At the Hotel Viking (401.847.3300; www.hotelviking.com) a multimillion-dollar upgrade has given the 136 guest rooms in the property’s Newport Wing a new level of luxury. Hotel Viking is known for being Newport’s first Green Certified hotel.
The Mill Street Inn (401.849.9500; www.millstreetinn.com) finalized improvements to its eight Townhouse suites that include new gas fireplaces and flat-screen plasma TVs.
The Vanderbilt Grace (401.846.6200; www.vanderbiltgrace.com), formerly known as Vanderbilt Hall, reopened last spring. Event space at the 33-room property ranges from an intimate boardroom for up to 14 to a 1,280-square-foot conference room for up to 35. Muse, a new restaurant by Jonathan Cartwright, brings another top-notch dining spot to Newport.
At the Hyatt Regency Newport (401.851.1234; www.newport.hyatt.com),
the newly expanded Pineapples on the Bay restaurant reopened last spring, providing alfresco seating and an ideal spot for sunset vistas. The property also recently added coworkers competitions (Olympic-style events), team sailing and picnic games for groups.
