THE WOODLANDS/HOUSTON
The Howard Hughes Corporation and Westin Hotels & Resorts, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Inc., recently announced the opening of The Westin at The Woodlands in Greater Houston.
Developed, managed and owned by The Howard Hughes Corporation, The Westin at The Woodlands is the 50th Starwood hotel in Texas. The property features 302 guest rooms and suites with warm, residential interiors. Modern custom furnishings include over-scale lounge seating, millwork headboards and curvilinear desks.
In addition to Westin’s Heavenly Bed and Bath, curated conveniences in each guest room include one-touch bedside lighting controls plus solar and blackout shades. Executed in collaboration with Boston-based Elkus Manfredi Architects and the Houston office of Gensler, the 13-story hotel’s crisp stone and glass facade aim to create a modern sense of arrival, while flooding the space with natural light.
A custom overhead lighting feature flows through the core of the hotel on a meandering path from the entrance to the 15,000-square-foot, waterfront meetings and events level, one floor below.
An atrium-like foyer is the focal point of the highly flexible meeting and events level, which opens onto a waterside terrace on one end and the 6,000-square-foot Edgewater Ballroom on the other. Displaying a dramatic installation by Texas-based ceramist Kelly Clemons, the foyer leads to seven additional meeting rooms, four of which are waterfront, and a boardroom that faces Waterway Square plaza.
The Westin at The Woodlands features a 150-seat restaurant, lobby bar, full-service Starbucks and second-level pool deck. Other pluses include a 1,200-square-foot workout studio.
The Westin at The Woodlands is located at 2 Waterway Square Place.
