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New Hotel Raises its Flag in Philly
Aug 15, 2008

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. has completed development of yet another hotel under its new Aloft lifestyle brand. Aloft Philadelphia Airport, located at 4301 Island Ave., is a five-story structure featuring 136 guestrooms, a fitness center and a conference room. Starwood managed to wrap up development of the Philly locale ahead of schedule; the company previously announced that the hotel would swing its doors open to guests on September 8. On a mission to bring its new premium select-ser vice brand to the market with a splash, Starwood is on a development spree. It revealed its first property under the flag, Aloft Montreal Airport in June, and opened its first U.S. Aloft destination in Ontario, Calif., later the same month. Aloft Chicago O'Hare and Aloft Charleston Airport & Convention Center have also recently come on the hospitality scene.

 
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