The Holiday Inn Westbury - Long Island expects to see more group business year over year due to the improvements in the economy, the industry, and their sales efforts.
Westbury, New York (PRWEB) January 20, 2015 -- The Holiday Inn Westbury - Long Island Hotel is in a centralized location, and is nearby many sporting event facilities, which provides athletes, their teams, and their families with a convenient, comfortable, and affordable choice when seeking hotel accommodations in the area. The Holiday Inn is located near Nassau County Long Island’s Mitchel Athletic Complex, which is a 49-acre complex located in the “Hub” area, just west of Nassau Coliseum that is approximately 5 miles from the Holiday Inn Westbury Hotel. The Mitchel Athletic Complex hosts a variety of high school and collegiate athletic events. The facility includes a track and field stadium, which is also ideal for football, soccer and lacrosse tournaments. The facility also has 4 fields that can be utilized for softball and baseball. The Complex is considered by many athletes and coaches to be among the best in the region.
The Holiday Inn Westbury – Long Island is also within just a few miles of the Aquatic Center located at Nassau County’s Eisenhower Park. The Aquatic Center was originally built for the 1998 International Goodwill Games, and is widely recognized as one of the finest swimming facilities within the United States. The facility regularly hosts major diving and swimming competitions. It is a world-class 80,000 square foot facility, which draws athletes from all over the world.
The Hotel is a full service Hotel with 152 rooms, with over 90 of its rooms as double bedded rooms, which is ideal for group and family travel. The Hotel offers its guests ample free parking, a full service restaurant, which is their Sporting News Grill that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner along with room service, a 24-hour business center, a 24-hour fitness center, and an outdoor garden courtyard and pool, which is of course seasonal. Guests may also enjoy IHG Rewards Club benefits, as the Holiday Inn is part of the IHG family of Hotels, which has over 4,800 hotels worldwide. The Hotel also offers private banquet and catering services in their private banquet and meeting room space.
Throughout 2015 the Hotel's sales team will be working diligently to reach out to many sports groups and athletic associations in order to promote and market the the Holiday Inn Westbury as one of the best group friendly hotels in Nassau County, Long Island.
Special rate consideration is given to local colleges such as Adelphi and Hofstra Universities, LIU Post, SUNY Old Westbury and Nassau Community College for groups and individual travel. In addition, rival teams competing against the local universities are given special group rate consideration. This year the Holiday Inn Westbury will be attending the Pennsylvania Bus Association's Marketplace (tradeshow) in March. There, they will be marketing the Hotel to Tour Operators and Group Leaders that work closely with sports groups as well as leisure groups that are interested in visiting the many Nassau County and Long Island attractions.
The Holiday Inn Westbury's General Manager, Franklin Manchester stated, "The Holiday Inn is an ideal Hotel for groups and families. In fact, those are the markets that most Holiday Inns offer their services to. We enjoy sticking with tradition, but providing our guests with the best customer service in the area, along with many new features in our accommodations, services and amenities. The sports market is one of our favorite markets to provide services to, and we have a team of professionals here to do just that, and do it well." Manchester added that the Holiday Inn Westbury is host to many groups from varying markets, which extends beyond the sports market; however, he believes the sports market is one of the largest to target markets given the Hotel's close proximity to so many sport and recreation facilities.
To learn more about the Holiday Inn Westbury – Long Island or to contact their sales team, visit their new website at http://www.hiwestburyhotel.com. Group inquiries may be sent to info(at)hiwestbury(dot)com. One may call the Hotel at 516-997-5000. The Holiday Inn Westbury - Long Island is independently owned and operated.
Franklin Manchester, Holiday Inn Westbury - Long Island, http://www.hiwestburyhotel.com, +1 (516) 997-5000 Ext: 411, [email protected]
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