GROUNDBREAKING HELD FOR NEW MOTEL 6 PROTOTYPE

NORTHLAKE, TEXAS — Carrollton, Texas-based Accor North America has held the groundbreaking for a new Motel 6 located in Northlake. The new hotel is the first corporate-built and owned property to feature the chain’s new “Phoenix” prototype design. Features include a new exterior designed by Dallas-based BOKA Powell; a 24-hour food and beverage vending area; and rooms that include a 32-inch, flat-panel television, a multi-media panel and wireless Internet access. The new prototype will also include sustainable features such as wood-effect laminate flooring made from pre-consumer recycled material and a building designed to house solar panels for water heating. The Northlake Motel 6 is scheduled to open during the second half of 2009. Accor has also begun renovating existing corporate-owned hotels in Texas and select properties across the country with the new design.