ATLANTA— Six Continents Hotels officially reported that it inked a lease agreement for the first of its next-generation Holiday Inn prototype hotels. As previously reported by HOTEL BUSINESS®, this newest prototype will be located near Atlanta in Gwinnett County, on Sugarloaf Parkway near the Gwinnett Civic Center. The new hotel will be owned and operated by Six Continents Hotels; Diplomat Hotels will oversee the construction, which will begin in October 2002. The hotel is expected to open Fall 2003. This is the first of 25 corporate-owned Holiday Inn hotels that Six Continents Hotels has committed to build over the next five years, said the company. The prototype is specifically designed for smaller sites, with a smaller-than-usual footprint to fit on 2.5-acre lot sizes. Other prototype variations are available or under development, to accommodate different site constraints and market situations, including one for even smaller sites and one that incorporates “best practices” learning for a larger meetings hotel. The new hotel’s guest bathrooms will have a mix of walk-in showers for business travelers and tub-showers for families. “Homey” room furnishings will include an interactive 25″ television, an ergonomic chair and workstation, task lighting, convenient electrical outlets, dataports (with optional high-speed internet access) and two-line phones. Other hotel amenities will include an indoor pool and a 1,900 square foot bistro and lounge rather than the more traditional full-service restaurants. The smaller, more efficient restaurant is designed to minimize labor costs and maximize food & beverage profits, said 6C. Holiday Inn has 1,600 hotels open worldwide.
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