ATLANTA USFS Hawthorn hotel chains on-line auction, Sleep Once… Twice… Sold@ hawthorn.com, concluded with the awarding of a new Jaguar S-Type sedan, retail value $46,000, to Rebecca Brainard, president of a nutritional vitamin company based in the Northwest.
Brainard lived at the Seattle/Kent, WA Hawthorn Suites for almost two years in order to accumulate enough Hawthorn Auction Dollars to make the winning bid of 429,100.
Guests at Hawthorn hotels nationwide received 1,000 Hawthorn Auction Dollars for every room night they bought, and went online at www.hawthorn.com to place their bids for the more than 100 items that were awarded. (1/31/01)