Located near Kenosha midway between Milwaukee and Chicago, the upscale hotel will provide accommodations for visitors to the many attractions in the state line area, as well offer facilities to local business and residents for meetings, receptions, and other events. The hotel is a joint venture of Lane Hospitality and V. K. Development of Brookfield, Wisconsin, developer of the $350 million Prairie Ridge Center in Kenosha County and of Port Vincent, a similar project planned for the city of Port Washington, Wisconsin. 

"This hotel is a beautiful facility with an experienced hometown staff who know the area and its people," said Wendy Stevens, Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing of Lane Hospitality.  "Business and leisure travelers alike will enjoy spacious suite accommodations near the area�s corporate and industrial base, colleges and health centers. 

"The hotel will offer comfort, stylish sophistication and convenience just off I-94, an ideal site for meetings, seminars, and receptions." Stevens continued. "We expect the Hawthorn Suites at Pleasant Prairie to be very popular among local meeting planners and residents, as well as travelers to the Kenosha area.� 
 

Wendy Stevens Corporate Director of Sales & Marketing - Midwest Region

Wendy Stevens joined Lane Hospitality in 1997 as Corporate Director of Sales and Marketing for the Midwest Region. Her hospitality career began in sales at The Chateau Louis Resort and Conference Center of Dundee, Illinois. She then served as Sales Manager for the Executive Suites Hotel, O'Hare. In 1988, Wendy was hired by Hyatt to lead the sales team of the first Hawthorn Suites Hotel in Lincolnshire, Illinois, their prototype all-suites property. As Director of Sales, she designed and implemented the pre-opening strategies, marketing plan and sales system that launched the hotel chain into a successful beginning. In 1994, she was promoted to General Manager of the Hawthorn Suites. Under her direction, the hotel realized its greatest profitability.

The hotel�s location is 45 miles from both the Chicago and Milwaukee airports. Hawthorn Suites at Pleasant Priairie will offer a national reservations system  in addition to an indoor pool and hot tub, exercise facilities, a meeting room that accommodates up to 75, business service, laundry/valet services, in-room movies, CNN and VCP, and complimentary  breakfast. 

Area attractions include fishing and boating on Lake Michigan, Six Flags Great America Theme Park, Dairyland Greyhound Track, Bristol Renaissance Faire, shopping at the Kenosha Factory Outlet Center, Lakeside Marketplace Center and Gurnee Mills Outlet Mall with the world-class Bass Pro Shop, Lake Geneva Resort area, Prairie Springs Park, Museums, theatre, arts center and antique shops. 

Lane Hospitality, headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois, owns and manages more than 40 hotels, timeshares and retirement complexes throughout the U.S. The company is a subsidiary of Lane Industries.