Benchmark Hosp. To Build Raleigh Hotel

RALEIGH HOTEL BUSINESS. has learned that Benchmark Hospitality plans to build a four-star, 280-room hotel and conference center on the Centennial Campus here. The facility is scheduled to open by May 2003, according to a spokesperson from the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau. The Dallas-based hotel company also plans to add an 18-hole, Arnold Palmer golf course to the property. (1/26/01) Diana M. Rodriguez