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Generation Companies Breaks Ground on
Eighth Virginia Candlewood Suites
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WICHITA, Kan., Aug. 27, 2003 - Construction on Virginia's eighth Candlewood Suites has begun in Sterling, Virginia.  Expected to open in summer 2004, the hotel is owned and managed by The Generation Companies, LLC, under a license agreement with Candlewood Hotel Company.  Hubert Construction, LLC of Gaithersburg, Maryland is overseeing the construction of the hotel, which is located approximately 1/4 mile east of Route 28 on the NW Corner of Atlantic Boulevard and Severn Way.
    
The Generation Companies is a hotel development, acquisition and operating company based in Durham, N.C.  With two Candlewood Suites in North Carolina, three in Virginia, and one in Florida -- the company's development of this hotel makes Generation Candlewood's largest franchisee.  H. Mark Daley, III serves as president of The Generation Companies, with Gregory B. Barrow, Vice President of Acquisitions and Development and Ronald S. Jacobsen, Vice President of Operations.

The new hotel will feature 121 suites: 85 studios, 24 one-bedroom and 12 doubles.  Candlewood Suites offers larger-than-average guest suites that cater to the special needs of long-term guests, including a complete kitchen with full-sized appliances, 25-inch TV, large business desk, adjustable executive chair, two phone lines with data port and high-speed internet access.  In addition, guests have access to free laundry facilities, free video and CD library and access to the Candlewood Cupboard -- a 24-hour honor-based pantry with food and sundries at grocery store prices.
    
Candlewood Hotel Company owns, operates and licenses Candlewood Suites -- which serve travelers on short- or long-term stays.  Jack DeBoer founded Candlewood Suites in 1995 and Cambridge Suites in 1998, and is widely recognized in the hotel industry as the creator of the extended stay concept.  According to a recent Market Metrix Hotel Index report, Candlewood Suites has dominated, for the past two years, the extended stay category in customer loyalty and satisfaction.  There are currently more than 100 Candlewood Suites serving nearly every major market coast to coast.


 
Contact:
Candlewood Hotel Company
http://www.generationcompanies.com
Also See: Suburban Extended Stay Hotels Presents Curry-Henderson Award to The Generation Companies / April 2003
The Generation Companies Starts Groundbreaking Program that Turns Hotel Managers Into Owner-partners / Jan 2002


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