Hotel Bemidji renovated, rebranded as City Express by Marriott

Hotel Bemidji renovated, rebranded as City Express by Marriott

BEMIDJI — When Chirag Patel purchased the Hotel Bemidji at 2422 Ridgeway Ave. NW two years ago, he knew it needed a new look and a new brand. After several months of renovations, the 70-room hotel that opened in 1994 as a Holiday Inn Express has been reborn as City Express by Marriott Bemidji. “Everything is new,” Patel said. “We did not leave a single 12-by-12 washcloth in the hotel.” Patel and his wife, Sweta, own three hotels under the DCP In…