type private industry hospitality founded salt lake city utah united states november 7 1988 1988 11 07 founder presiding bishopric of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints headquarters salt lake city utah united states area served salt lake city utah united states key people brent shingleton president ceo clark stenquist vp controller spence herzog vp food operations services weddings floristry business gatherings catering restaurants tourism parent deseret management corporation the church of jesus christ of latter day saints website templesquarehospitality.com temple square hospitality corporation is a subsidiary of deseret management corporation which provides dining catering and other services at the lion house joseph smith memorial building and other properties owned by zions securities corporation near temple square in downtown salt lake city utah . the company caters parties weddings and corporate events . history edit temple square hospitality corporation can trace its history back to utah hotel company which was formed to build the hotel utah which was completed in 1911 . on 000000001973 09 11 0000september 11 1973 the presiding bishop of the lds church announced that the utah hotel company had acquired a small hotel on the corner of west temple and south temple known as hotel temple square . hotel temple square was originally built in the 1930s and was owned by zions securities . on 000000001984 06 15 0000june 15 1984 the utah hotel company announced a management agreement with westin hotels and resorts to operate the hotel utah . at that time the name was changed to the westin hotel utah salt lake city . 1 a feasibility study was done on the westin hotel utah which determined the building would close as a hotel and be converted to office space for lds church . this change was announced by the church s first presidency on 000000001987 03 12 0000march 12 1987 . in august 1987 the westin hotel utah closed its doors . the utah hotel company was dissolved and sold all its assets to the temple square hotel division of proprietary holding company . during the next twelve months a subsequent feasibility study on temple square hotel concluded it was best to renovate it into a first class small hotel . on 000000001988 10 31 0000october 31 1988 temple square hotel closed its doors for extensive renovation . on 000000001988 11 07 0000november 7 1988 a new corporation was formed called hotel temple square corporation . this new corporation purchased all the remaining assets of the temple square hotel division of proprietary holding company and began approximately a two year renovation of the temple square hotel into what was known as the inn at temple square . hotel temple square corporation s first president was robert d. hales with h. david burton as the general manager . then in 000000001994 04 01 0000april 1994 david r. webster succeeded h. david burton as general manager . 2 in 1997 david webster resigned as president to pursue other interests and brent shingleton was appointed as the third president ceo of hotel temple square corporation . on 000000001989 01 01 0000january 1 1989 hotel temple square corporation purchased the business enterprise known as the lion house from the lds church and began running the catering and restaurant operations as a taxable commercial enterprise . in 000000001990 10 01 0000october 1990 the renovation of the inn at temple square was completed and opened to the general public . in 000000001993 06 01 0000june 1993 the renovation of the building known as the westin hotel utah salt lake city was completed . the building was opened and given the name of joseph smith memorial building . included in the building were offices of the lds church along with food services facilities . these food service facilities consisted of two restaurants and extensive banquet space . hotel temple square corporation entered into an agreement to lease the food service facilities and began operation of the garden restaurant the roof restaurant and smith catering . the articles of incorporation of hotel temple square corporation were amended to rename the corporation to temple square hospitality corporation on 000000002002 12 04 0000december 4 2002 . 3 in 2004 it had nearly 550 employees and managed four restaurants . 3 temple square hospitality corporation managed the inn at temple square until 2006 when it was demolished as part of the city creek center plan . 4 it had refurbished the inn at temple square in 1988 to turn the 1931 structure into a 90 room victorian style hotel . references edit knudson max b. june 15 1984 . hotel utah will have new name and change in its management . deseret news . salt lake city utah united states deseret news publishing company . section b p. 1 . archived from the original google news archive on 000000002009 04 01 0000april 1 2009 estimated . retrieved august 4 2010 . check date values in archive date help hotel temple square corp. gains new general manager . deseret news . salt lake city utah united states deseret news publishing company . april 21 1994 . section d p. 9 . archived from the original google news archive on 000000002009 04 01 0000april 1 2009 estimated . retrieved august 4 2010 . check date values in archive date help a b mike gorrell 2004 11 21 . lds hospitality ; for profit arm of the church lists its services on the web ; hospitality arm of church now online . salt lake tribune . doug smeath 2006 10 29 . today s checkouts the last for s.l. inn . deseret morning news . external links edit temple square hospitality official site deseret management corporation zions securities corporation v t e subsidiaries of deseret management corporation agriculture agreserves inc. hawaii reserves farmland reserve inc. real estate temple square hospitality utah property management associates property reserve media bonneville international deseret book deseret digital media deseret news publishing company other beneficial 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