NORTH SHORE
- The Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa & Casino recently wrapped up a $3.6 million renovation of its Lakeside Cottages and completed resort-wide renovations totaling more than $20 million over the last two years. These updates follow a total overhaul of the 298 guest rooms, the redesign of the resort’s Sierra Cafe and the renovation of the resort’s Spa Terrace Conference Center in 2012.
- Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows invested nearly $8 million in upgrades for the 2013-’14 winter season, part of its third year in the neighboring resorts’ five-year, $70 million renaissance aiming to upgrade all elements of the resort experience. The investment for the first two years of the endeavor totaled $38 million and added new chairlifts, expanded children’s activities, new restaurants, redesigned terrain parks and the world’s first ski-in/ski-out Starbucks to the resorts. The overhaul continued this past winter with a new yoga studio, $1.2 million in lodging improvements, electric car chargers, food trucks and a mid-mountain beer garden.
SOUTH SHORE
- A multimillion-dollar makeover has reworked a relic from old Tahoe into an elegant boutique hotel. Launched in late 2013 on the grounds of the former Royal Valhalla Lodge, the new Landing Resort & Spa offers 88 luxurious rooms, a restaurant, a full spa and fitness center, as well as a rooftop reception site overlooking the water.
- The Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel, previously the Embassy Suites Lake Tahoe–Hotel & Ski Resort, became an independent property in 2013, and along with its new name the hotel’s owners are investing more than $5 million in property and guest suite improvements.
- The Ridge Tahoe Resort is in the midst of a 10-year plan spending over $10 million on improvements, including new kitchens, bathrooms, TVs and furniture in each of the 300 units.