And The Winnah Is...

Are you going to get a licensing agreement before marketing on this
adventure?

Hmmm. Not a bad idea. They are REALLY pricks about using that Hawkeye
logo...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Matt Whiting wrote:

Well, I generally only use the bottom half anyway. I amost never walk
on the ceiling! :-)

I think you won't like it much if Jay lowers the ceiling to 4'. :-)

George Patterson
Coffee is only a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to
your slightly older self.

Congrats on the Hawk's Nest Montblack!
I know of a guy that could put together a drive-n-fly package to get your
butt down to IOW. Infact, I'd suggest booking it for the pre-OSH party!
(putting a little pressure on Jay to have it done by then! )
Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:GVkwf.474712$084.289296@attbi_s22...
Last week I announced a rec.aviation contest to "Name Our New Aviation
Theme
Suite" at our aviation themed hotel, the Alexis Park Inn & Suites, in Iowa
City, IA, with the winner earning a free night in "their" suite. To my
amazement, we received over 100 suggested names!

After a great deal of deliberation, and carefully considering all 112
entries, my wife, Mary, whittled this most excellent list down to the
following "Top Five" names:

#5. The Air Mail Suite -- Yes, we REALLY want to do this one, thanks to
Iowa
City's connection to the early air mail flights, but we just can't figure
out how to make it sound less boring. Sent in by Dave S.

#4. The Soaring Suite -- A perfect name for a future suite. This one WILL
be used, but not on this one. Sent in by Jer Eberhard.

#3. The Concorde Suite -- Another terrific name that brings to mind all
sorts of cool things, from the 1960s through the 2000s, from Paris,
London,
Oshkosh -- you name it. Somewhere down the road, this one will be done.
Sent in by Matt Whiting.

#2. The Top Gun Suite -- I *told* you Mary went all weak-kneed during that
beach volleyball scene. This name also lends itself to making it into a
"Tom Cruise" suite, which would very much appeal to the chicks -- and
Cruise
*is* a pilot. Suggested by Richard Riley.

#1 -- The WINNER! The Hawk Suite -- This name combines EVERYTHING we want
in a name, thanks to our location -- and I'm amazed (and ashamed) that we
never thought of it. EVERYTHING in this football-crazy town is "The
Hawks".
Sent in by Montblack -- the Grand Prize winner!

The U of I football team are "the Hawkeyes", my son's high school team is
"the Little Hawks", and virtually every jacket, banner, blanket, sweater
and
sticker has the hawk logo on it. Literally everything in this town will
serve as a free advertisement for this suite!

And so many aircraft have been called "Hawk" that artwork and memorabilia
will be a snap. Everything from Cessna Skyhawks, to A-4 Skyhawks, to a
dozen other aircraft, from the 1920s on up will be represented. And we
can
add all the crazy football and sports memorabilia that will really appeal
to
the local crowd, giving it an appeal outside of aviation. This will be
THE
most popular suite in the hotel, amongst the locals, guaranteed.

The response to this contest was amazing -- we both want to thank everyone
for entering! Montblack will receive a free night's stay in the "Hawk
Suite" when we get it done, but I'd also like to offer Dave, Jer, Matt,
and
Richard a 50% discount on any suite if (when?) they ever come to visit us.
Great suggestions, guys, and I'll bet we will use them all, someday!

Blue skies!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

George Patterson wrote:

I think you won't like it much if Jay lowers the ceiling to 4'. :-)

It would make walking on the ceiling easier.

- Andrew

Jay Honeck wrote:

Our 1-bedroom jacuzzi suites (with delivered breakfast) run $99.95 per
night.

I really must learn where Iowa is at some point. Here, that wouldn't even
buy breakfast.

- Andrew

Jay Honeck wrote:

Hmmm. Not a bad idea. They are REALLY pricks about using that Hawkeye
logo...

Perhaps a different Hawk, then? Or do they own the entire species?

[Why not "Hawk XP"?]

- Andrew

Our 1-bedroom jacuzzi suites (with delivered breakfast) run $99.95 per
night.

I really must learn where Iowa is at some point. Here, that wouldn't even
buy breakfast.

Shoot, our delivered breakfast would run over $40 bucks at our downtown
Sheraton (an old Holiday Inn that they dolled up with a bunch of marble
in the lobby...) -- and we throw it in for FREE on a $59.95
(non-jacuzzi) suite.

Chain hotels are a huge rip-off. 30% of everything they make goes
instantly back to the home office.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
#1 -- The WINNER! The Hawk Suite -- This name combines EVERYTHING we want
in a name, thanks to our location -- and I'm amazed (and ashamed) that we
never thought of it. EVERYTHING in this football-crazy town is "The
Hawks". Sent in by Montblack -- the Grand Prize winner!

The U of I football team are "the Hawkeyes", my son's high school team is
"the Little Hawks", and virtually every jacket, banner, blanket, sweater
and sticker has the hawk logo on it. Literally everything in this town
will serve as a free advertisement for this suite!


"Ladies and gentlemen, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you, my sister
thanks you and I thank you."

Thank you for running the contest.

I thought I was a goner with The DC-3, The Howard Hughes and The Air Mail
Suites.

http://www.historicaviation.com/historicaviation/product_info.po;jsessionid=_QE-JgMV62L-a8Or6JUjFwaE(0DBpkhPi)?ID=4498
"Herky's" Big Day - Stan Stokes

http://www.iowalum.com/magazine/aug04/big_bird.html
"Herky" University of Iowa mascot


Montblack

("RST Engineering" wrote)
eh. Not a lot of sizzle. but Montblack is certainly deserving.


Thanks


Montblack

("Flyingmonk" wrote)
Before I forget again, A big CONGRATS to Montblack!


Thanks


Montblack