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Augusta sees influx of hotels as occupancy rate plummets

The old Guest Inn off Washington Road had become a run-down place where crime was as much a part of the landscape as tourists.So Jugal Purohit, the hotel's owner, tore most of it down. "It's always better to take out the bad cancer right away and give a new look to the location," he said. Mr. Purohit is replacing most of the old hotel with two new ones. His AmeriHost Inn is set to open this month, and he'll soon break ground on a four-story, 62-room hotel next door, complete with an indoor swimming pool. Mr. Purohit, for example, is spending about $8 million total to build his two new hotels and renovate the remaining portion of his Guest Inn. read entire article

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