Oceanfront Homewood Suites Coming to Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Construction is set to begin Sept. 1 on a new Homewood Suites hotel in Myrtle Beach, S.C., local newspaper The Sun News reported this week.

Located next to the Hampton Inn & Suites Myrtle Beach/Oceanfront, the Homewood Suites Oceanfront Resort & Conference Center will have 100 guest suites, a 300-seat conference center, three swimming pools, a fire pit, a fitness center, a women-only Pilates-aerobics room and an onsite bistro serving sandwiches and snacks.

The Homewood Suites chain’s only oceanfront hotel — and Myrtle Beach’s first new hotel since 2009 — the property is scheduled to open Dec. 1, 2014, according to The Sun News.

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