Hilton Hotels Corporation broke ground May 17 on the Hilton Orlando, located south of the Orange County Convention Center.
The $380 million hotel, scheduled to debut in summer 2009, will be connected to the convention center via a pedestrian sky bridge.
Soaring 18 stories, the hotel will sit on 26.4 acres and offer meeting planners 1,400 guest rooms, 130,000 square feet of meeting space and a 15,000-square-foot spa.
