Holiday Inn Express Cape Coral earns award
Lexington Management Corp., a Cincinnati-based hotel management company and developer, announced last week that it received the prestigious Renovation Award from the Intercontinental Hotels Group for its Holiday Inn Express hotel located on Cape Coral Parkway.
The hotel was originally built in 1986 as a Quality Inn. Lexington Management Corp. purchased the hotel in 1988. Renovations at the facility began in June 2008 and were completed in February 2009. Those renovations included updating and enhancing exterior landscaping, parking lot resurfacing and a complete new faade on the building. Interior upgrades include all new guest room furniture, flat screen televisions and a lobby enhancement to accommodate the signature “SmartStart” breakfast by Holiday Inn Express.
The hotel remained open during the majority of the renovations, being closed for only 45 days.
Recipients of this award are judged by Intercontinental Hotels Group to have made significant improvements in the quality and image of their properties.
In addition to this award, Lexington Management received awards for two other hotels in its portfolio this past year. Marriott International Inc. recognized the Residence Inn Cincinnati North/West Chester as Best Opening. The hotel, which opened in November 2008 was cited by Marriott for best exemplifying hotel leadership in all areas (sales, finance, service, team building) and opening performance in receiving the award. This property was deemed the best out of the 38 Residence Inns opening throughout the country in 2008.
Another Lexington Manage-ment hotel, Courtyard Cincinnati North, Union Centre, is currently a finalist for Hotel of the Year by Marriott International. This award is made to the best overall Courtyard Hotel out of 763 hotels nationally. Only eight Courtyard Hotels are currently finalists with a formal announcement slated by Marriott for early April.
“We are extremely proud of these and all of our hotels,” noted R. Todd Smith, president and CEO of Lexington Management. “Our strategy is to find and develop hotels in great locations, then hire superior managers who share our vision of being the best in the industry. We find that when you consider the customer’s needs first and always, success will follow.”
For more information about the Holiday Inn Express at Cape Coral, visit www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/ex/1/en/hotel/fmycf or call 1-239-542-2121.