From St. Lucia to Tulsa, discover the latest hotel openings, brand transformations and major renovations boosting meetings and incentive travel across the Caribbean, Florida, Texas, Louisiana and beyond.
Caribbean
Secrets St. Lucia Resort & Spa is a new adults-only, all-inclusive resort property located on St. Lucia’s northwestern coast and marks the first Secrets Resorts & Spas branded property from Hyatt’s Inclusive Collection.
The resort offers 355 guest rooms and suites, five à la carte gourmet restaurants, seven bars and lounges, tennis courts, pickleball courts, a pool and 1,859 square feet of meeting and event space able to accommodate up to 140 attendees. Guests can also take advantage of multiple programming and activities, including beach volleyball, yoga, windsurfing, horseback riding, deep-sea fishing, guided snorkeling and more.
La Concha Resort has transitioned to a Marriott Autograph Collection property following an $80.2 million property-wide renovation. The newly renamed La Concha Resort, Puerto Rico, an Autograph Collection Hotel features 238 redesigned guest rooms and suites, a newly renovated lobby bar, newly opened spa and two new culinary offerings with another slated to open soon. The resort’s banquet and ballroom venues are also being upgraded, with those renovations scheduled to be finished this fall. La Concha Resort offers 25,496 square feet of meeting space across 11 venues and 8 breakout, with the largest room able to accommodate up to 610 attendees.
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Florida
The historic Confidante Miami Beach hotel has been transformed into the Andaz Miami Beach, marking the Andaz brand’s debut in Florida.
The resort offers 287 guest rooms and 64 suites, each with views of either the ocean or the Miami skyline, along with two heated outdoor pools, a spa, beach club and three dining concepts. Andaz Miami Beach also features a private beachfront with lounge chairs, umbrellas and daybeds. The property has 25,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space, including two oceanfront ballrooms, seven breakout rooms and a swimming pool with a hydraulic floor system that can create a solid surface for receptions and events.
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Louisiana
JW Marriott New Orleans completed a multimillion-dollar redesign of its 22 meeting and event spaces, including refined aesthetics and sustainable upgrades to its more than 24,000 square feet of space.
The 6,185-square-foot Vieux Carré Grand Ballroom, able to accommodate up to 750 attendees, has been redesigned to include gold ceiling bays, crystal chandeliers and floor-to-ceiling windows with access to a balcony overlooking the French Quarter. Other notable venues include the 2,760-square-foot Promenade room, able to accommodate up to 225 attendees, and the 1,975-square-foot Orleans room, with a capacity for 240.
Texas
Omni Las Colinas Hotel completed a $20 million renovation that included upgrades to its 421 guest rooms and suites. The renovations follow a $13 million revitalization of the property’s common spaces in 2020.
The previous renovations introduced three new dining concepts along with The Lakehouse Waterfront Lounge & Pool Deck, which included daybeds, fire pits, private cabanas and a 10,700-square-foot event lawn. The newest round of renovations included upgrades to the property’s largest event space, the 10,650-square-foot Las Colinas Ballroom, which is able to accommodate up to 2,000 attendees in its largest configuration.
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A $390 Million Tulsa Expansion
Visit Tulsa announced plans for a new $390 million hotel property that will connect to the city’s downtown convention center. The project is scheduled to break ground in 2026 and is slated for completion in 2029.
The hotel will connect to the 275,000-square-foot Arvest Business Convention Center, which offers in-house security, a box office, dock marshals, technical services, bars, concessions and catering. The convention center also offers a conference hall, meeting rooms, exhibit hall and ballroom, the largest of these spaces being the 102,600-square-foot Pepsi Exhibit Hall, able to accommodate up to 8,970 attendees.
The city hopes the addition of the new convention center hotel, along with its blend of Southern culture and Route 66 history, will position Tulsa for larger-scale events and solidify the destination as an option for international and domestic business travelers alike.
“Adding a new anchor hotel connected to the Arvest Convention Center to our already thriving downtown continues Tulsa’s upward momentum and is the latest example of the forward-thinking spirit for which our city is known,” said Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols in a press release. “I’m excited to watch as this project continues to progress and see the impact it will make on our local economy and eagerly anticipate breaking ground on this transformative project.”
