HMSHost is an American highway and airport food-service company, a wholly owned subsidiary of the

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company Autogrill S.p.A. , Steve Johnson is the CEO of HMSHost.

History

The company's origins are in the

Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company The Van Noy Railway News and Hotel Company, known today as HMSHost, was a business founded by the Van Noy Brothers of Kansas City, Missouri, which developed at the beginning of the twentieth century to provide services to travelers aboard passenger ...

founded in 1897 by the

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. On January 2, 1996, Host Marriott Services Corporation was created when

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divided into two separate companies. Host Marriott continued to own lodging real estate. Host Marriott Services Corporation held and operates concessions at airports, at rest stops on toll roads and freeways and at sports and entertainment attractions. Autogrill S.p.A. acquired the company in 1999, creating HMSHost. Along the way, the company grew through its many acquisitions. It found itself with airport contracts in 18 of the 20 largest airports in the

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. Through Kilmer Host Service Centres, a joint venture with the

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company

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, HMSHost is also a partner in

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service centres in the Canadian province of

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."ONroute in Ontario"
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'', January 31, 2012. Today the company manages

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locations in 120 airports across North America and 80 highway stops in the northeastern and midwestern United States. In 2021, HMSHost sold their United States toll road service area operations to Iris Buyer, LLC, a consortium of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners and

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for $375 million.

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Marriott International Companies based in Kansas City, Missouri Companies based in Bethesda, Maryland {{leisure-company-stub

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