Two downtown Grand Rapids hotels will welcome visitors to rooms upgraded with new technology and rich interiors. One of the city's largest ballrooms and its adjacent public areas will see the biggest renovation in 28 years.
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Two more anchor hotels in downtown are set to get major makeovers during the next two years, despite a continued slowdown in the area's lodging market. Room and public space renovations at the Amway Grand Plaza, 187 Monroe Ave. NW, and Courtyard by Marriott, 11 Monroe Ave. NW, will represent a multimillion investment by owner and operator Amway Hotel Corp., President Joe Tomaselli said. Tomaselli said he could not provide precise figures, but the initial Courtyard and Amway Grand investments are expected to be "a couple million" each. Plans for the upgrades are taking place as the 175-room Days Hotel, 310 Pearl St. NW, prepares to change its flag to Holiday Inn later this year. "We're very, very fortunate that we have hotel properties that understand that, even in the toughest times, you need to do whatever possible to keep an edge on the competition," said Doug Small, president of the Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention & Visitors Bureau. Work is slated to start in October on renovating all 214 rooms at the Courtyard inside the Plaza Towers complex to Marriott's Generation 5 room standard, integrating more technology, updated decor and other amenities.
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