USA Today
By Nancy Trejos
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Design-driven, lifestyle hotels are popping up all over the USA. This month, USA TODAY Travel takes a look of five of the most prominent hotel openings.
Graduate Hotels has opened the Graduate Berkeley hotel, a tribute to UC Berkeley and the Golden Bears.
The 143-room property occupies what was once the historic Hotel Durant, named for UC Berkeley founder Henry Durant.
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