Business and community leaders recently raised frosty mugs of Fitz’s root beer to toast the new Homewood Suites by Hilton – St. Louis Gallaria.

During the celebration, representatives of Equis Hospitality Management and Ranken Jordan, a specialty pediatric hospital in Maryland Heights, announced they had formed a partnership.

Homewood Suites, located at the intersection of Clayton Road and Brentwood Boulevard in Richmond Heights, is providing up to six free rooms every night of the year and complimentary, round-trip shuttle service for families of patients at Ranken Jordan.