US: A Candlewood Suites extended stay hotel will open in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, by the end of August.
The four-storey Candlewood Suites Bethlehem South at 1630 Spillman Drive will cater primarily to corporate and business travellers. It is now accepting reservations for arrivals on or after August 31.
According to its website, the hotel will feature an on-site fitness centre, an outdoor gazebo grill, full-service housekeeping, on-site guest self-laundry facilities, free wifi, a “lending locker” that will allow guests to borrow everything from a blender to a board game and a “Candlewood Cupboard” where they can “stock up on a variety of breakfast items, beverages, snacks, frozen entrées and more, any time-all on the honour system”.
The hotel is located near the Sands casino complex, Lehigh University, SteelStacks, Northampton Community College’s Fowler Family Southside Center, Lehigh Valley Industrial Park VII and the I-78 interchange at Rt. 412 (Hellertown exit), which is a couple of miles away.
Candlewood Suites is an IHG extended stay flag.