 31 hotels, resorts and inns in North America and Mexico to hold AAA’s and Mobil’s highest awards.
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