The town of Miami, Okla., has made ambitious (and welcome) plans to play up its Route 66 connection in recent months.
If all those additional Route 66 tourists show up, they’ll need a place to stay. Miami has that covered, too — the number of hotel rooms in the city are projected to nearly double in the coming months, reports the Joplin (Mo.) Globe.
At the end of March, the city had 295 hotel rooms, Davis said. With completion of the new Hampton Inn, that number will jump to 369, and two more hotels under construction will add 150 rooms, she said.
Last year, the city’s 4 percent hotel and motel tax generated $121,540, Davis said, an increase of 12.5 percent over the figure for the previous year. The first quarter of 2008 has recorded an increase of 18 percent over revenue during last year’s first quarter.
With the higher number of hotel rooms, Miami hopes to land more big tourism events.
Glad to hear Miami’s pushing their 66 heritage. Perhaps they could also put up better signage to the “ribbon road.” We’ve gotten lost everytime. (Hint, don’t put Waylan’s KuKu fried okra on a seat, even if double bagged.)
The last time through Miami, we stayed at the Townsman Motel and found it to be acceptable with a great drive up awning. One of the few bars in town is on the premises. Plus there is a great restaurant on property as well and quite popular with the locals for breakfast.
Definitely worth checking out.
We paid just over $40 for the room.