Arizona
- The Ascend Collection membership program from Choice Hotels International in July opened the Xona Resort Suites in North Scottsdale. The 431-room resort is set on 12 acres overlooking the Sonoran Desert and McDowell Mountains. Amenities include a restaurant, bar, adjacent spa, a business center and a 24-hour fitness center. Xona houses six indoor meeting and conference rooms as well as outdoor settings for events up to 200 guests. Groups can also use the 3,600-square-foot, glass-walled Pavilion ballroom. For more information, call 480.585.1234 or visit www.ascendcollection.com.
- Joie de Vivre Hotels will introduce its first property outside of California in Scottsdale this fall. Named The Drinkwater, the 195-room hotel will replace the current Hotel Theodore in Old Town Scottsdale. Prior to that, the property was known as the Mondrian Scottsdale. For more information, call 877.808.2440 or visit www.jdvhotels.com.
British Columbia
- Vancouver’s Rosewood Hotel Georgia reopened in July after an extensive restoration. This property originally debuted 84 years ago and has hosted Hollywood stars, music legends and British royalty. The property features 155 rooms and suites, including two penthouse suites, the Lord Stanley Suite and the Rosewood Suite, each with a private rooftop terrace. Also available are a restored Spanish ballroom, spa and nearly 10,000 square feet of banquet and meeting facilities. For more information, call 604.682.5566 or visit www.rosewoodhotelgeorgia.com.
California
- The 239-room Crowne Plaza San Jose Downtown will be rebranded the Hyatt Place San Jose Downtown in January 2012. It will operate as the independent Convention Plaza Hotel while it undergoes a $7 million renovation, beginning in August. The announcement comes following Team San Jose’s approval of a 125,000-square-foot expansion of the convention center across the street from where the Hyatt Place will open. Construction is scheduled to begin before year-end, with anticipated completion in September 2013. For more information, call 408.998.0400 or visit www.hyatt.com.
- The Embassy Suites Ontario-Airport recently debuted. The 175-suite also offers 5,300 square feet of flexible meeting and ballroom space, an indoor heated pool and spa, a fitness center and a 24-hour business center. Suites are also equipped with two 32-inch flat-panel HD televisions and there is complimentary high-speed Internet access throughout the hotel. For more information, call 909.605.0281 or visit www.embassysuites.com.
Oregon
- The 149-room Hilton Garden Inn Eugene/Springfield recently opened. The hotel features Wi-Fi Internet access in guest rooms and public spaces, a 24-hour business center and five meeting rooms offering 3,000 square feet of flexible space. For more information, call 541.736.3000 or visit www.hiltongardeninn.com.