Clement Monterey Hotel, USA

The Clement Monterey is a new luxury hotel due to open in Monterey Bay, California, in the second quarter of 2008. The 208-room hotel, the first new luxury hotel built in area in the last 20 years, is owned by Cannery Row Hotel Development Venture LP and will be managed by Pacific Hotel Management LLC. The hotel was recently signed to the InterContinental brand by InterContinental Hotels & Resorts.

The $80m hotel is comprised of three adjoining buildings and is being constructed on the site of the old Del Mar Canning Co next to the Monterey Bay Aquarium on the northern Californian coast, 120 miles south of San Francisco.

HOTEL FACILITIES

The hotel has 189 rooms and 19 suites. The rooms are appointed with wood, marble and glass, while the bathrooms have granite and marble bathtubs with separate showers and rainforest soaker heads. Around 150 of the rooms are furnished with fireplaces and the majority have ocean views and balconies. All rooms have either a king-sized bed or two double beds.

The hotel has a full range of amenities for guests, including 11,000ft² of indoor meeting space (nine breakout rooms varying from 400ft² to 600ft²) and 5,000ft² of outdoor meeting space, arranged with two fire pits for outdoor events.

The hotel also features the 3,400ft² Pacific Ballroom, which can accommodate 425 guests, and the 2,400ft² Ocean Terrace Ballroom, able to accommodate 250 guests.

The hotel's fitness centre has the latest weight training and cardiovascular equipment, along with the Energia Body Centre Spa, which offers five treatment rooms, sauna, and a steam room. Other sports facilities include an outdoor lap pool, a whirlpool Jacuzzi, and a range of activities such as golf and trekking. There is also a VIP kids club, a business centre and a library. The hotel also has a 17,000ft² retail area, operated by the Cannery Row Company.

RESTAURANTS

The main hotel waterfront restaurant is ‘C’, while a bar, ‘C food to go’, provides light meals and sandwiches. The Pacific View Courtyard has two fire pits and serves drinks and light meals. The lobby has also been designed to have a warm and well appointed atmosphere with its own fireplace and contemporary decor as well as a quiet bar off to one side for guest use.

CONSTRUCTION

The hotel was designed by HKS Glazier Studio of Palo Alto, while the interior designer was Alamosa Design Associates of San Francisco. The general contractor for the project is Devcon Construction of Milpitas and the construction manager is TM Davis of San Francisco.

The hotel consists of two four-storey buildings, a 126,000ft² main building, which has 111 rooms, and a second 79,902ft² building with 98 rooms. The two are connected by an enclosed second-floor pedestrian bridge, which allows access to a four-storey parking garage with space for 347 vehicles. The project was started in August 2006.