Ralph Horn Joins Gaylord Entertainment Company Board of Directors

December 6, 2001
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec 6, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ralph Horn, Chairman and CEO of First Tennessee National Corporation and First Tennessee Bank National Association, will join the Board of Directors of Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) effective immediately. Horn's election follows a Board vote during its meeting, December 2-3, 2001.

"Ralph brings many years of leadership experience to our already distinguished Board," said Mike Rose, chairman of the Board of Directors for Gaylord Entertainment. "His financial background and his experience on corporate boards will be a tremendous asset as the Company continues to restructure itself into an industry leader in hospitality and entertainment."

Horn joins the current Gaylord Entertainment Board of Directors, which includes the following: 

        --  Michael D. Rose - Chairman of the Board, Gaylord
            Entertainment Company
        --  Martin C. Dickinson - Senior Vice President (retired),
            Scripps Bank
        --  Christine Gaylord Everest - Vice President and Director,
            The Oklahoma Publishing Company
        --  Edward L. Gaylord - Chairman Emeritus, Gaylord
            Entertainment Company Chairman and CEO, The Oklahoma
            Publishing Company
        --  E. K. Gaylord, II - President and Director, The Oklahoma
            Publishing Company
        --  Craig L. Leipold - Chairman and Governor, Nashville
            Predators (NHL)
        --  Colin V. Reed - President and CEO, Gaylord Entertainment
            Company
        --  Ambassador Joe M. Rodgers - Chairman, The JMR Group
        --  Mary Agnes Wilderotter - President and CEO, Wink
            Communications
        --  Howard L. Wood - Co-Founder and Director, Charter
            Communications
"Working with Ralph on past boards, I can say that he will be a diligent and active board member offering his expertise where needed," said Colin Reed, president and CEO of Gaylord Entertainment. "His experience managing a public company in a state of growth and transformation will be invaluable."

Horn joined First Tennessee Bank in Memphis in 1963 as a management trainee and worked his through the ranks to become president, CEO and director of First Tennessee National Corporation on July 30, 1991. At that time he was also named vice chairman and a director of First Tennessee Bank National Association, First Tennessee National Corporation's principal subsidiary. Horn was named chief executive officer of both companies on April 19, 1994, and on January 1, 1996, he became chairman of the board of directors.

Along with Gaylord Entertainment and First Tennessee National Corporation, Horn is also on the board of directors of Harrah's Entertainment Inc. and Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. He has been a member of many securities and banking associations' boards including being the past chairman of the board for the Public Securities Association, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and the Financial Services Roundtable.

Gaylord Entertainment is a diversified hospitality and entertainment company headquartered in Nashville, Tenn. Its stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: GET). Among its businesses are the Gaylord Hotels, the Grand Ole Opry, Acuff-Rose Music Publishing, and WSM Radio. 

CONTACT:          Gaylord Entertainment, Nashville
                  Beth Peden, 615/316-6302
                  bpeden@gaylordentertainment.com

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