PULSE-POUNDING
A $138 million makeover of the Atlanta Marriott
Marquis, the city’s largest hotel, is wrapping up. New features
include the Pulse cocktail lounge, a sports bar, 11,000 square feet
of meeting space and touch-ups to all 1,663 guest rooms. This July,
a 6,000-square-foot health club and spa, a new 25,000-square-foot
ballroom and the redesigned Marquis ballroom will debut. (404)
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www.marriott.comAZ, Tucson
Hotel: JW Marriott
Starr Pass Resort & Spa. Renovations
completed: early February. Rooms: 575.
Meeting space: 88,000 square feet. Key
changes: the addition of several water features (including
a lazy river), and expansion of the riverside restaurant.
CA, Mammoth Lakes
Hotel: Westin Monache
Resort. Opened: December 2007.
Rooms: 120 suites, 110 condos. Meeting
space: 2,000 square feet. Key features: a
bar/restaurant and a WestinWorkout fitness center, plus gas
fireplaces, kitchenettes, and Westin Heavenly Beds in all guest
rooms.
CA, Stockton
Hotel: Sheraton
Stockton Hotel at Regent Pointe. Opened: December
2007. Rooms: 178. Meeting space:
10,000 square feet. Key features: a fitness
facility, a 24-hour business center, and the Hippo Bar and
Restaurant.
IL, Chicago
Hotel: Hotel Sax
Chicago. Renovations completed: February.
Price tag: $20 million. Rooms:
353. Meeting space: 10,000 square feet.
Key changes: Formerly the House of Blues Hotel;
all meeting space was creatively redesigned and now features varied
room shapes, contemporary sculptures and one 36-foot-long video
wall.
NV, Las Vegas
Hotel: The Palazzo
Resort Hotel Casino. Opened: December 2007.
Rooms: 3,068. Meeting space: 2.25
million square feet. Key features: a
105,000-square-foot casino, the Canyon Ranch SpaClub, the Shoppes
at Palazzo, the 250,000-square-foot Palazzo Pool Deck and nine
restaurants.
NY, Tarrytown
Hotel: Westchester
Marriott Tarrytown. Renovations to be completed:
spring 2008. Price tag: $2 million.
Rooms: 444. Meeting space:
approximately 5,000 square feet. Key changes: the
addition of a 2,970-square-foot ballroom and a soft-goods
renovation of the Grand Ballroom.
TX, Austin
Hotel: Hyatt Regency
Austin. Reopened: January. Price
tag: $17 million. Rooms: 448.
Meeting space: 23,000 square feet. Key
changes: A new reception area features check-in kiosks,
and a new 24-hour gym was added.
TX, Grapevine
Hotel: The Great Wolf
Lodge. Opened: December 2007.
Rooms: 402. Meeting space: 10,000
square feet. Key features: a 98,000-square-foot
indoor entertainment center and water park, restaurants, the
Elements Spa.