A hip hotel brand is breaking into the downtown Atlanta market, a sign of growing confidence in an area that draws millions of tourists a year.The 263-room Days Inn Atlanta Downtown will become an Aloft hotel — a contemporary, limited-service brand from Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., reports the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Downtown Atlanta’s [...]
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