Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 2, 2001

Robert Boykin – Boykin Lodging Company (boy)

ROBERT W. BOYKIN, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Boykin Lodging Company, began his hospitality career after graduating from the University of Hartford in 1972. His career has spanned property operations, corporate administration, real estate development and acquisitions. Mr. Boykin began Boykin Lodging Company in 1996 with 2,408 hotel rooms in nine properties. Profile
TWST: We'd like to begin with a historical sketch of Boykin Lodging

Company and an overview.

Mr. Boykin: The company was brought public in late 1996. At that time we

had nine properties and