DIMENSION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

Dimension Development Company has successfully been developing, acquiring and managing full-service, all-suite, and focus service hotels. Together with our owning partners we have produced winning combinations in markets throughout the country. Dimension’s current management portfolio includes hotels in the Hilton, Holiday, Marriott and Starwood brand families. These hotels include Courtyard by Marriott, Embassy Suites, Fairfield Inn, Sheraton Four Points, Hampton Inns, Hilton, Holiday Inns, Holiday Inns & Suites, Homewood Suites by Hilton, Residence Inn by Marriott and TownePlace Suites by Marriott. The company operates 42 hotels in 11 states, and is actively working to acquire additional management contracts and acquire and/or develop additional hotel properties.

Dimension is a growth-oriented, hospitality management company maintaining long-term management contracts. Because Dimension’s philosophy is geared towards long-term management of assets, we take a significant interest in all aspects of property performance, product quality and service excellence. Many other hospitality management groups, who do not have long-term affiliation with a particular hotel as their goal, do not share. This philosophy translates into higher levels of guest satisfaction and product quality.

Dimension is based in Natchitoches, Louisiana. Sam J. Friedman is the Founder & CEO of Dimension, and has more than 30 years of experience in the lodging industry. He has played significant roles in the development of the Holiday Inn, Residence Inn and Homewood Suites hotel franchise brands. Sam is a former practicing attorney and earned both undergraduate and law degree from Louisiana State University where he went on to serve as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors for many years.

Greg Friedman, President & General Counsel. Greg, who is a licensed attorney in the State of Louisiana and a graduate of Louisiana State University, is responsible for all legal issues and is responsible for the all financing, acquisition and development activities. He works closely with and guides the senior staff members of the company.

The key members of Dimension’s home office and property management teams have extensive experience in all facets of the hospitality industry. However, the key reason for the company’s success and growth lies in its commitment to hiring “great” people at the properties it manages with positive attitudes and a desire to be better. Without good people, nothing happens. Dimension hotels are successful because they are staffed by “productive” people who drive themselves to be successful. Leading each specialty area within Dimension is:

Ken Thompson, CHA – Executive Vice President/Operating Officer. Ken has been with Dimension and its related companies since 1991 and is responsible for the company operations. Reporting to Ken are the regional vice presidents of operations; the Senior Vice President for Sales & Marketing and the Vice President for Training & Hotel Human Resources. Ken has been in the hospitality industry since 1984 starting as a management trainee with Stouffer Hotels & Resorts (now The Marriott Renaissance brand) while advancing through the ranks to general manager before assuming position in corporate management with Dimension. During his tenure with Stouffer he was Director of Training the storied Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. He holds both a Bachelors and Masters Degree from Alfred University and is certified as a Hotel Administrator (CHA).

Craig Stechman, CHSP – Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing. Craig began his career at the renowned Hershey Hotel & Conference Center. Over the next thirty years he progressed from a hotel director of sales & marketing to become responsible national sales & sales leadership roles with both with franchisors, ownership REITs and at hotel management companies. Most recently he was Senior Vice President – Sales, Marketing & Revenue Management for a national hotel management company with more than 20 hotels in brands including Marriott, Renaissance and Embassy Suites. At Dimension Craig has responsibility for leadership of the sales and revenue management support operations.

Bobby Mancil, Comptroller & CFO. Bobby has been with Dimension and its related companies for more than three decades. He supervises our corporate accounting staff which includes approximately a dozen professionals in roles that include property accounting, account payables, payroll, financial analysis and construction accounting. He is a graduate of Northwestern State University.

Shirley Walker, Sr. Vice President of Purchasing & Design. Shirley has been with Dimension and its related companies since shortly after our first company was founded. She handles corporate purchasing programs, design concepts for new and existing hotels undergoing periodic product improvements and supports our hotels with their local purchasing as needed. Shirley is a leader in the hotel purchasing industry and is known for her excellence in developing successful partnerships with our vendors that bring extra value to our partners. Shirley is a graduate of Northwestern State University and is a former educator before moving to the hospitality industry.

Eric Arender, Vice President of Construction. Eric is responsible for construction and planning activities for new build projects. Additionally, he supervises a team that includes two project managers who are involved with specific projects and hotel renovation and capital improvement projects. Eric has been with Dimension since 1998 and has more than more than 35 years of experience in the construction industry. He is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in Construction & Civil Engineering.

Samuel Cueva, SPHR – Vice President of Human Resources. Sam is responsible for the HR policies, benefits, compensation, and training, as well as serving as a consultant to our General Managers and hotel HR staff in all matters related to human resources. Sam brings more than twenty years of Human Resources experience in both hotel and corporate level positions with Hilton, Gaylord Entertainment, John Q. Hammons Hotels and Interstate Hotels & Resorts.

Success in the hotel business has become more difficult to achieve in recent years, in part, because today’s hotel customers have more options, are better informed, and are more demanding than ever before. Today, successful hotel management takes a quality product plus a team of knowledgeable and dedicated professionals on its management team – people who understand that success means taking care of the guest and doing the basics better than our competitors, while striving for quality and excellence in all that we do. Dimension is committed to providing its employees with professional growth and career advancement opportunities.