The 178-room Key West Resort & Marina has joined the Margaritaville hotel collection, officially becoming the Margaritaville Resort & Marina, Key West. The resort features 6,000 square feet of meeting and event space and a full-service marina with watersports and activities. Anticipated upgrades include refreshed rooms and renovated suites.
In Marathon, the new Skipjack Resort & Marina, formerly the Sombrero Resort & Marina, recently opened with a $6 million renovation, refurbished rooms and new landscaping. Skipjack offers 60 deluxe suites; Boot Key Bar & Grill and a separate poolside bar are on-site.
The 126-acre Florida Keys Country Club and 18-hole golf course, located in Marathon, will soon break ground on its $100 million luxury Florida Keys Resort hotel and entertainment complex at mile-marker 50. The development’s first phase is to include a two-story, 98-room luxury resort and 18 villas with pools. The hotel also will offer two convention spaces with 3,500 total square feet, three restaurants and three bar areas, a full-service luxury spa and two pools. The resort’s 14,000-square-foot entertainment complex will include a 5,000-square-foot convention area and golf learning center, and two virtual simulators.
On Stock Island, adjacent to Key West, the 100-room Perry Hotel Key West at Stock Island Marina opened May 1. The new $38 million hotel is located at the 42-acre Stock Island Marina Village. The resort village will include an on-site distillery, artist galleries, an organic community garden and a dog park.
The new Playa Largo Resort & Spa, Key Largo’s first new-build in more than 20 years and a member of Autograph Collection Hotels, is targeting travel groups, executive board meetings and retreats, “because of our resort’s location and the caliber of service we offer,” said Elizabeth Diaz, director of catering and events.
In Key Largo, Dolphin Point Villas is slated to open June 1. The new resort includes six stand-alone villa homes and is adjacent to Dolphins Plus, where guests can swim with dolphins.
Key West’s new adults-only contemporary H2O Suites, with 22 one-bedroom suites and individual pools at 11 of the suites, opened with 24-hour concierge service. The suites have private balconies or patios.