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Mar 27, 2009 · One day in the late 1920s, hoteliers Severt W. Thurston and Frank Dupar met by chance in a coffee shop in Yakima, Washington. Unbeknownst to one another, each had gone to Yakima to make separate hotel deals.
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In 1930, Severt W. Thurston and Frank Dupar of Seattle, Washington met unexpectedly during breakfast at the coffee shop of the Commercial Hotel in Yakima, Washington. The competing hotel owners decided to form a management company to handle all their properties, and help deal with the crippling effects of the ongoing Great Depression . [3]
Sep 20, 2017 · Severt W Thurston, once a vaudeville acrobat, and Frank Dupar, a former plumber, were independently scouting out Yakima, Washington, to expand their hotel business, when they bumped into each other over breakfast.
The following year, in 1930, Frank Dupar and Severt Thurston were seated at different tables in a coffee shop in a small town east of Seattle called Yakima. Both hotel owners were in the area looking to expand their hotel business.
Jun 19, 2024 · Westin Hotels & Resorts is an American upscale hotel chain based in Bethesda, Maryland. The hospitality company was founded in 1930 by competing hoteliers, Severt Thurston and Frank Dupar. They formed a management firm to handle their properties, which later became Western Hotels.
The firm known today as Westin Hotels and Resorts was formed in 1930 under the name Western Hotels, Inc. The idea for the company was conceived at an informal meeting in Yakima, Washington, between hoteliers Severt W. Thurston and Frank Dupar.
The firm known today as Westin Hotels and Resorts was formed in 1930 under the name Western Hotels, Inc. The idea for the company was conceived at an informal meeting in Yakima, Washington, between hoteliers Severt W. Thurston and Frank Dupar.
