MILWAUKEE (April 5, 2006) – Ellingsen Brady Advertising announced today that it as been selected as the public relations agency for Sunstone Hotel Investors’ Rochester, Minn. group of properties which include the The Kahler Grand Hotel, Kahler Inn & Suites, Residence Inn Rochester at Mayo Clinic, Marriott Rochester at Mayo Clinic, Holiday Inn City Centre and the new International Hotel.
Ellingsen Brady will handle international, national and local public relations programs for the hotel group, said agency vice president Tim Brady. “We’re excited to team our years of hospitality experience with Sunstone’s Rochester group of hotels,” said Brady. “From the well-known national brands to the historic Kahler Grand Hotel and new International Hotel, there are so many unique selling features here in Rochester. We are very excited with the opportunity.”
All together, Sunstone’s Rochester properties account for 1,409 hotel rooms, or 70 percent of downtown Rochester’s total rooms. The “crown jewel” of the account is the 708-room Kahler Grand Hotel. Opened in 1921, the Kahler caters to Mayo Clinic patients with unique amenities like phone lines direct to the clinic, 24-hour room service with Mayo approved menus, and a full-service concierge service that accompanies many patients directly to their appointments. The Kahler just recently opened a “hotel within a hotel” with the introduction of the ultra-lux International Hotel, on the 11th floor of the Kahler Grand. High-end amenities at the International include virtual check-in, international satellite television, hand-hewn mahogany and marble touches, dedicated concierge, and personalized services such as pre-set room temperature and turndown amenities.
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. is a Southern California-based lodging real estate investment trust (REIT). Sunstone owns 61 hotels with an aggregate of 17,091 rooms primarily in the upper-upscale and upscale segments operated under franchises from nationally recognized brands such as Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton and Fairmont.
Founded in May 1994 by partners Don Ellingsen of Bay View and Tim Brady of Brookfield, Ellingsen Brady Advertising is a full-service marketing communications firm in downtown Milwaukee specializing in advertising, public relations and corporate design for business-to-business, special event and consumer markets. The agency is located at 207 E. Buffalo Street in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward. For more information, call 414.224.9424 or visit www.ebadvertising.com.
