BANGOR – America’s Best Inn, located at 570 Main St., changed its name but not its owners on Jan. 1.

The inn is now the Fireside Inn and Suites. Lafayette Hotels of Hampden remains the owner. Lafayette Hotels has made several changes to the facility, adding 12 fireplace suites and new drapes, carpets and beds.

A prepared statement issued by Lafayette Hotels explained, “The America’s Best Inn franchise is very popular in other parts of the country; however, the chain had little exposure in New England.”

Geaghan’s Restaurant and Irish Pub continues to do business in the hotel.

Lafayette Hotels owns and operates 23 hotels in Maine, New Hampshire and Michigan, including four Fireside Inn and Suites hotels in Auburn, West Lebanon, N.H., and Gilford, N.H. Fireside Inn and Suites is a small New England chain created by Lafayette Hotels.