BERLIN — The head of the management firm overseeing development of a 60-room hotel in Rumford, Maine, is enthusiastic about the opportunity to build a small hotel in Berlin.
“It definitely can be done,” said Rob McCarthy, founder of the Melan Hotel Group.
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A hotel on Jericho Lake Road could have a massive parking lot, and a private trail leading directly to the existing trails. Certainly there would be investors for this.
Rob is a smart guy. Of course Berlin can support a hotel. It needs to be on Jericho Lake Road, so that visitors would basically be inside the Jericho Park. When people go to Disneyland, they pay a lot more for hotels inside the park. Of course there are cheaper hotels away from Disneyland, but being inside the Park is worth the higher price.
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