Hampton Opens Eight Hotels in February 2008
MARCH 11, 2008. Hampton, the national brand of more than 1,450 mid-priced Hampton Inn(R) and Hampton Inn & Suites(R) hotels, opened eight properties in February 2008, representing 764 new rooms. The new openings include two Hampton Inn hotels and six Hampton Inn & Suites properties. All openings are franchised, newly constructed hotels.
"With the opening of four hotels this month, Florida is now home to 117 Hampton Hotels, more than any other state in the U.S.," said Phil Cordell, senior vice president, Hampton Hotels. "We also have another seven hotels currently under construction in the state scheduled to open by year end 2009. Hampton plans to build on this development momentum as we expand across the U.S. and abroad in the coming months."
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Eight new Hampton Hotels opened in February 2008:
Hampton Inn Hotels Open Date Number of Rooms
Charlotte/Belmont at Montcross, N.C. 2/22/2008 85
Gainesville/Haymarket, Va. 2/22/2008 95
Hampton Inn & Suites Hotels Open Date Number of Rooms
Orlando/South Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 2/25/2008 125
Palm Coast-South, Fla. 2/23/2008 94
Seal Beach, Calif. 2/15/2008 110
Tampa/Wesley Chapel, Fla. 2/13/2008 94
Lake Wales, Fla. 2/7/2008 78
Opelika, Ala. 2/4/2008 83
TOTAL: Eight Hotels 764 Rooms
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