Motel 6 is reinventing its economy lodging experience with the first new prototype in 12 years.

In an effort to bring more new construction projects into the Vantage family, Americas Best Value Inn is offering to waive the membership fees for the hotel's first year of operation.

For 2010, Crowne Plaza is planning a 31-story, 386-room hotel in central Las Vegas, just west of major casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.

The new downtown residential tower project will bring a new level of sophistication and service to Austin.

InterContinental Hotels Group expects the new 100-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites to open in early fall 2009.

The luxurious 300-room Fairmont Avanterra, Palm Desert is slated to open in 2011.

W Hotels Worldwide and Makar Properties LLC are creating the 250-room W Huntington Beach to anchor Makar's Pacific city development and become W Hotel's fifth California property.

Construction on the new property is expected to be completed in spring 2008.

On Nov. 28, Rosemont, Ill .-based First Hospitality Group and Minneapolis-based Global One Commercial held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Hilton Garden Inn Downtown Minneapolis & Convention Center.

Located less than half a mile from the Mall of Georgia, the hotel will stand four stories tall and feature 110 rooms when it opens in late 2008.

The new hotel is scheduled to open next June.

The 414-room property is slated to open in 2010.

The Seneca Nation in Buffalo, N.Y., plans a $333-million, 9-acre hotel-casino-spa-retail complex, designed by New York-based SOSH Architects.

Representing 775 new rooms, the new-construction franchises consist of two Hampton Inn hotels and six Hampton Inn & Suites properties.

The Texas property is a public/private partnership with the City of Lubbock being developed by Garfield Traub Development LLC, and to be operated by 1859 Historic Hotels Ltd.

Hilton executives and city officials commemorate the construction milestone by placing an evergreen tree on top of Guest Tower Level 20.

The joint venture plans to build 25 to 30 hotels over the next three years, and are actively seeking hotel sites nationwide.

Construction of the 13-story new-build property is anticipated to begin first quarter 2008, with an expected opening in summer 2009.

The full-service boutique hotel, operated by Kimpton Hotels, will be a focal point of Signature Tower, a 70-story monolith that will soon become known as "Nashville's tallest building."

The loan was given to Impact Properties for the project, which has broken ground in Florida and is expected to be complete in December 2008.