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LONGMONT - The Hampton Inn, a 63-room hotel at 850 South Main St., is planning to add 36 suite-style rooms to compete with five new hotels planned to be built in Longmont.
The Hampton Inn, which is part of the Los Angeles-based Hilton chain, opened Dec. 15, 1999, said Bill Novell, one of the owners. Amenities include a 30-item breakfast bar, a heated indoor pool and Jacuzzi, a workout room and an in-house Laundromat.
The new rooms will be kitchenettes, geared toward extended-stay and business travelers. These rooms, as well as existing rooms, will provide high-speed Internet service, and some of the new rooms will include Jacuzzis. A business center, to include copiers, faxes and printers also will be added to the hotel, he said.
The hotel expects to receive its permit in September and will break ground then, Novell said. The addition is planned to open seven or eight months after the ground breaking.
The builder is Building Erection Services, which has headquarters in Colorado and Kansas City, and the architect is Longmont-based Moore & Bishton, Novell said.
Although the downturn in the economy has affected the Hampton Inn and occupancy has been down, Novell said he is confident business will pick up as the economy improves.
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