Article: MeriStar Hotels & Resorts Signs Multi-Year Contract to Manage Historic Boutique Hotel in Washington, D.C.; The Churchill to Undergo $5 Million Renovation.

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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2001

MeriStar Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: MMH), the nation's largest independent management company, today announced that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Whitewood, LLC, a Charleston, South Carolina-based hotel development group, to manage a 144-room boutique hotel in Washington, D.C. Whitewood acquired the former Sofitel Hotel and will begin a comprehensive $5.0 million renovation this summer. Whitewood has renamed the boutique property The Churchill Hotel.

"We also manage The Westin Francis Marion in Charleston and The Westin Poinsett in Greenville, South Carolina for affiliates of ...

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