NEW YORK Accor Lodging North America is on target to open the new Sofitel Washington, D.C. in the first quarter of 2002. The company, as previously reported by HOTEL BUSINESS., is maintaining its presence in the nation s capital following the end of its management contract of a Sofitel on Connecticut Avenue, which, is now being managed by MeriStar and has been re-named The Churchill.
The Sofitel flag will fly once again at the new Hotel Sofitel Washington, D.C. at Lafayette Square, designed by Brennan Beer Gorman/Architects. The new hotel features 237 guestrooms and offers six meeting rooms and a grand ballroom. (5/18/01)