We stayed at the Holiday Inn, Borgo Panigale. It is a ten minute walk from the factory. It was a standard Holiday Inn type Holiday Inn.
  Next time I was thinking of trying  
http://amadeus.hotel-bologna.net/hom...dex-l2?clang=2 as this is where visitors to the factory stay, allegedly. 
 [Edited on 8-11-2005 by mikesps]