History
The company's roots were founded in Spokane, Washington in 1937 under the name Goodale & Barbieri Company, a property management services and commercial development company. In 1976 the company began operating the River Inn in Spokane, its first hotel.
In 1998 Goodale & Barbieri made an Initial Public Offering and, the following year, changed its name to WestCoast Hospitality. In 2005 the company again changed its name, this time to Red Lion Hotels Corporation and, in 2006, divested from its property development operations by spinning-off that segment into an independent Goodale & Barbieri Company.
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