Hamister Hospitality Group, LLC Purchases
MainStay Suites Knoxville

Williamsville, N. Y. – August, 2005 – Hamister Hospitality Group, LLC announced the purchase of the Knoxville MainStay Suites located at 361 Fountain View Circle in Alcoa, Tennessee. The hotel is located adjacent to the McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total of 80 suites.

“We are very excited to add the MainStay Suites to our growing portfolio of Hotels,” said Mark E. Hamister, Managing Member of Hamister Hospitality Group, LLC.  The MainStay Suites will serve business travelers and families alike. This Knoxville hotel offers broad  range of services to make our guests feel at home while in Knoxville or when visiting the Great Smoky Mountain National Park nearby.  The Knoxville MainStay Suites is our third hotel operation in Tennessee, joining the Fairfield Inn and Suites and Sleep Inn and Suites, both in Smyrna, Tennessee.”

For more information on this Knoxville hotel, please visit its web site: www.mainstaysuitesknoxville.com.

The Hamister Group, Inc. will be the manager of the property.  Mark Hamister is the majority shareholder/managing member of each of the companies.  However, the companies are not otherwise related.