Apollo Hospitality Firm has now grown into a multi-million dollar hotel firm. Vasant Patel, Founder and Chairman of the company, started with only dollars in his pocket and today owns and operates a number of hotels around the southern region of the United States. With the corporate office based out of Ardmore, Oklahoma, Patel's firm is highly governed and managed by 3 operating principles: Corporate Governance, Internal Business Model, and Guest Satisfaction.