Two Full-Service Hotels Open To Welcome Cape Fear Coast Visitors (North Carolina, USA)

Just in time for the busy tourist season, two hotels recently opened to welcome guests to North Carolina’s Cape Fear Coast. The new 119-room Hilton Garden Inn, located at Mayfaire Town Center in Wilmington, opened in March with 15 suites and 104 standard guest rooms. And just across the bridge on the island of Wrightsville Beach, the Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort re-opened in April after an extensive 6-month renovation that encompasses all 184 guest rooms, restaurants, the piano lobby, meeting space, and seating areas.

Hilton Garden Inn at Mayfaire: Located just five minutes from Wrightsville Beach, the Hilton Garden Inn is Wilmington’s newest hotel. Suites and guest rooms feature local art, king-size beds with adjustable firmness settings, granite counter tops, and curved shower rods. All rooms are equipped with a microwave, refrigerator, coffeemaker, digital flat screen HDTV televisions, digital cable, speakerphones with voicemail and data ports, and MP3 clock radios. Also on-site is a 24-hour on-site fitness facility, an outdoor heated pool with poolside food and beverage service, 24-hour business center, a lounge, hi-speed and wireless Internet access, laundry facilities, and in-room Stay Fit kits. The Great American Grill Restaurant features a cooked-to-order breakfast buffet, as well as a customized catering menu. Two first-floor meeting rooms offer 1,750 square feet to accommodate up to 80 theater-style or 50 banquet-style. Meeting rooms have in-house AV equipment and automated drop-down viewing screens with remote access. The Hilton Garden Inn, located at 6745 Rock Spring Road in Wilmington, is owned by Winston Hotels and is operated by Alliance Hospitality Management Company. The General Manager is Gary Nelson and the Director of Sales is Doreen Turgeon. For more information on the Hilton Garden Inn, please call 910-509-4046 or 877-StayHGI; or visit www.wilmingtonmayfairetowncenter.stayhgi.com

Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort Wrightsville Beach: According to General Manager Anne Marie Hartman, the Holiday Inn SunSpree staff is looking forward to once again providing their guests with a superior oceanfront resort experience. Following their extensive renovation, the hotel’s 184 guest rooms feature newly designed dГѓВ©cor, furniture and upgraded features such as curved shower rods, refrigerator and microwave, 32″ LCD high definition flat screen TV, alarm/CD player/MP3 compatible clock, ergonomic work station, complimentary high-speed Internet access, comfortable queen or king-size beds, cable TV, hair dryer, coffee maker and iron with ironing board. The suites feature a parlor room with adjoining bedroom with king/queen bed, whirlpool tub, wet bar and large balcony. The Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort is owned by Moore’s Inlet Ltd. Partnership of Asheville, NC, under franchise with InterContinental Hotels Group, and operated by First Carolina Management, Inc. of Rocky Mount, NC. The hotel’s General Manager is Anne Marie Hartman and the Director of Sales is Maureen Donovan. For more information on the Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort, please call 910-256-2231; or visit www.wrightsville.sunspree.com

The New Hanover County Tourism Development Authority d/b/a the Cape Fear Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau is the official destination marketing organization of New Hanover County that stimulates economic development through the promotion of travel and tourism.

April 25, 2007   Posted in: United States East