Drury Hotels
Drury Hotels Company, LLC is an American hospitality company that operates a chain of mid-scale limited service hotels under the brands Drury Inn and Suites, Drury Plaza Hotel, and Pear Tree Inn. As of 2024, the chain operates more than 150 locations in 30 states. It is wholly owned by the Drury family and is headquartered in metropolitan St. Louis, Missouri.
History
The company was founded by the sons of Lambert Drury, a farmer who lost his farm during the Great Depression, and then founded a plastering company. The Drury Development Corporation was founded in 1959. The Drury family built its first hotel, a Holiday Inn, in 1962 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The family started Drury Hotels in 1973 and built its first Drury Inn in Sikeston, Missouri. The Drury Hotels company operates non-Drury hotels as well. In the 1990s, the chain introduced a third brand, Thrifty Inn.Image:Drury Inn, St. Augustine Rd., Valdosta.JPG|thumbnail|The Drury Inn & Suites in Valdosta, Georgia
Co-founder Charles Drury died on September 7, 2020, in St. Louis; his death was acknowledged by Governor of Missouri Mike Parson. Two other co-founders, James and Robert, died in 2008 and 2013, respectively.
In 2024, Drury Hotels earned its 18th J.D. Power award for highest guest satisfaction in upper midscale hotels.
Drury Hotels opened two hotels in 2024 in Savannah, Georgia and Arlington, Texas, with hotels in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Florence, Kentucky expected to open later this year.