Gideons International association would be to unite traveling salesmen for evangelism. In July, 1899, Nicholson, Hill, and Will J. Knights met at the YMCA in Janesville. Two of them continued with the distribution of the Bibles. Gideons began distributing free Bibles, the work they are chiefly known for, in 1908, when the first Bibles were placed in the rooms of the Superior Hotel in Superior, Montana. The organization describes its link to the story of Gideon: "Gideon was a man who was willing to do exactly what God wanted him to do, regardless of his own judgment as to the plans or
Malmaison (hotel chain) station hotel in the world, the Reading hotel was bought by Malmaison in 2007. It has 75 rooms. It was announced in October 2017 that Malmaison would be opening a hotel within a £40 million development at Bath Road, Bournemouth. Construction is expected to take approximately 24 months and begin in early 2018. In January 2017 planning permission was granted for the conversion of Yorkshire House in York to allow the creation of what will be Malaison's 16th hotel. The building was previously used as offices by insurance firm Aviva. The hotel is expected to have 160 rooms and create