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The Ramada Plaza JFK Hotel was a Ramada-branded hotel at John F. Kennedy International Airport, located in the Queens borough of New York City, New York, United States. ==Description and history== The airport's only on-site hotel,〔("Ramada Plaza Hotel JFK International Airport" ). ((Archive )) CHM (Capital Hotel Management) Properties. Retrieved November 4, 2012.〕 it was located in Airport Building 144,〔Dunford (Page not stated in Google Books preview - PT503 ), "Ramada Plaza JFK Building 144, Van Wyck Expressway S, Queens"〕〔''Successful Meetings, Volume 51'', p. (188 ). "Ramada Plaza Hotel 477 Units JFK Int. Airport Bldg. 144".〕 a six-story,〔Leland, John (August 4, 1996). ("Grieving at Ground Zero" ). ''Newsweek''. Retrieved March 9, 2014. "The six-story Ramada, just off Kennedy airport, has been ground zero for the grief and incomprehension surrounding TWA Flight 800. It has been a place of prayer and condolences, of unlimited bar tabs and a presidential visit."〕 a white-brick building〔Swanson, Steven (November 1, 1999). ("At JFK, Another Grim Routine in 'Heartbreak Hotel'" ). ''Chicago Tribune''. "It is a routine familiar at the Ramada Plaza Hotel near John F. Kennedy International Airport, where this unassuming white-brick hotel has become known as "Heartbreak Hotel" because it is the place where family members have been brought after crashes involving planes that took off from the airport."〕with 478 rooms.〔 ((Archive )). Ramada Plaza JFK. Retrieved November 4, 2012. "Ramada Plaza Hotel – JFK Building #144 John F Kennedy Airport Van Wyck Expressway New York, NY 11430".〕 It was previously a Forte Hotels-managed property that was previously branded as the Travelodge New York JFK.〔''World Hotel Directory 1998'', p. (459 ), "Ramada Plaza 2267 Part of Ramada Franchise Canada. Previously Travelodge New York JFK. Previously part of Forte Hotels. Address JFK international Airport, Van Wyck Expressway, Jamaica, NY 11430"〕 For several years, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the airport's owner, leased the building and site to the hotel-holding company〔 Westmont Hospitality Group. In 2009, a PANYNJ spokesperson said that Westmont Hospitality Group decided not to renew the lease for 2009.〔 Fickenscher, Lisa (September 25, 2009). (JKF "Airport Hotel to Close in December" ). ''Crain's New York Business''. Retrieved November 4, 2012.〕 With the expiration of the lease in late 2008, PANYNJ resumed control of the building〔 and leased the facility to Highgate Holdings for one year,〔 although the PANYNJ preliminary 2010 budget issued in 2009 indicated that an estimated savings of $1 million per month would be achieved by PANYNJ with the reported closing of the hotel due to "declining aviation activity and a need for substantial renovation".〔("Port Authority Releases Preliminary 2010 Budget" ). Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. December 3, 2009. Retrieved November 4, 2012. "Closing the Ramada Plaza Hotel at JFK International Airport because of declining aviation activity and a need for substantial renovation. The closing will save the agency $1 million per month."〕 The hotel was scheduled to close on December 1, 2009, with almost 200 employees made redundant and the PANYNJ hoping to construct a new hotel on the airport property.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ramada Plaza JFK Hotel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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