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| Mathew Jalazo |
BETHESDA, MD and BROOKLYN,
NY, Dec. 14, 2016 –A joint venture between Urgo Hotels & Resorts and
Ensemble Hotel Partners announced the opening of the 10-story, 159-room,
full-service Marriott Hotel in downtown Ithaca, New York.
Located at the eastern entrance to the Ithaca
Commons, a newly renovated pedestrian indoor and outdoor mixed-use development
and entertainment district anchoring the downtown core, the hotel sits on the
doorsteps of Cornell University and Ithaca College.
The joint venture developed
and owns the project, and the hotel will be managed by Urgo Hotels &
Resorts.
“The Marriott Ithaca will
act as a gateway to the newly renovated commons in downtown Ithaca, with its
numerous restaurants, retail and entertainment options,” said Mathew Jalazo, vice president of
development at Urgo
“When designing the
project, we focused on the architecture and interior design to incorporate
aspects of the local community and Cornell, including custom guestrooms and a
lobby that acts as gathering place for hotel guest and locals alike.
“Furthermore, this is
Ithaca’s first new hotel in downtown in more than 10 years and the only
Marriott-branded hotel located downtown.
We believe the combination of the strength of the Marriott brand and the
quality of the hotel’s facilities and amenities, along with its unique
location, will allow the property to outperform its competitive set in a short
period of time.”
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| Marriott Ithaca Hotel, Downtown Ithaca, NY |
The 159-room full-service Marriott
hotel features a 10-story design on 8,430 square feet of land with a
state-of-the-art fitness center and Monks on the Commons, a restaurant and bar
with indoor/outdoor seating located on the pedestrian commons boasting
floor-to-ceiling windows with views of Cornell and the surrounding downtown
amenities.
The hotel has approximately
3,000 square feet of meeting/function space on the second floor with
floor-to-ceiling windows and guestrooms on the second level and floors three
through ten.
“While this marks our first entry into Ithaca,
this is our 16th property in the New York metro area and our 17th Marriott
family branded hotel,” Jalazo added. “2016 has been a record year for Urgo. The
Ithaca Marriott will be the sixth new development property we opened this year,
with our seventh opening next week.”
“Our portfolio has grown
more than 28 percent in 2016 to a total of 46 properties and approximately
6,600 rooms, including all owned, third-party management and under development
projects contracts,” Jalazo noted. “Our
pipeline remains quite full, with six properties under construction and five in
the development phase, and we expect to enjoy similar growth in 2017.”
For a complete copy of the company’s news release,
please contact:
Chris Daly
Daly Gray Public Relations
703 435 6293
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