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- Following a $2 million renovation, InterContinental Hotels Group plans to open the 253-room Holiday Inn Miami Beach this summer. Its debut as a Holiday Inn property features free Wi-Fi in addition to high-speed Internet in all guest rooms. The hotel also offers one meeting room and one ballroom comprising 1,600 square feet of meeting space. For more information, call 305.532.3311 or visit www.holidayinn.com.
- Loews Miami Beach Hotel completed a year-long, $21 million upgrade with the opening of its Elemis Spa in April. Additional renovations include enhancements to its guest rooms, lobby and 65,000 square feet of meeting space. The $12 million, 18,000-square-foot spa offers 16 treatment rooms, some with views of the Atlantic Ocean. For information, call 305.604.1601 or visit www.loewshotels.com.
North Carolina
- The Hilton Charlotte Center City unveiled its completely refurbished $25 million property, which features updated guest rooms and suites. The centerpiece of each room is a 42-inch plasma-screen TV equipped with wireless Bluetooth technology. In addition, the hotel has redecorated its 30,000 square feet of conference and banquet space. For more information, call 704.377.1500 or visit www.hilton.com.
Tennessee
- The $40 million Westin Memphis Beale Street Hotel, a nine-story, 203-room upscale property, debuted in April. The Westin features nine meeting rooms totaling 6,768 square feet of space and a 3,030-square-foot ballroom. Wireless high-speed Internet access is available throughout all meeting and public areas of the hotel as well as in its guest rooms. In addition, customers of the hotel’s banquet and catering services can arrange for packages that include hotel accommodations and event space, plus venue and entertainment options at the FedExForum, Gibson Guitar and the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum. For more information, call 901.334.5900 or visit www.starwoodhotels.com.
Texas
- Dallas’ Hilton Anatole recently converted its Stemmons Auditorium into the Stemmons Ballroom, an 8,300-square-foot oval-shaped ballroom. The transformation marks the beginning of the property’s $40 million renovation, which will also include a makeover of its 700 Tower guest rooms and the Chantilly Ballroom over the next year. The new Stemmons Ballroom can accommodate guests in a variety of settings, including 660 guests banquet style, 765 theater style, 920 for receptions, and nearly 570 classroom style. Other plans call for the renovation of the prefunction space in the atrium outside the ballroom, which will translate to 9,840 square feet of event space. For more information, call 214.748.1200 or visit www.hilton.com.