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Saying it plans to expand in and outside of Manhattan, where it has nine hotels - including the well-known and upscale Benjamin - Manhattan East Suite Hotels said yesterday it formally has changed its name to Affinia Hospitality.
The hotel company, started in the mid-1960s by a family from Manhasset who remain the owners, plans to open two hotels in each of three cities - Boston, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.
Affinia is also looking for other sites in Manhattan, and has not ruled out a hotel on Long Island.
"We've been planning to do this for the last two or three years," Patrick Denihan,...