Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners (KWHP)

About Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners (KWHP)

Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners (KWHP) is a real estate operator headquartered in Memphis, TN. Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners (KWHP) operates in Los Angeles, California (LA), Memphis, Tennessee and Nashville, Tennessee. Its investment focus is on Hospitality.

**Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners (KWHP)** is a Memphis, Tennessee-based private equity real estate firm operating as the dedicated hospitality investment platform of Kemmons Wilson Companies (KWC). Built on a family legacy spanning over 70 years following Kemmons Wilson’s founding of Holiday Inn in 1952, the platform is led by President C. Kemmons Wilson III alongside Chief Investment Officer Webb Wilson. The enterprise concentrates its strategy on value-add, opportunistic, and special-situation hospitality investments. Its investment capabilities span equity deployment, ground-up developments, brand conversions, capital restructuring, preferred equity, and public-to-private transactions across luxury, upper-upscale, boutique, and select-service hotel properties. The organization maintains an active national operational and investment footprint encompassing over 40 hospitality assets across the United States. Key portfolio transactions and developments include acquiring public REIT Sotherly Hotels Inc. (a 10-hotel full-service portfolio) through a joint venture with Ascendant Capital Partners, developing The Banneker Hotel in Washington, D.C., redeveloping historic assets like The Mining Exchange Hotel in Colorado, and acquiring luxury oceanfront assets such as The Resort at Kapalua Bay in Maui, Hawaii.

Principals at Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners (KWHP)