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March 2003: Courtesy of Dan Donahue |
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A
view of Daytona Beach |
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| Left:
Daytona Beach-Oceanside's high-rise addition was perhaps a HoJo
one-of-a-kind, for it was only a single room in depth and offered
exterior entry only. |
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October 2003: Courtesy of Phil Edwards |
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| Daytona Beach-Oceanside
enjoyed a stint as a Holiday Inn for a few years before briefly
being changed back into a HJ. Still wearing Holiday Inn blue,
the Motor Lodge displayed the post-1996 Howard Johnson sign
in 2003, but had ceased actually being a HoJo. |
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| In 2003 desk staff
reported that the property was no longer a Howard Johnson, but
refused to say what its new name was. |
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October 2003 when Phil was on site, they still had the Howard
Johnson sign up, but indicated on the sign's reader board that
the motel was the non-brand affiliated Bermuda
House. |
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| DesertInn |
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| 1982
Florida AAA Tour Book: Inside back cover |
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Desert
Inn
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900 N Atlantic
AKA Daytona
Beach-Oceanside South |
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While
listed in HJ directories beginning in 1981, the location was a Howard
Johnson's in name only. It was actually a preexisting motel that
was called the Desert Inn. Not meeting HoJo's standards, guests
expectations would have not been met leaving them with a bad taste
in their mouths -- accepting converted motels was a bad business
decision that hastened the end of the Howard Johnson Company and
its successor Prime Motor Inns. In the end, rampant brand swapping
has nearly destroyed the reputation of Howard Johnson's. |
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