The Doyle Hotel Group said it opened its new 320-bedroom hotel in Washington earlier this month. The Doyle Washington Hotel, developed at a cost of £29 million (€37 million), is located on DuPont Circle and is already trading ahead of expectations. The four-star hotel, which is geared for the business and diplomatic traveller, has a fully-equipped business centre and over 9,000 square feet of function space. The company said advance bookings for the hotel, which will be officially opened in mid-March, were very strong. The group, which said discussions with the Jurys Hotel Group were continuing, now has 550 bedrooms in Washington and 11 hotels in all, offering more than 2,000 bedrooms.