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Graduate Hotels

Graduate Hotels is a collection of hotels located in college towns, primarily in the United States, launched in 2014 by Nashville-based real estate company AJ Capital Partners and now part of Hilton Worldwide.[1][2][3] There are currently 33 operating hotels in the United States and two in England.[4]

History

Graduate Hotels was founded in 2014 by Nashville-based real estate investor Ben Weprin and his firm, AJ Capital Partners.[5] The company launched the Graduate Hotels brand by acquiring and remodeling hotels in university-anchored towns across the country.[6] The first hotel opened in Athens, Georgia in 2014, centered around the University of Georgia.[7]

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. agreed to buy Graduate Hotels in March 2024. AJ Capital Partners will retain real estate ownership of the existing Graduate properties under new long-term Hilton franchise agreements.[8]

Locations

United States

Alphabetized by city:

England

Former

Future

External links

References

  1. This college town boutique hotel chain is the anti-Airbnb CNBC, 2018-02-20, retrieved 2020-04-28^
  2. Graduate Hotels graduates into a bigger chain USA Today, retrieved 2019-10-15^
  3. Visiting Colleges? The Era of Staying in a Sad Hotel Is Over Bloomberg L.P., retrieved 2019-10-15^
  4. Selene San Felice. Loews Annapolis reopens as Graduate Annapolis following remodel capitalgazette.com, retrieved 2019-10-15^
  5. Abram Brown. The Revivalist: Young Hotelier Ben Weprin Has An Eye For An Aged Luxury Gem Forbes, retrieved 2019-10-15^
  6. Katherine Rosman. The Education of a Brotelier The New York Times, 2018-07-14, retrieved 2019-10-15^
  7. Boutique Group Graduate Hotels Finds Its Niche in University Towns Skift, 2017-05-30, retrieved 2019-10-15^
  8. Patrick Clark. Hilton Agrees to Buy Graduate Hotels Brand for $210 Million Bloomberg, 14 March 2024, retrieved 14 March 2024^
  9. The only hotel on NYC’s Roosevelt Island appears to be closing Time Out, November 21, 2025, retrieved November 29, 2025^
  10. Graduate by Hilton expands to Colorado www.hoteldive.com, retrieved 2025-11-29^