New Lodging Takes Over

Many hotels in the Oxford, Miss. area are seeing a drop in their revenue after new hotels have brought a new standard to the lodging scene over the last couple months.

The hotels feeling this loss are mainly the Super 8 and Quality Inn and Suites located on Jackson Avenue far away from most of the festivities presented in Oxford. These hotels mostly only see guests during the football season or parents weekend when open rooms are hard to come by.

“After this football season passed, things have changed,” Super 8’s General Manager Jack Contello said. “We have not seen the same results in sales as we did last year around this time.”

These preexisting hotels are much farther away from, not only the University of Mississippi and their football stadium, but also the Square, a place where most guests do their daily shopping and family dinners when they come to visit.

The new hotels include The Graduate, which will soon share the Square with both the Courtyard Oxford and the Chancellor’s House hotel. All these hotels, even if not built yet, have set the bar for what people expect from a hotel and their services.

The Graduate, being the newest addition to the Oxford lodging scene, has provided their guests with a very luxurious interior design and a rooftop patio equipped with a night bar for all of Oxford. With these 21^st century improvements it is no wonder their hotel is the most expensive to stay at in Oxford.

Not all preexisting hotels are feeling the loss in revenue like the the Super 8 and Quality Inn. The Hampton Inn, also on Jackson Avenue, has continued to see a similar level of guests compared to last year at this time.

“With the school growing and more people visiting every month there will always be a good income of guests,” General Manager Jobie Charlie said. “With our location still close to the school and restaurants on Jackson, we have maintained a good amount of bookings, just like in the past.”

Over the next year many people will be presented with more and more options for lodging in Oxford while they stay. The biggest development being talked about is The Chancellor’s House.

Located on the corner of University and Lamar, this hotel has been designed for the convenience of its guests. “Its biggest addition is its underground parking garage,” DJournal said. “Allowing its guests to park and walk to square with no wait or troubles.”

A design sure to set the bar once again in Oxford, Miss.