Matchcover for the Lake Aire Motel in Duluth, Minnesota

Did you know that Holiday Inn never used Vacancy/No Vacancy signs? Here's why:

The Health Club at The Castaways in Miami beach, Florida "America's most FUNderful Resort Motel"

A matchbook from the Tivoli Hotel in Ancon, Canal Zone (pre Panama)

I haven't been as active on here as I should be, but I am working hard on scanning more than 2,000 old Holiday Inn by IHG matchbooks.

My favorites are the restaurants located inside the old Holiday Inns.

I know there is so much more going today but can we talk about Mickey Mantle's Holiday Inn in Joplin, Missouri?

Finlandia! Motel near Mt. Shasta, California

An October 1957 news clipping about the opening of Mickey Mantle's Holiday Inn in Joplin, Missouri

1960 Labor Day Weekend of Frockling Fun from Somethin' Smith and the Redheads in the Dugout and Mickey Mantle's Holiday Inn.

Mickey Mantle's Holiday Inn needs waitresses (March 5, 1962)

Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge & Restaurant in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

I have been working on a major scanning project over the last few months. Still a ways to go but here's a hint.

1982 Holiday Inn Minnesota Twins schedule

Sea Breeze Hotel and Villas in Palm Beach, Florida

Holiday Inn - Fergus Falls, Minnesota

New Moongate Resort in Hallandale Beach, Florida

The Coachman's Inn - Little Rock, Arkansas

An example of the early Ramada Inn sign. From Amarillo, Texas

Holiday Inn Hotel - Opelika, Alabama