Remember the days when a family vacation meant piling into the car to go see the world's largest ball of twine? Landmarks like that are more than just stops along the road—they're pieces of living history. Which is why, at Hampton, we're dedicated to saving them.
In April 2000, we launched "Hampton Save-A-Landmark®," a community-outreach campaign dedicated to refurbishing historical, fun and cultural landmarks residing along our highways. Today, our hotel volunteers continue to paint, clean, replace siding and doors, landscape the grounds—whatever we can do to keep the world's roadside attractions, well, attractive.
And it's paid off. The program has provided thousands of hours and more than $2 million dollars toward the research and preservation of roadside landmarks for future generations. And in 2006, the Save-A-Landmark program was honored with the 2006 Preserve America Presidential Award—the first hotel chain ever recognized by a U.S. president for its preservation efforts.