Pensacola
A new 76-room Holiday Inn Express Pensacola Beach is slated to open downtown in fall 2017.
The 275-room Hilton on Pensacola Beach will undergo an $11 million renovation starting in 2017.
The 162-room Margaritaville Beach Hotel on Pensacola Beach will have a complete overhaul finished by late March 2017.
Emerald Coast
Henderson Beach Resort opened Nov. 17, completing construction of the $300 million luxury resort in Destin. The 170-room hotel has 30,000 plus square-feet of indoor/outdoor group options including ballrooms, lush lawns, pool decks and a rooftop terrace.
Hilton Garden Inn, Fort Walton Beach, FL Hotel – On the Beach is set to open spring 2017. The new 175-room hotel will feature a 5,500-square-foot conference center.
South Walton
Construction of the 55,000-square-foot Seascape Towne Centre as part of the Seascape Golf, Beach & Tennis Resort is scheduled to open in spring 2017 to include restaurants, live entertainment, boutique shops and more.
Embassy Suites by Hilton Destin-Miramar Beach completed a three-year, multimillion- dollar renovation including updates to all 155 guest suites, 6,000 square feet of meeting and banquet space, in-house restaurant, bar atrium and lobby.
Panama City
The Gulf front 182-room Hampton Inn & Suites will open spring 2017. The hotel has a 648-square- foot Coastal Room with meeting space for up to 35 people.
A $30-million renovation of the 320-room Sheraton Bay Point is underway. Renovations and expansions include 60,000 square feet of flexible indoor/outdoor meeting space.
Tallahasse
Residence Inn Tallahassee Universities at the Capitol completed a $1.5 million renovation in fall 2015 that reinvented 135 guest rooms and expanded public space and conference center capacity.
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Tallahassee recently renovated its meeting spaces and pool area, Oasis while continuing renovations of guest rooms. In 2018 they will add a new top floor onto the hotel for a rooftop restaurant and bar. The hotel has over 15,000 square feet of versatile meeting and event space.