FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Travelers will soon have a new hotel to stay at while visiting the Central Valley.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday for the new hotel on East McKinley, near the Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
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The Holiday Inn Express Airport will have 89 rooms.
The Axis Hotel Group, who is the hotel management company behind the project, says the hotel will help the local economy.
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This will be the sixth hotel added by the Axis Hotel Group in the Fresno-Clovis area.
Construction is expected to take about a year and a half, with the hotel opening in early 2024.