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Fairfield opens in Duncan, Oklahoma

It is owned by Apollo Hospitality under Vasant and Mitesh Patel

Ed Brock
By Ed BrockJun 24, 2020
Ed Brock

Ed Brock is an award-winning journalist who has worked for various U.S. newspapers and magazines, including with American City & County magazine, a national publication based in Atlanta focused on city and county government issues. He is currently senior editor at Asian Hospitality magazine, the top U.S. publication for Asian American hoteliers. Originally from Mobile, Alabama, Ed began his career in journalism in the early 1990s as a reporter for a chain of weekly newspapers in Baldwin County, Alabama. After a stint teaching English in Japan, Ed returned to the U.S. and moved to the Atlanta area where he returned to journalism, coming to work at Asian Hospitality in 2016.

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The Fairfield by Marriott Inn & Suites Duncan is open in Duncan, Oklahoma. It is owned by Apollo Hospitality led by Vasant Patel as founder and chairman and Mitesh Patel as president.

The 80-room hotel, managed by Integral Hospitality of Birmingham, Alabama, is near the Duncan Golf and Tennis Club, the Chisholm Trail Heritage Center and the Rock Island 905 Railroad Museum. Amenities include an indoor swimming pool, an outdoor patio with a fire pit, a fitness center and two meeting rooms with a combined 539 square feet of meeting space.

Recently the Studio 6 Katy, Texas, opened in the Houston suburb and is owned by Sharin Patel and Ripan Modi.

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