NEW YORK As previously reported by HOTEL BUSINESS., Millennium Hotel has inked a deal with Starwood Hotels & Resorts to franchise a portion of its Millennium hotels in Cincinnati and St. Louis.
According to a company spokesperson, the south tower of the 872-room Regal Cincinnati and 780-room Regal Riverfront in St. Louis will be franchised as Four Points hotels.
Millennium acquired the Cincinnati and St. Louis properties in late 1999 when it bought Regal Hotels 28 U.S. properties for $640 million, giving the U.K.-based hotel company an immediate, substantial presence in the United States. (3/13/01) Shannon McMullen