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Connecticut

• CoCo Key Water Resort, a 50,000- square-foot indoor water park at the Holiday Inn Waterbury, opened in October. The debut is part of a more extensive hotel renovation to the 284-room hotel, including updated rooms, a new restaurant/lounge, indoor pool, fitness center and 40,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space. With the fourth-largest ballroom in Connecticut and 22 meeting rooms, the hotel can accommodate groups up to 1,200 people or an exhibit with up to 70 booths. For more information, call 203.706.1000 or visit www.holidayinn.com/waterburyct or www.cocokeywaterresort.com.

• Set in a private enclave, Fairmont Battery Wharf will open in December with 150 guest rooms, including Fairmont Gold, the brand’s exclusive lifestyle offering featuring personalized service with amenities such as private reception and a guest lounge. The hotel will offer 6,000 square feet of meeting space and a restaurant with harbor views. For more information, call 617.994.9000 or visit www.fairmont.com.

• Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan SoHo Village recently opened a 150-room property including free high-speed Internet access. Guest rooms offer 42-inch plasma televisions. Additional amenities include a business center and workout facility. The hotel features an executive boardroom. For more information, call 212.229.9988 or visit www.starwoodhotels.com.
  
  
• The 106-room TownePlace Suites/Albany Empire State Plaza is a newly built, extended-stay hotel. The seven-story, stucco and brick property features an indoor pool, wired and wireless Internet access, complimentary parking and a pet-friendly policy, as well as 400 square feet of meeting space. Each two-room suite features separate living and sleeping areas, a fully equipped kitchen, a work station with complimentary Internet access and premium bedding. Guests also may enjoy a free continental breakfast in the hotel’s lobby/social area. For more information, call 518.860.1500 or visit www.marriott.com.
  
  
• Meet is a two-story, 2,500-square-foot loft that recently opened to groups. The Manhattan property is outfitted with features not usually found in hotel meeting spaces: a library stocked with more than 100 art, design and photography reference books; a kitchen pantry stocked with snacks; and breakout rooms that resemble private rooms in the trendiest New York clubs. Accommodating 35 for sit-down presentations or 100 for product launches and premiere events, the space includes The Library; The Parlor and The Lounge, two breakout rooms, an iMac station and 65-inch high-definition presentation screens. Also available, The White Room is a 1,000-square-foot conference room. For more information, call 212.966.1550 or visit www.welcometomeet.com.

• Hyatt Hotels & Resorts will operate and manage the new 394-room Hyatt Regency Toronto in downtown, slated to open in January in the center of the city’s entertainment district. The multimillion-dollar renovation includes new guest rooms, lobby, meeting space, restaurant and lobby-level wine bar. Guest rooms will feature 42-inch flat-screen televisions, and the hotel will offer more than 30,000 square feet of newly renovated meeting space, which can be configured to accommodate both large and small meetings and events. Wireless high-speed Internet access will be available throughout the building. Other amenities will include a gym and the 4,700-square-foot Regency Club, including an outdoor patio. The outdoor rooftop pool area will also get an upgrade. For more information, call 416.599.4000 or visit www.hyattregencytoronto.com.
  
  
• Hampton Hotels today recently opened the 121-room Hampton Inn Sudbury, Ontario. The five-story hotel features complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access in all guest rooms and meeting rooms, a 24-hour business center and an indoor pool and fitness room. Guest rooms include 32-inch flat-screen televisions. For more information, call 705.523.5200 or visit http://hamptoninn.hilton.com.

• A new 129-suite hotel, Cambria Suites Cranberry Township is in the works and will boast guest rooms that are 25 percent larger than standard hotel rooms. The hotel will offer the latest in technology, from a large-screen television in the open, airy two-story lobby to two flat-screen LCD televisions and complimentary wired and wireless high-speed Internet access throughout the property. The hotel will feature a fitness center with an indoor pool and spa and more than 1,000 square feet of meeting space. For more information, call or visit www.cambriasuites.com.