New Microtel Opens in Rincon, Georgia
ATLANTA, GA, August 15, 2006. Springfield, GA-headquartered Southern Hospitality Group, LLC has opened a new Microtel Inn & Suites hotel at 6132 Highway 21 South, six miles off I-95 at Exit 109, in Rincon, Georgia. The property is located 11 miles from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport and 16 miles from Historic Savannah. There are currently 19 Microtel Inns & Suites hotels open in the State of Georgia.
"With all the development in Effingham County, the time is right for a new, affordable and quality hotel option for both business and leisure travelers," Wendel Wilson, Chief Financial Officer of Southern Hospitality Group. "The Rincon Microtel Inn & Suites will be a win-win for us all and serve as a catalyst for future growth." Additional partners in the project include Ernest Hutson, Butch Kieffer, Harvey Kieffer, Hilton Kight, Murray Kight, Ruben Rahn and Ellis Wood.
The newly-constructed three-story, 59-room Microtel Inn & Suites in Rincon hotel offers single, double and suite accommodations, all with queen beds. Amenities include free local and free long distance phone calls anywhere within the continental U.S., free high speed wireless Internet access in all guestrooms, expanded cable television with CNN, HBO, ESPN, and complimentary continental daily breakfast. In addition, members of the MicroPass(tm) frequent guest program earn a free night's stay after just nine night stays at any location.
For an unprecedented fifth consecutive year, Microtel Inns & Suites has been ranked highest in guest satisfaction among economy/budget hotel chains in J.D. Power and Associates' "North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study."
Microtel is also the first economy/budget hotel chain to provide guests with free local and long distance phone calls within the continental U.S., plus free wireless high speed Internet access in all its guestrooms nationwide. The brand won the 2005 "Extra Mile Award" from Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Magazine for offering the free telecommunications amenities. There are currently 283 Microtel hotels open and under construction worldwide.
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