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Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners and Ascendant Capital Partners Joint Venture Completes Acquisition of Sotherly Hotels Inc.
Leading Hotel Operator Schulte Hospitality to Assume Hotel Management of Sotherly PortfolioMEMPHIS, Tenn. and LOS ANGELES and WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Feb. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners (“KWHP”), a hospitality-focused investment management firm, together with Ascendant Capital Partners (“Ascendant”), a vertically integrated real estate investment and operating platform, through their joint venture, KW Kingfisher LLC (the “Joint Venture”), and Sotherly Hotels Inc. (Na
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