register company type private industry hospitality products and services founded 1865 headquarters vernon hills illinois united states key people james f. jim leahy chairman thomas f. leahy vice chairman angela korompilas president number of employees 1000 2008 website www.americanhotel.com american hotel register company is a manufacturer and supplier of hospitality products and services and is headquartered in vernon hills illinois . history and background edit american hotel was founded in 1865 as a publisher of hotel travel directories and railroad maps . it was incorporated in 1896 with its current name as a manufacturer of its patented hotel registers . around the turn of the century it was acquired by thomas f. leahy . his son james f. leahy sr. took over after his death in 1932 . james expanded the company from a printing company to a direct marketing catalog company selling hotel specific products like luggage carts & racks as well as maids carts . by the time of james sr. s death in 1986 his three sons james jr. thomas and patrick had started growing the business from a direct marketing company to a full distribution service based organization . by the end of the century they had 10 different distribution centers around the country and in hawaii . american hotel register is now a full service distribution company that services all aspects of the hospitality industry . they have also expanded into government healthcare funeral and higher education markets over the last 10 years . 1 for many years american hotel was located in northbrook il next to the now former glenview naval air base but by the late 1990s had outgrown this location prompting them to move to a larger facility in vernon hills il where they have been located since 1998 . today jim leahy jr. is chairman of the company and tom leahy serves as vice chairman . in april 2014 angela korompilas was named president of american hotel extending her 18 year career with the company . references edit american hotel register company external links edit hoekstra dave june 17 2007 . do not disturb changes are a sign of times . suntimes.com . archived from the original on september 30 2007 . retrieved 30 june 2014 . this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title american hotel register company & oldid 738634619 categories companies based in vernon hills illinoiscompanies established in 1865privately held companies based in illinoishospitality companies of the united statesunited states manufacturing company stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 05 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view