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In September 1997, Starwood Lodging Trust purchased Westin Hotels, integrating the franchisee into the Starwood brand. [20] In 1999 the hotel was again renamed, becoming The Westin Grand. [24] The Westin underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation from 2010 to 2012. The hotel was renamed The Westin Georgetown on November 30, 2010.
During its first year of operation, Car2Go paid the city more than $500,000 for rights to meter-free parking. [12] The service has seen initial success; from September 2012 to July 2013, membership tripled to 26,000 users. [11]
CityCenterDC, colloquially called CityCenter, is a mixed-use development consisting of two condominium buildings, two rental apartment buildings, two office buildings, a luxury hotel, and public park in downtown Washington, D.C. [1] It encompasses 2,000,000 square feet (190,000 m 2) and covers more than five city blocks. [2]
The Westin's primary customer was the business traveler with an expense account and small meetings for corporate or governmental executives, [11] while its secondary customer were convention-goers seeking a more upscale hotel. [3] On December 29, 1989, Westin sold the hotel to All Nippon Airways for $100 million [14] or $110 million [15 ...
Westin Hotels & Resorts is an American upscale hotel chain owned by Marriott International. As of June 30, 2020 [update] , the Westin Brand has 226 properties with 82,608 rooms in multiple countries in addition to 58 hotels with 15,741 rooms in the pipeline.
The construction of the downtown Washington sections of the Orange and Blue lines began simultaneously with the Red line. A joint ground-breaking ceremony was held on December 9, 1969. [11] Service on the joint downtown track was at first branded as just the Blue Line and commenced on July 1, 1977. [11]
The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the D.C. area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area comprising Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States, and its surroundings.
Franklin Square, or Franklin Park, is a square in downtown Washington, D.C. Purportedly named after Benjamin Franklin, it is bounded by K Street NW to the north, 13th Street NW on the east, I Street NW on the south, and 14th Street NW on the west.