ATLANTA (January 22, 2001) � Atlanta-based Day Hospitality Group (DHG) broke ground recently for its 13th hotel, a SpringHill Suites by Marriott on Georgia Highway 20, west of Interstate 85.  Located directly across the street from the Mall of Georgia, the regional mega-mall in Gwinnett County north of Atlanta, the hotel will stand five stories tall and feature 97 rooms. An August 2001opening is planned. 
 
�SpringHill Suites will be the 90th hotel to open in Gwinnett County,� said Susanne Adams, Director of New Business Development for the Chamber of Commerce, �and we are pleased to have another quality product to offer our visitors.�
 
�Day Hospitality Group is proud to introduce SpringHill Suites by Marriott to the Mall of Georgia market where our company�s Hampton Inn has been successful,� said Peyton Day, DHG�s Chairman and CEO.  �We are pleased to extend our special brand of hospitality to the growing Gwinnett area of Atlanta.  The hotel will fill a
definite need.�
 
Those participating in the groundbreaking event included Peyton Day, DHG Chairman and CEO, Fred Cerrone, DHG President and COO; Suzanne Adams, Gwinnett County Chamber of Commerce, Caryn Bean, Executive Director, Gwinnett Convention & Visitors Bureau, Tom Martin, General Manager, Mall of Georgia; Mike Allen, Executive Vice President, Regional Credit Officer, Century South Bank; Randy Foster, Foster & Company; the construction company for the project; Bruce Williams, Executive Vice President and Bill Brogdon, Executive Vice President of Gwinnett Prado, the investment company for the hotel. 
       
Day Hospitality Group (DHG) is a full-scale management, development and consulting firm specializing in the select-service lodging segment of the hotel industry.  A franchise partner of Marriott International, Inc., (NYSE/MAR), DHG operates five Fairfield Inn by Marriott properties in Midtown Atlanta, Alpharetta, Perimeter Center, Buckhead and Kennesaw, two TownePlace Suites hotels in Alpharetta and Kennesaw and two SpringHill Suites hotels in Alpharetta and Kennesaw. The company has Fairfield Inns in Charlotte, North Carolina and Macon, Georgia.  The company also owns and manages the Hampton Inn at the Mall of Georgia.