Originally Posted by
Sisosig
Illustrations
(BTW in the previous post, apparently my internal auto-correct refused to type the mixed British-French spelling of Granada-Royale)
1: 1983 promotional ad describing the Granada Royale Hometel features. Really looks like Embassy Suites 0.99
2: Historic postcard of Granada Scottsdale Resort. You'll find a recent, similar image on today's booking pages for the current Embassy Suites hotel.
3: Granada Royale Hometel in El Paso, TX. There was an older Front Desk agent. At check out I asked if it had been a different hotel in the past, because it didn't look like a regular ES. He said some difficult name that didn't ring a bell, now I know.
4: Backside text on these post cards.
5. Holiday Inn Jr, the Motto/Tempo for Boomers. This almost finished one is in Memphis, TN. You were supposed to park under the rooms. Holiday Inn was based out of Memphis, but the pre-built units came from a low labor-cost state, in particular Phoenix, Az.
I stayed in a Granada Royale in the early 1980s! It was in Houston. I knew that the chain eventually got folded into Embassy Suites through subsequent mergers/acquisitions.
One of the non-atrium Embassy Suites that's been around for quite awhile (at least ~25 years, perhaps longer) is the one in Philadelphia. It's an octagonal tower that was originally built many decades earlier as an apartment building.