About IMIC Hotels:

  • An award winning hotel development and management company in the southeast headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. IMIC was ranked 79th in third party management companies by Hotel & Motel Management Magazine.

  • Founded in 1981 by E. L. "Bert" Pooser, Jr. - with only two (2) hotel properties.

  • Currently owns and/or manages 15 hotels, suites & inns in the southeast.

  • Properties now in operation consist of Hampton Inns, Wingate Inns, Quality Inns & Suites, Comfort Suites, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel and The Inn at USC located in the heart of the University of South Carolina.

  • Owns and operates The Lighthouse Marina, The Rusty Anchor Restaurant, and The QuarterDeck Lakeside Bar. All located on      Lake Murray in Columbia, South Carolina.

  • Among the hotels, The Inn at USC offers meeting facilities and a full cooked to order breakfast and 14 hotels are rooms only hotels featuring a complimentary deluxe continental breakfast with hot items.

  • IMIC Hotels has the southeast covered with locations in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee.

  • IMIC Hotels is rapidly expanding. Projects under development include management contracts, new construction and acquisitions.

  • IMIC Hotels currently has under development Wingate Inns in Charleston/Summerville and Lexington/Columbia, SC, and new meeting space at the Hampton Inn on Amelia Island, FL. An addition of 32 guest rooms was added to the Hampton Inn Kingsport, TN.

The direction of IMIC Hotels is two-fold:

  • To develop hotels, suites, and inns through new construction and acquisitions

  • To efficiently operate these properties through the coordination of the management team - skilled in providing assistance in areas of operations, human resources, sales and marketing, design and development, and finance and accounting


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