| Aloft Minneapolis | ||
The facilities cater for business and relaxation needs. |
The food court is open 24/7 and supplies a wide range of products. |
The new hotel as opened in August 2008. |
hotel has adopted green principles with its swimming pool and car-parking facilities. |
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| Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino, | ||
Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino opened at the beginning of 2003 in the Barona Indian Reservation, San Diego, marking the completion of a two-year expansion. |
The new casino covers 310,000ft², featuring an extensive selection of gaming facilities, including 2,000 slots, video poker, keno machines and 52 gaming tables. |
The Barona Valley Branch Resort offers 364 deluxe guest rooms and 33 luxury suites (ranging in size from 800 ft² to 3,500ft²). All necessary amenities are featured providing total comfort and convenience. |
The 18-hole course is a par 72. It is 7,088yd long with nearly 100 multi-fingered bunkers and a series of lakes and ponds that are connected to naturally fed streams. |
The golf course has been the recipient of numerous awards including Audubon Signature Certification, as well as being rated 4th in California by Golfweek Magazine and 10th by Golf Magazine. |
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| Bellagio, Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
The Bellagio main tower in all its splendour. |
The Bellagio Crown. |
The Sensi restaurant. |
The exterior of the Bellagio showing the Tuscan village-style resort rooms. |
The conservatory/garden in the hotel. |
The lobby with the multicoloured sculpted glass ceiling. |
The Bank is the newest nightclub at Bellagio. |
The foyer of the Bank is lined with Cristal champagne bottles. |
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| Borgata Casino, Atlantic City, NJ | ||
Map showing the existing hotels in Atlantic City, together with the Atlantic City Expressway. |
The Casino resort in all its golden glory. |
The resort has an architecturally impressive entrance way. |
One of the plunge pools at the 54,000ft² Spa Tocarre. |
The intricate ceiling in 'Via Borgata', the retail area of the resort. |
One of the small galleries housing one of the 13 restaurants. |
| Caesars Palace Octavia Tower, Las Vegas | ||
The Caesars Palace expansion is costing over $1bn. |
The expansion was announced in July 2007 and is part of a broader plan formulated in 2005. |
The Octavius Tower will be the sister tower to the Augustus Tower opened in 2005. |
| Citycenter Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
Construction underway on the main resort hotel. |
The centre of the resort will resemble a city centre when completed. |
How project CityCenter fits in between the other MGM Mirage resort hotels the Bellagio and the Monte Carlo. |
The architecture will be a state-of-the-art contemporary statement. |
The two leaning condo towers. |
The main shopping precinct. |
Another rendering of one of the larger open spaces inside the complex. |
The Masterplan of what is to be constructed on ‘The Strip’ between the Bellagio and the Monte Carlo. |
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| Clement Monterey Hotel | ||
A rendering of the finished hotel. |
One of the bedrooms with LCD TV and fireplace. |
The eastern end of Cannery Row, near to the site of the hotel. |
One of the guestroom bathrooms. |
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| Echelon, Las Vegas, Nevada | ||
Echelon will cost an estimated $5bn. |
Echelon is being built on the site of the old Stardust Hotel and Casino. |
Part of Echelon's feature gardens. |
Echelon's pool complex. |
A king size room found in the Shangri-La. |
A feature staircase intended for the Shangri-La. |
| Fontainebleau Miami Beach | ||
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel is on Collins Avenue in Florida, US. |
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel is spread across 22 oceanfront acres and has 1,504 rooms. |
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach has 11 restaurants and nightclubs, including three signature restaurants, a 40,000ft² spa and a pool area with private cabanas. |
The Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel underwent a $1bn refurbishment in 2008, including the building of a luxury tower with 286 suites. |
The tower includes a 4,300ft² penthouse. |
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| Gaylord Opryland Texas Resort, Grapevine, TX | ||
The Gaylord Opryland Texas Resort and Convention Centre offers 1,511 Guest Rooms, conference and meeting facilities, a health spa, indoor entertainment venue, pools and a number of restaurants. |
The resort, which opened to the public in April 2004, includes a four-acre atrium that will be a showcase of Texan landscapes and vistas in a climate-controlled environment under glass. |
The Opryland Texas features function, conference and exhibition space, executive boardrooms, meeting rooms and two ballrooms. |
A wireless check-in system at the Opryland Texas Resort enables visitors to literally be checked in at the curbside by hotel staff with handheld computers. |
The Opryland Texas Resort features 1,511 rooms, of which 141 are suites. |
Facilities further include an indoor exercise pool, one outdoor leisure pool as well as a spa and fitness centre. |
The Gaylord Opryland Texas opened on 2 April 2004 at a total cost of around $328 million. |
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| Geejam Hotel | ||
The Bushbar restaurant features a Teppanyaki grill |
The hotel has a suite named Drum & Bass on the ground floor of the recording studio. |
The Ska deluxe cabin is named after a musical genre in Jamaican history. |
The Ska cabin is set among banana trees overlooking the Caribbean sea. |
The Bushbar restaurant offers a full bar service. |
Geejam sprawls over six acres on the San San Estate. |
The hotel includes a recording studio. |
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| Grand Hyatt San Antonio | ||
One of the double rooms at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio. |
The hotel towers use natural limestone material in their construction. |
A king-sized room showing the flat screen TV and the ‘Hyatt sleep system’. |
The bathrooms are finished in white granite. |
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| Hilton Americas Houston, TX | ||
The four-star Hilton Americas Houston is a convention hotel connected to the George R. Brown Convention Centre. |
The Hilton Americas Houston is Houston's largest convention hotel with 91,500ft² of meeting space |
The meeting space is offered on three levels made accessible by dedicated elevators, escalators and staircase, as well as being connected via a skywalk to the George R. Brown Convention Centre. |
The meeting facilities include two dedicated bays on loading dock for convention receiving and six freight elevators, the largest being 8ft high x 10ft wide x 20ft deep. |
The hotel offers 1,200 guestrooms, including two presidential suites, two spacious executive suites and 62 one-bedroom and two-bedroom suites. |
Guestroom amenities include: hair dryers, iron and ironing boards, radio/alarm clock, mini bar, coffee maker, in-room safe, oversized desk area, dual line telephones with dataport and high-speed internet connectivity. |
Incorporated in the hotel is an array of dining facilities, namely traditional American cooking. |
The project was supervised by Houston Convention Centre Hotel Corporation. |
Guests at the Hilton Houston can enjoy a pleasant evening's entertainment in the 26,000ft² Ballroom of the Americas. |
The Grand Ballroom can be configured into 12 breakout rooms ranging in size. |
Rich colours and bold shapes are paired with the latest technology in the guest rooms of the Hilton in Houston. |
The Tower Lounge offers breakfast and hor d'oeuvres in a geometrically designed space. |
| Hilton Atlanta Hotel | ||
The Hilton Atlanta hotel is located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. |
The Grand Ballroom can accommodate 2,200 people in a theatre-style arrangement. |
The Southern Elements restaurant offers traditional southern cuisine. |
| Hotel Indigo | ||
Hotel Indigo's frontage. |
The Indigo at night. |
The colourful stylish lobby, which is a feature of the Indigo brand. |
A typical Indigo guest room, with photo-mural. |
One of the King guest rooms. |
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| Hotel Monaco, Washington | ||
The hotel's marble façade was first built in 1842. |
The Hotel Monaco used to be the Washington DC General Post Office. |
The Monaco's stylish rooms mix original architecture with modern design. |
The Hotel Monaco is well situated for all Washington sights. |
The Ballroom with vaulted ceiling. |
The goldfish is complimentary for your stay. |
The lounges exhibit a comfortable 'old hotel' charm. |
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| Hotel Terra, | ||
The Hotel Terra in Wyoming is in one of the most popular winter ski resorts in the US. |
The Hotel Terra features a range of eco-aware facilities. |
The hotel is only the sixth in the US to gain LEED certification. |
Innovative water-saving features such as dual-flush toilets and waterless urinals are present in the Hotel Terra. |
Guest rooms in the Terra Hotel include environmentally friendly beds and in-room recycling facilities. |
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| Hyatt Denver Convention Center Hotel, Denver | ||
Construction began in 2004 and the hotel was opened for business in December 2005. |
The hotel offers picturesque views of the Rocky Mountains and the Platte Valley. |
Each guestroom has a plush red and a flat screen television. |
The Hyatt gym has 100 pieces of cardiovascular and fitness equipment. |
The 50ft lap pool provides a city view as guests enjoy a relaxing swim. |
The Altitude restaurant open kitchen allows guests to watch the chef prepare their meal. |
The 'Perk n Go' coffee shop offers a casual dining and drinking area. |
The Centennial ballroom is the largest space in the hotel and the largest of its kind in Colorado state. |
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| Liberty Hotel, | ||
A 16-storey tower contains the bulk of the guest rooms in the Liberty Hotel. |
The Liberty Hotel has retained some of the original architecture from its former incarnation as a jail. |
18 of the rooms in the Liberty Hotel are situated in the original jail building. |
The lobby of the Liberty Hotel is situated in the jail's rotunda. |
Among the 298 rooms of the Liberty Hotel are ten suites, one of which is the Presidential suite with immense luxury. |
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| Loden Hotel, | ||
The 77 guest rooms at the Loden Hotel include luxury double rooms. |
The Loden Hotel in Vancouver is well situated in the city for both business and tourism. |
The Vancouver-based Loden Hotel opened in December 2007. |
The hotel restaurant and bar at the lobby level, Voya, produces a range of West Coast cuisine. |
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| Mandarin Oriental Hotel, New York, NY | ||
The Mandarin Oriental New York opened in October 2003 in the heart of Manhattan, USA. |
The hotel offers a selection of dining facilities including the Lobby Lounge. |
A grand staircase leads from the ballroom and meeting rooms to the hotel lobby below. |
The hotel offers first-rate health and fitness facilities, including a full service 13,500ft² spa and health club that offers a wider selection of treatments. |
The Mandarin Oriental and residential apartments are situated at the top of the Center, overlooking Central Park. |
The hotel lobby is 250ft above ground level, providing sweeping views of the city and central park. |
The rooms are elegantly appointed and offer a wide range of technologies and comforts. |
The lobby has superb oriental-style decoration. |
Some of the corner rooms have exceptional views of New York city through their floor-to-ceiling windows. |
| Mandarin Oriental International Hotel | ||
The new Mandarin Oriental hotel in Washington comprises 400 rooms and was constructed at a cost of $144 million. |
Brennan Beer Gorman Monk Architects designed the hotel, with Hirsch Bedner Associates as interior designers. |
There are 347 deluxe rooms in the hotel. |
Deluxe double bathroom, with imported Chinese marble. |
In keeping with the hotel group's origins, the Mandarin Oriental incorporates distinctively oriental architecture and design elements. |
The Mandarin Oriental, Washington, is the first 5-Star hotel in the Portals district of the city. |
| Maritime Hotel, New York | ||
The hotel building was bought for $19m in 2001 and is in the up and coming Chelsea district near Soho and Tribeca. |
The windows are five foot portholes and each room has one. |
The Hiro ballroom and lounge. |
The outside of the hotel from Ninth Street. |
One of the rooms which are reminiscent of ships cabins. |
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| MGM Grand Detroit, Michigan | ||
The MGM Grand is the first casino in Detroit. |
The MGM Grand cost $800m. |
The pool is part of the hotel's 20,000ft² spa. |
The Wolfgang Puck Grille, situated near the casino floor. |
An Executive King room. |
The hotel lobby lounge. |
| Millennium Bostonian Hotel, Boston | ||
A map showing the excellent positioning of the hotel. |
The improvements to the seven-storey hotel should make it all the better for short stays in Boston for tourists or business travellers. |
The Faneuil Hall marketplace is not far away and has a lot of facilities for tourists. |
The hotel has an understated red brick exterior. |
The guest rooms have always had a comfortable elegance. It is to be hoped that the renovation doesn’t change the character too much. |
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| Mohegan Sun Resort | ||
In 2002, Mohegan Sun Casino completed a $1bn expansion adding a new casino, hotel tower, spa, retail space and conference facilities to its existing casino in Conneticut. |
Project Sunburst tripled the size of the existing property. |
The expansion includes 1,200 guestrooms in a new, luxury hotel tower. |
The additional gaming entertainment makes Mohegan Sun one of the largest casino complexes in the world. |
The casino is owned by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority. |
The new facilities at Mohegan Sun Casino opened successively during 2002. |
| Mondrian Scottsdale, Arizona | ||
One of the bedrooms. |
The reception area. |
Meeting room for business. |
The main pool. |
Pool side cabanas. |
Red bar. |
The Skybar. |
A suite. |
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| Mount Airy Casino Resort, Pennsylvania | ||
Illustration of the Mount Airy Casino Resort. |
The Mount Airy casino has over 3,000 slot machines. |
The casino offers new video Black Jack machines. |
The Mount Airy Casino offers several bars and restaurants. |
Phase two of the project will increase the number of slot machines to over 5,000. |
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| Naples Bay Resort, Florida | ||
The Hotel at Naples Bay Resort. |
Part of a suite at the Naples Bay Resort. |
The gymnasium and fitness centre has the finest equipment and full time staff. |
The hotel has 3,100ft² of meeting and conference space. |
The pool complex includes a Kidz Club pool and a lap pool. |
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| Niagara Falls Casino | ||
The Niagara Casino Gateway Project was begun in 2001 and finished in June 2003. |
The development involved the construction of a new high-rise hotel consisting of 32 floors with 368 rooms and a 100,000ft² permanent casino. |
Niagara Casino Gateway Project Hotel - first suspended slab pour - March 13, 2002. |
The development includes a 368 room Hyatt hotel. |
A selection of dining facilities, a comprehensive health spa plus an array of shops was also be included in the development. |
The construction of the casino involved 7,500t of structural steel and 900,000ft² of steel deck, as well as 200t of architectural steel to build the casino entrances. |
The Casino Gateway Project will generates 5,000 permanent full-time and part-time direct jobs and 5,000 indirect jobs. |
The project aimed to stimulate the local economy, as well as generate $100-125 million in contracts for mechanical, electrical and concrete work. |
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| Omni Fort Worth Hotel, Texas | ||
A sketch of the new building adjacent to the convention centre. |
A computer generated image of how the new building will look. |
One of the lounge areas in a Texan style of décor. |
Bob’s Steak and Chop house. |
One of the smaller meeting rooms. |
The sports bar with wall mounted wide screen television. |
| Omni San Diego Hotel, California | ||
Architect drawing of the Omni Hotel San Diego. |
The Omni San Diego Hotel is located in the Ballpark District of San Diego. |
The top 11 floors consist of 37 luxury 'Metropolitan Condominiums'. |
The Omni Hotel San Diego offers 511 guest rooms and suites. |
Interior view of a hotel bathroom. |
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| Pinehurst Golf Resort, North Carolina | ||
Owned by the Dedman family, the Pinehurst resort was first built by Bostonian James Tufts in 1895. A $12m renovation was completed in 2008. |
The Pinehurst resort will stage the 2014 US Open Championships for men and women. |
Accommodation at Pinehurst includes the Carolina hotel, Manor Inn, Holly Inn and luxury villas and condominiums. |
The 9,600ft² Grand Ballroom at the Carolina can accommodate up to 1,200 people for a reception. |
The 1,460ft² North Room is ideal for small meetings or private cocktail parties. |
The Spa at Pinehurst offers 50 treatments and services, including massages, scrubs and Yoga. |
| Renaissance Boston | ||
The Renaissance Boston has added to the Boston skyline. |
The lobby cocktail bar. |
One of the 471 guest rooms. |
The hotel's library area. |
The lobby area. |
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| Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark Hotel | ||
The hotel showcases a mix of southern and European styles. |
The hotel is owned by South Park Real Estate LLC, a subsidiary of JWM Family Enterprises LP. |
All rooms and suites are furnished with bedding, custom duvets, down comforters and thick mattresses with mattress toppers. |
Renaissance Charlotte SouthPark has 14 meeting rooms. |
The hotel's newly renovated 24-hour fitness centre covers a 1,100ft² area. |
The hotel also has an indoor saltwater swimming pool and a dry sauna. |
| Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas | ||
Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas offers 349 luxurious rooms and suites. All rooms offer either lake or mountain views. |
The top two floors of the Pontevecchio Bridge consist of club rooms, reserved for guests of club level. |
The Ritz-Carlton Grand Ballroom is 11,813ft². It has high vaulted ceilings, crystal chandeliers, pin-spot lighting capabilities and extensive pre-function space as well as offering garden views plus easy access to the expansive outdoor terrace. |
The Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas hotel offers 33,000ft² of indoor meeting space as well as outdoor event venues and a selection of scenic lakefront and garden settings. |
The hotel offers the services of a professional conference services manager, catering sales manager and catering services manager, who will work with each meeting planner to custom-design the function to be held. |
The Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas is a hotel and spa located twenty miles southeast of downtown Las Vegas and a 25 minute drive from McCarran International Airport. |
The Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas has been built as part of a stunning Mediterranean lakeside village. |
The 30,000ft² spa offers a wide range of facilities and treatments. |
The location of the hotel, situated near Las Vegas, makes it easy to reach. |
Guests can enjoy a game of golf on the Ritz-Carlton's first-rate championship grade courses. |
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| Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, Arizona | ||
The 33-storey Sheraton Phoenix Downtown. |
The Sheraton Phoenix Downtown is the city's first hotel to be constructed in the area since 1976. |
A double room at the hotel will have all the comfort associated with Sheraton hotels. |
The lobby will promote the ambience of the hotel; it is welcoming and not ostentatious. |
An impression of the hotels 11,500ft² main restaurant. |
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| Sofitel New York | ||
The 30-storey limestone and glass Sofitel New York building boasts a central tower, with 20-storey buildings on the either side of it. |
Sofitel New York rooms include a lounge, a sleeping area and a marble bathroom. |
Sofitel features an all-feather MYBED bed with an extra duvet. |
| Taj Boston | ||
The Taj Boston was renamed from the Ritz-Carlton in January 2007. |
The design of the Taj Boston involves antique furniture and soft shades such as gold, celadon greens, beiges or soft rose. |
The four-star hotel has plush facilities such as function space and a ballroom. |
Guests at the Taj Boston can enjoy views of the Public Garden and the Commonwealth Avenue mall. |
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| The Pierre New York | ||
The Rotunda and Garden Foyer murals were created by Edward Melcarth. |
The Escoffier Suite, named after August Escoffier, the ‘father of French cuisine’. |
The Pierre Façade. |
The Pierre Façade at night. |
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| The Sanctuary, Kiawah Island, | ||
The Sanctuary's grand lawn. |
The Sanctuary's indoor pool. |
The Sanctuary's lobby. |
The Presidential suite bedroom complete with four poster bed. |
The spa whirlpool bath area. |
The Sanctuary's main staircase. |
The floor plan of the Presidential suite. |
The Governors hall, one of the large conference/entertainment spaces. |
The Loggerhead Grill. |
The Morning room. |
The Sanctuary has 255 rooms. |
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| The Surrey, New York | ||
The bar's interior view. |
The penthouse suite's living room. |
Guest salon desk. |
Hotel model room of the Surrey. |
The suite's bathroom interior view. |
The Surrey's exterior view. |
| The Water Club at Borgata, Hotel Casino and Spa | ||
The Borgata was first opened in July 2003 and now The Water Club will form the second phase expansion of the complex. |
The Water Club will have furnishings and fittings that are second to none. |
A design based around the element of water gives the Water Club elegance and vitality. |
The Water Club spa will include a number of swimming pools, 'experience' rooms and a fitness centre. |
Guests at the Water Club can relax in style with Jacuzzis and heated pools. |
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| Trump International Hotel and Tower | ||
The new Trump tower will be one of the tallest in Chicago when it is completed. |
The floors are being added at the rate of one per week, with a total of 96 at completion. |
The floors above the top hotel level of 27 are now being worked on, containing residential condominiums. |
The Trump International Hotel and Tower was set to be even taller, but after the terrorist attacks of 2001 the planned height was reduced. |
The building has three setbacks to correspond with surrounding buildings and fit into the landscape. |
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| W Hoboken | ||
The five-storey W Hoboken has 23 suites. |
The lobby lounge has been designed so that guests can enjoy a bite to eat while relaxing. |
The hotel features six meeting rooms. |
The W Hoboken hotel opened in April 2009. |
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| Westin Detroit Metropolitan | ||
The Westin is located at Detroit Wayne County Metropolitan Airport, adjacent to the newly constructed Edward H. McNamara terminal. The hotel has 400 guest rooms, fully-equipped meeting rooms, a fitness centre and executive club lounge. |
One of the hotel's special features is an eight-story atrium with bamboo trees, a Zen garden, 5,000ft² serene reflecting pool, a jet lounge overlooking the apron and runway areas, glass elevators and a gourmet restaurant and bar overlooking the atrium and reflecting pool. |
The hotel has around 25,000ft² of meeting space including 28 meeting rooms and a 7,600ft² ballroom with separate banquet kitchen. A separate lounge with fireplace is located in the executive concierge facility, located on the hotel's top floor. |
The concrete structure with double-pane windows is largely soundproof and equipped with a filtration system to prevent the smell of fuel entering the building. The Westin Detroit Metropolitan Airport hotel welcomed its first guests on 1 January 2003. |
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| Westin Hotel, Lombard, Illinois | ||
The hotel was constructed in an ‘L’-shaped tower block. Some city ordinances had to be changed to allow the 18-storey structure. |
The hotel has a spa and an indoor lap pool. |
The cocktail lounge at the hotel. |
| Westminster Hotel, Livingston, NJ | ||
The $25 million Westminster Hotel in Livingston, New Jersey features 190 guest rooms, including 10 suites, 15,000ft² of banquet and conference facilities, an indoor heated swimming pool and fitness facilities. |
The guest rooms, designed J/Brice Design International, Inc., feature oversized desks, ergonomically designed desk chairs, pullout ottomans and two T1 access points for high-speed Internet in a surrounding of natural finishes with wood tones and brushed nickel. |
All luxury guest rooms rooms have triple-sheeted king size beds, down-filled bed pillows and crisp, ecru and sage duvet covers. Business travellers enjoy access to a club lounge and conferences can be held with a total of 15,000ft² of meeting space. |
The Westminster Hotel Livingston, owned by the Westminster Hospitality Group, an affiliate of Kushner Companies, had its soft opening in January 2003 at a total rehabilitation cost of $25 million. |
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