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• The 210-room Courtyard Boston Billerica opened in August following a multimillion-dollar renovation. The hotel is operating as a Marriott franchise, converted from the former Wyndham Hotel Billerica in an extensive renovation that completely redesigned the property’s public space. The new concept includes, a business library featuring individual workstations with high-speed dataports and a lounge area where guests can work, meet and dine. The hotel features 210 rooms, including 14 suites, and offers in-room amenities such as 32-inch flat-panel televisions. The eight-story hotel offers five meeting rooms with 4,300 square feet of meeting space to accommodate small meetings and functions of up to 200. Other guest facilities and services include Fireside Grill restaurant and Fireside Lounge, an indoor swimming pool, a fitness center and a business library. For more information, call 978.670.7500 or visit www.marriott.com.

• The Radisson Hotel Freehold recently opened. The 121-room hotel, formerly the Freehold Gardens Hotel, was completely renovated. Each guest room offers complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access and a 32-inch flat-panel television. The hotel is also home to the Crystal Ballroom and Emerald Ballroom, for up to 300 guests. For more information, call 732.780.3870 or visit www.radisson.com.

• The $85 million Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan recently debuted. The 46-story, 770-room property features the largest indoor hotel swimming pool in the city, an upscale lobby bar and a butler floor on the 46th floor. The property also features 24,551 square feet of meeting space and three meetings-based components: a two-hour response guarantee, a meetings director and a daily meetings debrief. For more information, call 212.977.4000 or visit www.manhattan.crowneplaza.com.
  
  
• The Sheraton JFK Airport Hotel opened in August a half-mile from John F. Kennedy Airport. The 150-room property offers 32-inch LCD televisions in each guest room, an indoor heated swimming pool and a whirlpool. The hotel also offers a business center and fitness center, as well as a club floor with upgraded amenities and exclusive access to the Club Lounge. For more information, call 718.322.7190 or visit www.starwoodhotels.com.

• The Hyatt Place Saratoga/Malta opened in August near downtown Saratoga Springs. Each guest room offers complimentary high-speed Internet access, 42-inch flat-panel televisions, and there is free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel. For more information, call 518.885.1109 or visit www.saratogamalta.place.hyatt.com.

• The 56-room Delphos Microtel Inn & Suites recently opened, featuring two meeting rooms and guest rooms equipped with flat-panel televisions. For more information, call 567.765.1500 or visit www.microtelinn.com.

• The Hilton Garden Inn Ottawa Airport in Ottawa recently debuted with 167 guest rooms, each sporting a 32-inch flat-panel television. The hotel offers 4,800 square feet of banquet facilities as well as complimentary wired and wireless Internet access throughout. For more information, call 613.288.9001 or visit http://hiltongardeninn.hilton.com.

• The Equinox underwent a $20 million renovation and recently reopened as The Equinox, A Luxury Collection Golf Resort & Spa, Manchester Village, with new luxury amenities, accommodations, restaurants and cocktail lounges. The 195-room resort, which has served as one of the country’s most historically significant destinations since 1769, has hosted American presidents including Taft, Grant, Harrison and Teddy Roosevelt among others. Located on 1,300 acres, the resort has on-property The Golf Club at Equinox, an 18-hole championship-quality course, as well as the 13,000-square-foot Spa at The Equinox. Additional accommodations include the Orvis Inn, the former home of Orvis founder Charles Orvis; the recently acquired 1811 House, the former summer home of Abraham Lincoln’s granddaughter; and the Townhouses, designed for extended stays. The Equinox also boasts over 18,000 square feet of meeting and special event space. For more information, call 800.270.2132 or visit www.equinoxresort.com.