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Officials cut ribbon for Holiday Inn Express
The Vindicator ( Youngstown)
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An official ribbon-cutting ceremony for Austintown’s new Holiday Inn Express and Suites was Wednesday morning. From left, assistant general manager Heidi Pelfrey, general manager KayLou King and owner Frank Pasqualetti celebrate with Brent Carnaha, of Seven Seventeen Credit Union and Atty. Jeffrey Lutz, who represents Pasqualetti, after cutting the ribbon.
Officials cut ribbon for Holiday Inn Express
Staff report
Austintown
The ribbon was cut on the township’s new $6.5 million Holiday Inn Express and Suites.
Representatives from the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber and hotel manager KayLou King did the ceremonial ribbon- cutting Wednesday morning at the hotel, 5555 Cerni Place, just off the Interstate 80 West on-ramp.
Construction crews broke ground on the multimillion-dollar project in July 2010, and it opened for business in June.
Trustees Jim Davis and David Ditzler did not attend the ribbon-cutting and declined to comment. Trustee Lisa Oles was not available to comment Wednesday evening.
The 50,000-square-foot hotel has 86 guest rooms, soundproof windows to block highway-traffic noise and will be 20 percent more energy-efficient than other area hotels, according to a news release from the chamber.
Each room comes equipped with flat-screen LCD televisions, high-speed Internet, microwaves and refrigerators.
Other features include an Express Start Breakfast Bar, fresh-baked cookies daily, indoor pool with whirlpool and a fitness room, the news release said.
The new Holiday Inn offers rates starting at $108 per night. For more information, call 330-505-5700.