Historic Hotels Alongside New Debuts
New and renovated hotels, from a secluded Florida island to artsy downtown Austin to New Hampshire’s pristine White Mountains, offer stays rich with opportunity.
Each brings a strong local pride seamlessly infused into their elegant atmospheres. Meeting in a space like the ones available at these properties is to offer your attendees a destination experience, within and without the hotel itself.
Living Large in the Island Sun
The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort is the only St. Regis property to open in the U.S. this year and represents the largest development in Florida’s Longboat Key in over five decades.
The luxury beachfront property stands on a barrier island in Sarasota, just outside the city’s bustling downtown, ample with culinary and cultural attractions. Across 18 acres of beachfront, the resort offers an unparalleled luxury escape. A design inspired by the surrounding sea, sun and sand comes with elements that nod to John Ringling’s circus and performing arts culture. Elegant, rope-like chandeliers and the circus tent-inspired, oval shape of the Astor Ballroom are just the start.
The resort offers 168 guest rooms, with 26 suites. 34,000 sq. ft. of flexible meeting and event space offer versatile options for upscale meetings and events. The resort offers itself as a culinary destination, with expertly prepared steakhouse classics at onsite restaurant CW Prime, and the cozy living room of the resort in The St. Regis Bar, where guests will enjoy not only stellar drinks but live piano performances and other entertainment. Also onsite is coastal Italian restaurant Riva, Latin American restaurant Aura and a Tiki bar with a special ode to the artistic local history at Monkey Bar.
Artistry, Technology and the Future
Omni Austin Hotel Downtown wraps on a multi-million dollar renovation, debuting a new rooftop pool, fitness center, restaurant, guest rooms and suites and even a podcast room.
Throughout the hotel, guests will enjoy a mid-century design inspired by the celebrated art scene of Austin’s Sixth Street. The Austin Modern Style amps up the inspiring entrepreneurial atmosphere through all 268 guest rooms, 44 premier rooms and three suites. The hotel’s top five floors feature a stand-out Texas Traditional style, with 45 suites and 33 guest rooms,
20,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, across 19 venues, have been reimagined to provide an authentically-Austin experience with expanded space. The debut of the podcast room nods to the city’s emerging tech scene, and its intersection with the arts.
New F&B options include Capital A, a laid-back dining space in the hotel’s large glass-walled atrium, the poolside Cloud Bar, with a refreshing seasonal menu and perfect poolside cocktails and stop-and-go café, President’s House Coffee.
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Glory and Grandeur
In Whitefield New Hampshire, Mountain View Grand Resort & Spa completes a multimillion-dollar renovation complete with enhancements to the lobby and guestrooms. as well as a new Tower Spa menu, wellness offerings and family-friendly programming.
The resort, on the National Register of Historic Places, offers unmatched views of New Hampshire’s famous White Mountains. The new design captures the destination’s rustic beauty and eye-catching landscape, alongside comfort and luxury, with decadent textures and updated amenities.
New programming aims to take advantage of the incredible natural surroundings, with options ranging from Campfire Stories under the starry night sky to educational programming such as falconry experiences. The Tower Spa, on the resort’s top floor, immerses guests in the healing properties of nature with materials like clay and botanicals, and programming seeks to integrate guests with nature through activities like outdoor yoga, meditation and forest bathing.
The 19th-century-built resort offers 141 guest rooms and suites and 23,244 sq. ft. of meeting and event space—not to mention, 1,700 acres of landscape that includes a historic golf course, a working farm with educational programming, a wine cellar and more.
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