General Manager of the Hotel Indigo Raleigh Carlos Faz discusses the new hotel
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One of the true staples of Raleigh Skyline since the 1960s now has a new life. It is the Hotel Indigo, which was the old circular holiday in, has now been rebranded. And there was a formal presentation made today. Joining us now is the general manager of the Hotel Indigo Raleigh Carlos Faz. Carlos, how are you? - I'm doing great, Jeff. How are you? Good evening. - Good evening to you. And it, how long has this been in the works? - So, Jeff, this has been in the works since the end of Q1 in 2025. It officially shut down the operations as the former Italian. It's been in construction since then, and we are now just about to reopen to the public the 29th of September. We're so excited to welcome the community in. - So, open up officially on Tuesday. This took a lot of organization and a lot of planning. How difficult was it to get a group in to believe that you could reopen this facility, which had been such a prominent part of Raleigh's history? - Thank you, Mel. Yes, it took a lot of support, a lot of collaboration. I mean, amazing team, but you know, a lot of it, just simply from the construction crew to electrician and suppliers. Title, realistic partners, as the ownership entity, just simply mobilizing the amount of support so that everything could be accelerated. And it is the line of being able and being gets ready for September 29th. - So, what does this boutique hotel feature? - So, it'll feature 204 rooms. In terms of meeting room space, we have 4,165 comprised of three meeting rooms, a large, a medium, and a small, and a full-service restaurant on the 20th floor called High Ground, which will feature breakfast and dinner, as well as cocktail, happy hour. - It had to take the designers a lot of time to come up with this design. How much of a focus was it to make it uniquely Raleigh? - Very, very, very focused, uniquely Raleigh. So, I mean, the designers,
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