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The Peabody Ducks | Hotels at Home
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Peabody Hotel Group is a subsidiary of Belz Enterprises, a highly successful real estate development and management firm, based in Memphis, Tennessee.
From its origins as a four-acre business established by Philip Belz in the 1940s, Belz Enterprises now encompasses more than 30-million square feet of real estate in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Peabody Hotel Group is one of the nation's leading hotel management companies, operating Peabody Hotels located in Memphis, TN, Little Rock, AR, and Orlando, FL.
Peabody Hotel Group specializes in profitably directing the operations of successful, high-profile, Peabody-flagged hotels and quality independent franchise hotels.
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Perhaps most notably, Peabody Hotels Division can be recognized for the world-famous Peabody Ducks. Each property in the Peabody Hotels portfolio features a large fountain in their lobby - so, how did the tradition of the ducks in The Peabody fountain begin?
Back in 1932 Frank Schutt, General Manager of The Peabody, and a friend, Chip Barwick, returned from a weekend hunting trip to Arkansas. The men had a little too much Jack Daniel's Tennessee sippin' whiskey, and thought it would be funny to place some of their live duck decoys (it was legal then for hunters to use live decoys) in the beautiful Peabody fountain.
Three small English call ducks were selected as "guinea pigs," and the reaction was nothing short of enthusiastic. Soon, five North American Mallard ducks would replace the original ducks.
In 1940, Bellman Edward Pembroke, a former circus animal trainer, offered to help with delivering the ducks to the fountain each day and taught them the now-famous Peabody Duck March. Mr. Pembroke became the Peabody Duckmaster, serving in that capacity for 50 years until his retirement in 1991.
Now each property upholds the tradition of The March of The Peabody Ducks every day as they make their way down the red carpet at 11:00a and back to their rooftop palace at 5:00p
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We invite you to peruse our handpicked selection of accessories and gifts, each of which reflects the proud heritage of excellence and beautify for which The Peabody Hotels are renowned.
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