Innisfree Hotels

Tourism Cares Article about Innisfree Hotels

Sun, 13 May 2012 18:31:00 -0400

Tourism Cares Article about Innisfree Hotels:

Tourism Cares is an organization that brings a herd of volunteers to tourist destinations to engage in public works. Most of their volunteers are high profile industry leaders and travel writers. When they leave they help raise the profile of an area by writing an amazing article about them. They wrote this article about CEO of Innisfree Hotels Julian MacQueen. Innisfree owns three beachfront hotels on Pensacola Beach Florida.

Tis the season for back yard crawfish boils in Louisiana. Here...

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:59:12 -0400

Tis the season for back yard crawfish boils in Louisiana. Here are complete instructions on how to boil up crawfish from Mike Cosse - the Cajun Food and Beverage Director at the Holiday Inn Resort Pensacola Beach Florida. Mike serves up spicy authentic crawfish at Riptides beachfront tiki bar every Saturday and Sunday all summer.

Pensaocla Beach Florida. What a beautiful picture.

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:14:09 -0500

Pensaocla Beach Florida. What a beautiful picture.

Innisfree Hotels in Lodging Hospitality

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:52:24 -0500

Innisfree Hotels in Lodging Hospitality:

Interview with our CEO and Founder Julian MacQueen about the building of the Holiday Inn Resort in Pensacola Beach Florida.

Hyatt Hotel Development in Pensacola FL

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:50:40 -0500

Hyatt Hotel Development in Pensacola FL:

Innisfree Hotels which owns three beachfront hotels in the Gulf Coast of Florida and Alabama will officially break ground on their newest development at ‘Airport & 12th’ in Pensacola Florida on January 13th. We are proud to partner with two local credit unions to create 350 new jobs in our local economy.

Princess New Years Ball Hilton Hotel Pensacola Beach

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:15:00 -0500

Create family memories that will last a lifetime by taking your kids to a New Years Eve slumber party in the glamorous ballroom at the Hilton Gulf Front Hotel on Pensacola Beach. There will be a kid focused buffet dinner, karaoke, bouncy castle, balloon drop and so many other awesome family activities. Slumber party runs on December 31st between 5:30pm-1:30am and is for kids ages 2 to 12. There will be cots available for sleepy little ones. Tickets are $60 per child or $49 if parents are dining in H20 Gulf Front Grill. Price includes a t-shirt and a poster. Mom and dad are free!

We are also hosting a five course gourmet dinner with wine pairings in H20′s beautiful seasonally decorated Gulf front dining room. See menu below.

Or you can bring in the New Year at Latitudes bar on the Hilton hotel’s beachfront pool deck. Stay warm with tents and a fire pit. You’ll be in the perfect place to watch the fireworks at midnight on the Pensacola Pier.

Phone: (850) 343-6791 for reservations.

Take the elevator home! We have affordable and unbeatable special rates only available for our social media and blog fans. Email hgirez@innisfree.com and ask for a No Splash Zone rate.

H20′s New Years Eve Menu

Appetizers

Truffle and cavier topped mousse of foie gras with lavaoush and bread sticks.
Housemade pork she mae with ponsu dipping sauce.
Slow braised risotto of duck with chives and parmesan, finished with crispy duck chicherons.
White wine and saffron braised mussels with roasted garlic tomatoes, fresh pressed basil and a crunchy baguette.

Salads

Shrimp and apple smoked bacon tossed in chopped romaine and then finished with smoked tomato vinaigrette.
Fried calamari on a bed of arugula with balsamic marinated tomatoes.
Pinot grigio poached pears and spiced walnuts on a mesclin bed and topped with goat and blue cheese.

Intermezzo

Pomegranate sorbet.

Main Courses

H2O’s famous bouillabaise.
Roasted tomato broth with calamari, sea bass and mussels served over stone ground tasso yellow grits.
Hoisin and ale braised veal and short ribs tender braised then set with lemon grass jasmine rice and caramelized baby bok choy.
Venison medallions with blackberry demi coconut pan roasted filet of monk fish and jumbo shrimp with lump crab and bamboo smoked tomato bisque.

Innisfree Named Gulf Coast Game Changer

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:12:31 -0500

Innisfree Named Gulf Coast Game Changer:

Despite the economy and despite the oil spill, Innisfree Hotels continues to build. We’re creating jobs and fueling the economy with projects new and old, and that’s why we were named one of 12 Gulf Coast Florida Game Changers by In Weekly.

Historic Pensacola Florida is a Cool Town

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:10:10 -0500

Historic Pensacola Florida is a Cool Town:

Seems the Canadians have realized there is so much more to the Gulf Coast then the best beaches in the world. History and culture and white sand. What more can you ask for.

If It Ain't Fried, It Ain't Cooked

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:03:07 -0500

If it ain’t fried it ain’t cooked” is the tongue in cheek motto of many southern cooks. Southerners are no strangers to battered fried vegetables. They would batter and fry salad if lettuce could withstand the heat. The most interesting side dish in the vast repertoire of fried vegetable options available on the Gulf Coast, is fried green tomatoes.

This popular southern staple is frequently found on both family tables and restaurant menus. The tomatoes are generally sliced into circles about a quarter inch thick, breaded with Cajun spiced cornmeal and flour and then lightly fried in hot oil.

One might wonder why southerners, who are laid back about most things, are too impatient to wait for their tomatoes to ripen. While the rest of the Northern Hemisphere anticipates the summer’s first ruby red tomatoes fresh off the vine, folks in the southern states jump the gun and pick their tomatoes when they are hard and green.

This innocuous side dish became nationally famous when Birmingham’s Fannie Flag published her novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe which was subsequently adapted into an Academy Award winning movie. The main characters, Idgie and Ruth, idealize a cherished southern belief that ‘food is love.’

If you want your first foray into the world of fried under ripe vegetables (that are really fruits) to the professionals then our advice is to sample them in one of the most renowned eating establishments on the Gulf Coast – Lulu’s Homeport Marina. Owner, Lucy Buffett, more popularly known as Crazy Sista, and famously renowned as Jimmy Buffet’s Sister, is a trendsetter in local cuisine.

Lucy grew up in Alabama but migrated to Los Angeles as an adult. The biography on her restaurant website claims she moved back south and founded Lu Lu’s because, “The memories of a childhood scented by magnolias in the spring, crab boils in the summer, tire swings, and the glories of Mobile Bay, called her back home.”

Her restaurant is a legendary Gulf Coast cafe cum theme park. When you walk in the door your senses will be bombarded by live music, a three story rope climbing apparatus known as The Mountain of Youth, sand games, outdoor art market and a ponderous collection of memorabilia. It’s easy to loose your focus Lu Lu’s and forget you came to eat.

You’ll have to bypass these distractions and remain focused on your goal of sampling authentic green tomatoes. They’ll arrive at your table perfectly fried with a side of ‘Fun Wow Sauce’- no we are not making that up- and it will be love at first bite. The tart fresh flavor of the tomato is greatly enhanced by the spicy kick of the sauce.

As for Fannie Flag, she and Jimmy Buffet both spent time living in the quaint town of Fairhope, Alabama. Fairhope with it’s moss draped oaks, panoramic views of Mobile Bay, boutiques, cafes, and art galleries really deserves the credit for making fried green tomatoes famous because it is what truly inspired Miss Flag to write her iconic book.

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Innisfree Hotels owns three hotels located Gulf front on the white sand beach of Orange Beach, Alabama – Holiday Inn Express, Hilton Garden Inn and the brand new Hampton Inn & Suites. A visit to Fairhope makes a great day trip from Orange Beach.

thepyxie: Pensacola Beach footprints - what a beautiful...

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:53:35 -0500

thepyxie:

Pensacola Beach footprints - what a beautiful picture.

Christmas at the Hilton Hotel on Pensacola Beach

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:21:00 -0500

Christmas at the Hilton Hotel on Pensacola Beach:

Pensacola celebrity chef Dan Dunn shares his cornbread oyster dressing recipe and his love of a chaotic hotel kitchen during the holiday. Dan is hosting a Christmas Day brunch and 5 course gourmet dinner on New Years Eve.

Toronto Sun article on golfing on the Gulf Coast

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:04:00 -0500

Toronto Sun article on golfing on the Gulf Coast:

One of the only positive outcomes of the BP Oil Spill is that it made the world realize that the Gulf Coast of Alabama and Florida has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Truly beautiful ecosystem.

Innisfree Hotels Wins IHG Award

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 15:07:58 -0500

Innisfree Hotels, based in Gulf Breeze, Florida, was selected by Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG owns 4,400 hotels under 7 brands) for developing the Holiday Inn Resort on Pensacola Beach. They were chosen from hundreds of hotels flying multiple brand flags. Julian MacQueen, CEO and founder of Innisfree accepted the award at the IHG Americas Investors and Leadership Conference held on October 26th at the Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas.

Innisfree is the largest employer on Pensacola Beach and the company’s six hotels in the Gulf Coast of Florida and Alabama are one of the primary economic drivers in the region. The company is poised to break ground on another local hotel development project – a 127 room Hyatt Place Hotel connected to the Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport Terminal scheduled to open in the spring of 2013.

Innisfree’s success is a remarkable accomplishment given the company’s regional focus. Economic times are rough everywhere in America but here on the Gulf Coast multiple hurricanes and the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill have added serious insult to America’s economic injuries.