Welcome to Atlanta, GA! Sleek skyscrapers house headquarters to some of the country's biggest business names, and traffic rivals the professional gridlock found in other major metropolitan areas, but the atmosphere is pleasant. Perhaps it's all the sweet tea, but Atlanta is one big city that retains its Southern charm.

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Holiday Inn Atlanta Downtown
This downtown Atlanta hotel offers all the comforts of home as well as the convenience of being adjacent to the Georgia World Congress Center, CNN Center, Underground Atlanta, Turner Field, and the Georgia Aquarium. Other nearby attractions include Centennial Olympic Park, Philips Arena and Fox Theatre. Whether recharging in the fitness room, or relaxing at our seasonal outdoor pool we are the downtown Atlanta hotel that will exceed all of your expectations. …more

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About Atlanta

Atlanta, capital of Georgia, is the commercial, industrial and financial giant of the Southeast. It is crisscrossed with crowded expressways and throbs with teeming industry, yet manages to maintain a gracious air of Southern living. At its center towering skyscrapers rise along streets with names evocative of the Old South. Throughout the city many trees and shrubs lend an ever present note of green.

Atlanta began in 1837 as a railroad surveyor's stake in a pine clearing. The city rapidly grew into an important railway and manufacturing center, becoming the Confederate arsenal during the Civil War. Reduced to a smoking ruin by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's occupation in 1864, the city drew upon its unconquerable spirit and the wise use of carpetbagger money to again become a booming commercial center.

Rapid growth has continued unabated for more than a century. Due to active urban renewal and the fact that few of its buildings predate the Civil War, Atlanta has suffered less from urban blight than most U.S. cities. Evidence of this good fortune is reflected in the burgeoning skyline; however, there are still reminders of an earlier Atlanta and of a city closer to the Old South and its small towns. The 50-year-old Varsity, a drive-in restaurant near Georgia Tech., stands in stark contrast to the chrome and glass skyscrapers that now surround it.

The CNN Center at Marietta Street and Centennial Olympic Park houses the worldwide headquarters for the Cable News Network as well as broadcast studios, a behind-the-scenes tour, shops, restaurants and the Philips Arena. Just across Marietta Street is Centennial Olympic Park, a 21-acre landscaped green space that is the focal point of downtown Atlanta; sculptures, walkways and the Fountain of the Rings grace the park, which was the largest single facility of the 1996 Summer Olympics. Adjacent to Centennial Olympic park is the Georgia Aquarium, believed to be the largest aquarium, in the world with more than 100,000 fish and other animals in eight million gallons of water. The Georgia World Congress Center on Andrew Young International Boulevard is a huge exhibition hall and convention center. The mammoth AmericasMart sits across from a complex of skyscrapers comprising Peachtree Center.

Some 3,700 manufacturers produce a range of commodities including aircraft, automobiles, furniture, textiles, chemicals, food, paper, iron and steel. More than 750 Fortune 1000 companies have offices in Atlanta, including the headquarters of Coca-Cola, which was introduced in the city in 1886. Atlanta is the Southeastern headquarters for the U.S. Public Health Service and the national headquarters of the Centers for Disease Control, United Parcel Service and the American Cancer Society.

Atlanta also leads the South in social reform. Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. worked to eliminate racial discrimination in the city and throughout the nation, and Ralph McGill, publisher of the Atlanta Constitution, was a leading force for integration in the early 1960s. Dr. King's birthplace, church and tomb as well as other buildings are preserved in the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site.

A tour of the suburbs is a must for any visitor, for the elegant houses and curving, wooded streets make up some of the country's most beautiful residential areas. They are especially stunning in April during the Dogwood Festival, when millions of dogwoods and azaleas burst into red, pink and white blooms.

The Atlanta University Center District is comprised of a group of distinguished African-American colleges and universities. Campus tours are offered Monday through Friday; phone (800) 851-1254 for Morehouse College; phone (800) 982-2411 for Spelman College; phone (404) 880-8000 for Clark Atlanta University; phone (404) 739-1000 for Morris Brown College; and phone (404) 527-7700 for the Interdenominational Theological Center.

Atlanta enjoys four definite seasons. Warm summers and mild winters permit nearly year-round golfing, fishing and outdoor living--happy distractions from the ambitions of a progressive, sophisticated city.