PORTLAND, Ore.
The Holiday Inn Portland Airport is sporting a dramatic new look after recently completing a $7 million makeover. At the core of the 284-room/suite hotel’s multi-stage, 22-month renovations is improved convenience for hotel guests, ensuring their enhanced ability to work and relax in a comfortable environment. In addition, the hotel debuts a new restaurant and lounge, Latitude 45°.
Adjacent to the Columbia Conference Center, the Holiday Inn Portland Airport is operated by Springfield-based John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts, the largest private, independent owner and manager of hotels in the United States.
Located just two miles from Portland International Airport, the hotel’s newly designed lobby was doubled in size and the ceiling height extended to create an open, social concept. The communal space features modern décor with natural woods; modular furniture; whimsical fabric cubes; an artistic color palette of coral, gold and sage; extensive LED lighting; and media walls.
A custom raw-wood table serves as a center piece for guests to congregate and recharge devices, while leveraging the common space’s free Wi-Fi access. Guests can enjoy the hotel’s new coffee bar and experience Stumptown Coffee Roasters, a local, upscale, specialty coffee.
In addition to the extensive lobby makeover, the hotel refreshed all guestrooms/suites with contemporary furniture, carpet, wall coverings, Holiday Inn bedding, and 37” flat screen televisions. Bathrooms received granite countertops and large framed mirrors. The rooms’ clean lines and use of earth tones create a relaxing environment. Black and white artwork throughout the hotel features local Portland scenes, providing guests with a taste of the area’s inviting ambiance.
The hotel’s exterior façade received cosmetic improvements, including fresh paint, stonework, a protective glass-enclosed walkway, and eco-friendly landscaping.
Award-winning Chef Richard Dickson comes from Napa Valley to oversee the hotel’s new restaurant and lounge, Latitude 45°. Offering upscale comfort food with original flair, the completely redesigned dining option is open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. for breakfast, lunch and dinner, including room service. Diners will enjoy an array of culinary delights, such as special house cocktails, Portland seafood chowder, pork schnitzel and salmon Wellington.
Another significant component of the hotel’s recent capital improvements includes the installation of an enhanced wireless network tailored to the convention space and offering 24/7 tech support to convention-goers. The design allows tech support to dial into the specific meeting space’s IP address to reconcile any IT problems convention guests encounter and at no charge to attendees/planners. In addition, the hotel now has the ability to direct select bandwidth into a specific space, providing efficient and fast Internet access to convention attendees where and when they need it.
Located at 8439 NE Columbia Boulevard, the newly renovated 284-room/suite Holiday Inn Portland Airport offers nearly 30,000 gross square feet of flexible meeting space and provides professional catering services and staff. Ballrooms are named after local Oregon land features, such as mountains and rivers, and convention planners can go online to review space options.
