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Now
those people who are traveling on a temporary assignment, training for
a new position, or are relocating, can find a comfortable new place to
live in the Doral area.
It
is the Miami Airport/ West TownePlace Suites by Marriott, which was
recently opened at 10505 NW 36th Street by Landcom Hospitality
Management, Inc. This delightful 95-suite facility is a cross between
an apartment complex and a hotel.
Landcom
Hospitality Vice President of Operations and Regional Manager for
Miami-Dade and Broward Counties Max A. Kiker thinks he know why
they’ve been so successful.
“TownePlace
Suites are designed for people who need to be away from home for more
than just a few nights and prefer residential-style living, rather
than staying in a conventional hotel or motel. They offer the comfort
and convenience of a suite at the cost of a moderately priced hotel
room,” he said.
TownePlace
Suites resembles a townhouse community and contains all the facilities
and space necessary for an
individual
or a family to relax, spread out, and enjoy the comforts of home.
Their
locations are convenient to restaurants, banks, grocery and retail
stores. There are over 50 of these extended stay hotels throughout the
nation, with more being opened daily.
The
new Miami Airport/West TownePlace Suites offer both one and two
bedroom suits. Each suite has separate living and sleeping areas plus
a fully-equipped kitchen with everything from a microwave oven to an
automatic coffee maker, flatware etc. It also has a spacious work area
with a desk plus voice and data lines, personalized voice mail and
ample space for entertaining or meeting with colleagues.
Guests
enjoy an outdoor swimming pool, cable television with premium channels
and movies, a 24 hour guest laundry, a 24 hour exercise room, free
local telephone calls, and on-site businesses services. They also
receive Marriott Reward points.
The
Miami Airport/West TownePlace Suites is one of three extended stay
hotels to be opened in Miami-Dade during 1999 by Landcom Hospitality.
The company opened the 95-suite Miami Lakes TownePlace Suites in June
and plans to open a 140-unit Residence Inn in Coconut Grove by
year’s end.
These
hotels, in addition to the 112-suite Miami Airport Residence Inn,
which the company built in 1989 and has managed since then, will
provide it with 442 suites to serve extended stay visitors to
Miami-Dade.
“We
are extremely enthusiastic about the need for extended stay hotels in
South Florida,” says Kiker. “The emergence of Greater Miami as an
international business center, the number of businesses that have been
established in this area plus the addition of South Com and the
Dolphin Mall have all given impetus to the growth of the Airport West
area and have made it one of the fastest growing in the nation.”
He
continued, “The Miami Airport Residence Inn was the first of its
kind in this area. It enjoys an unusually high occupancy rate year
’round and has provided us with the experience necessary to
thoroughly understand and fulfill the needs of extended stay
guests.”
Residence
Inns are also a part of the Marriott family, the leader in extended
stay hotels. They too have the look and feel of townhouse communities.
However, the suites are larger and more luxurious than those at
TownePlace Suites and there is a fireplace in the living room area.
In
addition to swimming pools, Residence Inns have Sports Courts with
tennis and basketball facilities plus heated spas.
Guests
may enjoy a complimentary cooked breakfast each morning plus
refreshments in the evening in the “Gatehouse,” a
informal gathering place adjacent to the hotel’s reception
area and front desk.
They
are also treated to a free daily newspaper, a weekly barbecue and free
grocery-shopping services.
There
are over 300 Residence Inns now serving extended stay guests with
additional hotels being opened in many cities.
Landcom
Hospitality is a Jacksonville-based hotel management company with over
1,000 employees and eleven hotels in Miami-Dade, Ocala, Jacksonville,
Tennessee, Louisiana and Colorado. It is planning to build additional
hotels in South Florida in the future.
Kiker
has been with Landcom since 1992. He started his career in the
hospitality industry at age 16 as a line employee and has worked up
his way up the management ladder with Holiday Inns and Marriott.
For
more information about the Miami Airport/West TownePlace Suites call
General Manager Julie
Avino
at 305 718 4144 or 800 257 3000 for reservations.
For
more information about Landcom Hospitality, the Miami Airport
Residence Inn and the other Landcom hotels, call Max Kiker at
305 591 2211 or fax him at 305 59l 0902. Residence Inn
reservations may be obtained by calling 800 331 3131.
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