|
|
at Just Opened Ramada Plaza Hotel @ La Guardia |
NEW YORK (Oct. 2, 2001) � The Ramada Plaza Hotel®
@ La Guardia Airport, located in New York City�s borough of Queens across
the street from Shea Stadium, the U.S. Tennis Association�s National Tennis
Center and La Guardia Airport, has officially opened all of its 217 guest
rooms and suites.
The eight-story hotel features Bobby V�s Sports Bar & Restaurant, named for its owner, New York Mets Manager Bobby Valentine, and a museum of one-of-a-kind baseball memorabilia.
�When traveling on business or pleasure or just stuck at the airport, guests will find the Ramada Plaza Hotel @ La Guardia Airport a very unique place to stay,� he said. �Our prices are below area competitors, and we offer the high quality of a Ramada Plaza Hotel product.� With more than 30 television monitors, Bobby V�s Sports Bar & Restaurant offers up to 200 diners the capability of viewing virtually any game while enjoying sensibly priced fare. The restaurant also caters to private parties and other functions. Mets fans will find a gallery of unique items at Bobby V�s Sports Bar & Restaurant harkening from as far back as the team�s formative years in the 1960�s. In addition to the property�s unique sports attractions, the Ramada Plaza Hotel @ La Guardia Airport, which is the closest hotel to Shea Stadium and the National Tennis Center, also features high-speed Internet access and Web TV in all rooms, a 24-hour business center, an indoor pool, and a complimentary fitness center. The property also has on-site car rental, a gift shop, an automatic teller machine and Internet kiosk, voice-mail, pay-per-view movies, in-room safes, convenient bus and subway transportation to Manhattan, 24-hour courtesy shuttle service to La Guardia and Kennedy airports, and transportation to Shea Stadium and the National Tennis Center. Designed to Ramada�s specifications, The Ramada Plaza Hotel @ La Guardia Airport features king beds in most rooms and 4,300 square feet of meeting space for up to 350 people including break-out rooms to accommodate smaller groups, all complete with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment. The Ramada Plaza Hotel @ La Guardia Airport is co-owned by Fort Lee, N.J.-based Pomeranc Group and a New York-based investment group. Pomeranc Group is actively developing hotels near airports, particularly along the Northeast corridor, and presently owns and operates the Ramada Inn International Airport property in Newark, N.J., as well as upscale hotels in New York City. �Our partnership with Bobby Valentine ensures the La Guardia Airport traveler a very exciting stay,� said Michael Pomeranc of the Pomeranc Group. Ramada Franchise Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Cendant Corporation (NYSE: CD), is a mid- to upper-mid market chain of nearly 1,000 Ramada Limited® Inn® and Plaza Hotel® properties throughout the United States. |
###
Contact:
Rob Davidson
Ramada® Public Relations Manager (973) 496-2406 [email protected] www.ramada.com |
Also See | Profile: Bob Sambol Taking Steak HouseVenture to San Francisco's Omni Hotel / Aug 2001 |