Hampton Opens 13 New Hotels in December 2005 and January 2006
MEMPHIS, TN, February 13, 2006. Hampton, the national brand of more than 1,300 mid-priced Hampton Inn(R) and Hampton Inn & Suites(R) hotels, has opened 13 new properties representing 1,028 new rooms in December 2005 and January 2006.The 13 new openings, all franchised and newly constructed hotels, include seven Hampton Inn hotels and six Hampton Inn & Suites.In addition to the new openings, Hampton also broke ground on 17 new hotels in the past two months.
"We are thrilled with the opening of four new Hampton Inn & Suites properties in Florida,"said Phil Cordell, senior vice-president, Hampton Brand Management."With these new openings our brand has reached a total number of 108 hotels in the state; reaffirming Florida as the state with the largest number of Hampton hotels."
The next step for Hampton is the introduction of their new bedding package featuring a crisp, white duvet cover, enveloping a plush comforter with 200 thread count white sheets and the guest's choice of down or foam jumbo size pillows.The new bedding package will be available in all hotels by year end 2006.




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