This is a very nice hotel to stay in prior to your flight. I booked a stay and park package for a trip and parked my car there during my trip. The lady at the front desk told me where to park so they would see the car daily.

The room was nice and the bathroom was very large and very nice. The van driver was very helpful and reminded us when we left the van where to meet the van upon our return. The only negative is there is a lack of a lot of restaurants around the hotel, so you may have to eat at a chain restaurant or at the hotel itself. The breakfast I had at the hotel was excellent.

Another pleasant business-trip surprise. A co-worker and I were booked into a nearby hotel in College Park. She checked in a day earlier than I and called me rather disappointed (and nervous -- she didn't feel safe.) I told her I've give a shot at finding something else for tthe rest of the trip and once again, lucked out on Priceline. When we arrived at the Holiday Inn the next day, we were both relieved to be in a pretty nice hotel.

First surprise -- a hotel bar. Apparently a feature of the Holiday Inn "Select" hotels -- a step up from their Express locations.

At a business hotel, most of the service interaction is at the front desk, and , who was manning the post all the afternoons/evenings we were there was pleasant, mellow, and hardworking, taking care of all phone calls, check-ins, and the convenient sundry store in the lobby.

The house restaurant is not great shakes, but the bar is as mellow, friendly, and welcoming as the front-desk service, and like I said, a welcome rarity in an airport business hotel like this.

Now for the room breakdown, working our way in:

Bathroom: Top notch, and one of the most unique doors I have seen -- it opens in to optionally close (and lock/latch) to separate off the toilet from the rest of the bathroom. Also a unique shower -- you walk in and turn a corner -- no curtain needed. Fog-free shaving mirror to boot.

Desk/workspace: 3 outlets -- big plus. Phone with caller ID (another personal first for this class of hotel). Wired (not wireless, except for the lobby) Internet -- no CAT-5 cable supplied.

Bed: Not the nearly ubiquitous "fluffy cloud" of the Hampton Inns/et. al., but not bad. Miss the down pillows though. One available outlet on the window side for the CPAP'ers out there.

TV: OnCommand is taking over the universe (see my other posts.). Moderately-older tube TV.

Room in general: Ample closet, with clean/new iron and board. Built in safe, along with those white-mesh closet organizer shelves (shades of my first apartment...) Updated-feeling decor. Carpets/paint very clean.

All in all, a good place to stay. A others have said -- clean, nice breakfast -- up there in this genre, minus maybe the bed.

(Oh, and as I alluded to in the title of this review -- if you get a room on the back side, you have a nice view of the places coming in over the trees for landing.)

Chris

We stayed at this hotel for one night mainly due to its proximity to the airport. Our room was nice - well appointed and clean BUT the front desk staff left much to be desired. We checked in, brought our luggage to our room and then left to go eat dinner. When we came back to the hotel, we were locked out of our room. We went down to the front desk and they said they needed to check us in again - supposedly the first clerk did not check us in correctly (how can this be??). After doing this, we we able to get into our room and we thought all was well. At home the next week when checking our credit card bill, we noticed that they had not only charged us for our room but they had charged us 3 times the amount for somebody elses room. What kind of hotel does such sloppy business? We called them and did get a refund for the erroneous charge but they were not very nice about it and did not apologize. I don't understand their attitude since this was entirely THEIR fault. BEWARE if you stay at this hotel and be certain to check your credit card bill if you stay here.

It took us a while to find the hotel, but that was our own fault for not taking a map! There is a complimetary airport shuttle so this is excellent for people arriving or departing from Hartsfield Airport. The hotel has a restaurant, where the breakfast was excellent. There was a problem with our meal, however it was resolved with great efficieny and to our satisfaction. There is also a pool and gym, which was quiet when we went in to use it. The staff were all very relaxed and friendly.