New Columbus hotels expected to meet needs
With three new hotels in some stage of early planning or development, Columbus soon will have more than a thousand rooms available for guest rentals, a perfect number said Columbus-Lowndes Development Link CEO Joe Higgins.
Brown water blues: Hotel owners seek relief for ‘unusable’ and ‘turbid’ water
STARKVILLE — Roughly halfway through his public appearance at the Starkville Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday, Hotel Chester owner David Mollendor removed nine sealed cups of brown water, some as dark as plain coffee.
Fire personnel: Sprinklers can be life-saving tools
In January, four students at Mississippi University for Women were killed in a fire at the Days Inn in Hoover, Ala. The blaze raged out of control largely because the motel was — legally — not equipped with sprinklers.
Work under way on CVB building, hotels
Columbus developer Mark Castleberry will stay busy for the next year as his firm, Castle Properties, handles three major projects.
Construction work set to begin on Columbus hotels
Construction work will soon begin on two hotels and restaurant space planned for the intersection of 18th Avenue North and Highway 82 in Columbus.