Consider Interstate Hotels and Resorts, which manages nearly 400 hotels including Hiltons, Westins, Sheratons and Hampton Inns.

Melissa Thompson, a spokeswoman for Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the hotel-management company that runs the Courtyard, said the hotel was not blocking wireless calls.

Patriot bought several hotel companies that year, including Interstate Hotels.

Lisa M. Ferm, 34, a regional director for Interstate Hotels, was returning home with two colleagues.

The Pakistanis closed the hotel in 1995 for a $65 million renovation and hired a new management company, Interstate Hotels.

He is the chief financial officer of Interstate Hotels of Pittsburgh, which has managed the Palace for the last 16 months.

It is to be operated by Interstate Hotels of Pittsburgh and was designed by Perkins & Will/Lapidus.

The Seelbach is currently managed by Interstate Hotels & Resorts, under the Hilton Hotels and Resorts flag.

Meditrust Quits Hotel Talks Meditrust withdrew from talks about buying Interstate Hotels, the nation's largest independent hotelier, for a reported $1.3 billion.

The French OBR company then sold it to Interstate Hotels in 1997 and it briefly became a Westin.