Starkville Hotels To Give Katrina Victims Priority
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BY ROBBIE WARD
Daily Journal Starkville Bureau
STARKVILLE - No hurricane evacuees will be kicked out of their hotel rooms to make space for football fans, a city tourism official said Thursday. The Greater Starkville Development Partnership and the Mississippi State University Athletic Department asked hotels in the city to give priority to people already here because of hurricane devastation in south Mississippi and Louisiana. Most hotels in Starkville are filled with evacuees, as are hotels throughout the region. Some Golden Triangle hotels, however, are reporting vacancies for the weekend.Arma delaCruz Salazar, vice president of the tourism for the Partnership, and MSU officials asked hotels to display signs that read: "No hurricane evacuees will be asked to leave to accommodate room reservations for the Mississippi State v. Murray State football game Saturday." "All of the managers were very happy to do this, and it seems we are all on the same page," Salazar said in a prepared statement. Room for allChristina Ross, general manager at Comfort Suites in Starkville, stopped short of saying people would be asked to leave for others with reservations. However, she said that because of cancellations and people leaving to get closer to home, everyone should have a room. "We're trying to accommodate everybody as much as possible," Ross said. Comfort Suites, which has 76 suites, was filled Thursday. MSU's athletic department is also sending out news releases saying the football game will not be canceled, but officials encourage people to cancel hotel reservations. "They will also be distributing football tickets to the hotels for the evacuees to help get their minds off things and have an enjoyable weekend," she said.
Contact Robbie Ward at 323-9831 or robbie.ward@djournal.com
BY ROBBIE WARD
Daily Journal Starkville Bureau
STARKVILLE - No hurricane evacuees will be kicked out of their hotel rooms to make space for football fans, a city tourism official said Thursday. The Greater Starkville Development Partnership and the Mississippi State University Athletic Department asked hotels in the city to give priority to people already here because of hurricane devastation in south Mississippi and Louisiana. Most hotels in Starkville are filled with evacuees, as are hotels throughout the region. Some Golden Triangle hotels, however, are reporting vacancies for the weekend.Arma delaCruz Salazar, vice president of the tourism for the Partnership, and MSU officials asked hotels to display signs that read: "No hurricane evacuees will be asked to leave to accommodate room reservations for the Mississippi State v. Murray State football game Saturday." "All of the managers were very happy to do this, and it seems we are all on the same page," Salazar said in a prepared statement. Room for allChristina Ross, general manager at Comfort Suites in Starkville, stopped short of saying people would be asked to leave for others with reservations. However, she said that because of cancellations and people leaving to get closer to home, everyone should have a room. "We're trying to accommodate everybody as much as possible," Ross said. Comfort Suites, which has 76 suites, was filled Thursday. MSU's athletic department is also sending out news releases saying the football game will not be canceled, but officials encourage people to cancel hotel reservations. "They will also be distributing football tickets to the hotels for the evacuees to help get their minds off things and have an enjoyable weekend," she said.
Contact Robbie Ward at 323-9831 or robbie.ward@djournal.com
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