AUSTIN, Tx.
White Lodging Services Corporation has announced that the 1,003-room, 30-story luxurious convention hotel it is building downtown will be upgraded to a JW Marriott. Construction is set to begin June 1, 2012 and the property is scheduled to open in January 2015.
Located in the heart of downtown, the JW Marriott is two blocks from the Austin Convention Center and poised to take the city to a new level in the national convention and meeting market. Plans for the hotel include oversized guestrooms and suites, in excess of 110,000 square feet of function space, and multiple food and beverage outlets.
"We believe this project will make a very positive statement for the city in the eyes of national meeting planners and, in turn, will induce more incremental group and convention business to downtown Austin," said Deno Yiankes, White Lodging's President and CEO.
The JW Marriott Austin will be LEED Certified and achieve a two-star rating from the Austin Energy Green Building Program and will also offer "EcoEvents by Marriott" which incorporates a number of environmentally friendly components to an event.
