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White Plains Has New Cambria Hotel In Heart Of The City

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- White Plains officially welcomed the Cambria Hotel & Suites to its downtown Wednesday with a grand opening celebration.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the new Cambria Hotel & Suites at 250 Main St., White Plains.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony outside the new Cambria Hotel & Suites at 250 Main St., White Plains.

Photo Credit: Jon Craig
White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, left, City Council President John Martin and Examiner Newspaper Editor Martin Wilbur participated as judges of a local craft beer contest.

White Plains Mayor Tom Roach, left, City Council President John Martin and Examiner Newspaper Editor Martin Wilbur participated as judges of a local craft beer contest.

Photo Credit: Jon Craig
An overview of the Cambria celebration on Wednesday evening.

An overview of the Cambria celebration on Wednesday evening.

Photo Credit: Jon Craig

The ceremonies at 250 Main St., within sight of White Plains City Hall and Walmart, included a brass band, ribbon-cutting and beer tasting competition featuring local craft breweries.

White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach declared the tastiest beer to be Bronx IPA, to the winner to the scorn of those favoring Captain Lawrence or Yonkers Brewery brands.

Parent company Choice Hotels International, Inc., one of the world’s largest hotel companies, featured a variety of "culinary creations"  and offered tours of the new Cambria Hotel, the 22nd to open in the United States. Two more Cambria openings are planned early next year in Chelsea and Times Square.

Michael Murphy, senior vice president for Cambria, said he was proud to open the newest hotel with 130 suites in Westchester County, also home to such major corporations as MasterCard, PepsiCo and Heineken.

While Murphy has overseen the opening of more than 100 hotels in 31 years, he said, "This one puts on the global footprint for Cambria."

Murphy said his favorite part of an opening is watching the faces of hotel visitors as they walk in for the first time.

Roach, who grew up nearby, noted the hotel is on the site of a formerly rundown A&P Supermarket, left abandoned for many years. "The world is shifting back to cities,'' Roach said. The new development includes 35,000-square-feet of retail space.

Steve Joyce, president and CEO of Choice Hotels, said, "I am more than thrilled to be here and become a neighbor in your great town. This is the new age of hotels."

The Cambria bills itself as contemporary, upscale lodging at affordable prices. This week in White Plains, rooms started at $139 a night. Cambria's suites are about 25 percent larger than standard hotel rooms, offering separate areas to sleep and work. For details, go to www.cambriasuites.com.

Choice Hotels International, Inc. franchises more than 6,300 hotels in the United States and 35 other countries. The company's Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria Hotels & Suites, MainStay Suites, Suburban Extended Stay Hotel, Econo Lodge and Rodeway Inn brands, as well as its Ascend Hotel Collection membership program, serve guests worldwide.

 

 

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