
After the announcement of the Aloft Durham hotel, the brand is continuing US expansion via the state of North Carolina as a part of yet another rejuvination project. The Aloft Raleigh hotel will open across from the North Carolina State University Campus in mid-2015 with 135 guestrooms and 1,000 feet of meetings space. It will be the 5th Aloft in North Carolina alone."We are delighted to debut Aloft in Raleigh and expect the hotel will emerge as a hotspot among savvy travelers, area professionals and students in this dynamic university town", says Brian McGuinness, Senior Vice President, Specialty Select Brands for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. "Just five years since it launched, Aloft recently opened its 75th hotel and is coming online in new markets all the time", he continues.