Love’s opens Holiday Inn Express in Brigham City, Utah

Oct 31, 2017

Love’s Hospitality, part of Love’s Travel Stops, has opened a new, 82-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites hotel adjacent to the company’s truck stop in Brigham City, Utah, which opened earlier this year.

The hotel features an indoor pool, 24-hour fitness center, 24-hour laundry center and more.

Truckers can receive a 20 percent discount at the hotel by showing their CDL. The Brigham City hotel is the company’s 17th hotel nationwide.

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