HOTELS' Renovation Report

By Sally Wolchuk, Staff Editor -- HOTELS Magazine, 11/1/2001

ASIA/PACIFIC

• BANDUNG, INDONESIA: Sahid Group of Hotels is adding 100 guestrooms

  to its 52-room Hotel Sahid Bandung. Completion: early

  2003.

• BALI, INDONESIA: Sahid Group of Hotels is renovating 222 guestrooms

  at its 427-room Hotel Sahid Raya Bali. Completion:

  2002.

• BANGKOK, THAILAND: Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating guestrooms, lobby, restaurant, entrance and spa at

  its 850-room Bangkok Shangri-La. Est. Cost: US$17 million. Completion:

  mid-2002. Interior designer: Leese Robertson Freeman Designers Ltd.,

  Hong Kong. Accor S.A. is adding a Sofitel Club Lounge; converting

  several floors to executive floors, which include 250 rooms; is

  renovating its restaurants and lobby; is adding conference and meeting

  facilities; and is redesigning the pool, fitness center, pool bar

  and drug store at its 454-room Sofitel Silom Bangkok (formlery Monarch

  Lee Gardens Hotel). Est. Cost: US$6.5 million. Completion: early

  2002.

• BEIJING, CHINA: Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating two hotels here, including guestrooms, lobby and restaurant

  at its 738-room China World Hotel. Est. Cost: US$13 million. Completion:

  mid-2002. Architect is Leese Robertson Freeman Designers Ltd., and

  interior designer is Wilson Associates. At its 487-room The Kerry

  Centre Hotel it is renovating the lobby and restaurant. Est. Cost:

  US$1 million. Completion: mid-2002. Interior designer: Leese Robertson

  Freeman Designers Ltd.

• DHAKA, BANGLADESH: Pan Pacific Hotels & Resorts

  is adding a 14-story tower with 150 guestrooms, restaurants, meeting

  rooms, a convention center for 2,000 and basement parking for 600

  at its 304-room Pan Pacific Sonargaon. Completion: 2003.

• HOKKAIDDO, JAPAN: Windsor Hotels International is renovating its

  398-room Windsor Hotel Toya. Completion: mid-2002.

• ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Six Continents Hotels is renovating guestrooms,

  restaurant and health club at its 131-room Holiday

  Inn. Est. Cost: US$2.7 million. Completion: late 2002.

• JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Sahid Group of Hotels is renovating 200 guestrooms

  at its 750-room Hotel Sahid Jaya. Completion: 2002.

• KOTA KINABALU, MALAYSIA: Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating guestrooms and spa at its 500-room Shangri-La Tanjung

  Aru Resort. Completion: mid-2002. Interior Designer:

  Nikken Sekki.

• KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating guestrooms, lobby and restaurant at its 720-room

  Kuala Lumpur Shangri-La Hotel. Est. Cost: US$21 million.

  Completion: early 2002. Architect is Lee Robyn Architect, Kuala

  Lumpur. Interior designers are Adam D. Tihany International Ltd.,

  New York; Super Potato, Tokyo; Leese Robertson Freeman Designers

  Ltd., Hong Kong; and Pentago, Kuala Lumpur.

• LANGKAWI, MALAYSIA: Berjaya Hotels & Resorts is renovating guestrooms

  at its 400-room Berjaya Langkawi Beach & Spa Resort. Est. Cost:

  US$750,000. Completion: early 2002. Architect is Akitek

  Daya Reka, Kuala Lumpur, and the interior designer

  is Wilayah Enterprise Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur.

• MANILA, PHILIPPINES: Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating its 703-room Makati Shangri-La. Est. Cost: US$28

  million. Completion: mid-2002. Architect: Bilkey-Linas

  and Leese Robertson Freeman Designers Ltd.

• NANJING, CHINA: Six Continents Hotels is renovating its 290-room

  Crowne Plaza Nanjing. Completion: 2002.

• PAHANG (TIOMAN ISLAND), MALAYSIA: Berjaya Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating its 380-room Berjaya Tioman Beach Resort. Est. Cost:

  US$800,000. Completion: mid-2002.

• PHUKET, THAILAND: Accor SA is adding 70 guestrooms, expanding banquet

  facilities, meeting rooms and restaurant at its 150-room

  Mercure (formlery Panwa Beach Resort). Completion: early-mid 2002.

• SOLO (CENTRAL JAVA), INDONESIA: Sahid Group of Hotels is renovating

  100 guest-rooms at its 140-room Hotel Sahid Raya

  Solo. Completion: 2003.

• SEOUL, KOREA: Accor SA is renovating guestrooms, lobby, restaurants

  and meeting rooms at its 330-room Novotel Ambassador.

  Est. Cost: US$8 million. Completion: 2003.

• SHANGHAI, CHINA: Shanghai Jin Jiang Group is

  renovating two hotels here, including guestrooms, lobby, restaurant

  and entrance at its 632-room Jin Jiang Tower Hotel. Est. Cost: US$12

  million. Completion: late 2002. At its 770-room Hua Ting Hotel & Towers

  it is renovating guestrooms, lobby, restaurant, meeting

  rooms and entrance. Est. Cost: US$20 million. Completion: late 2002.

  Six Continents Hotels is renovating its 497-room Holiday Inn Downtown.

  Completion: 2002.

• SINGAPORE: Shangri-La Hotels & Resorts is renovating two hotels

  here, including guestrooms at its 543-room Traders Hotel. Est. Cost:

  US$5 million. Completion: mid-2002. Interior designer: Leese Robertson

  Freeman Designers Ltd., Hong Kong. At its 760-room Shangri-La Hotel,

  it is renovating the guestrooms. Est. Cost: US$9 million. Completion:

  late 2002. Interior designer: Leese Robertson Freeman Designers Ltd.

  Millennium & Copthorne Hotels is renovating two hotels here. It

  is renovating the Orchard wing at its 680-room Orchard

  Hotel Singapore. It is also renovating its 316-room

  Copthorne King's Hotel Singapore. Completion for both properties:

  2002.

• URUMQI, CHINA: Six Continents Hotels is renovating its 335-room

  Holiday Inn Urumqi. Completion: 2002.

• YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA: Sahid Group of Hotels is renovating 100 guestrooms

  at its 144-room Hotel Sahid Raya Yogyakarta. Completion:

  2002.

AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND

• CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA: Six Continents Hotels is renovating Club floor,

  lounge and public areas at its 295-room Crowne Plaza

  Canberra. Completion: 2002.

• DARWIN, AUSTRALIA: Six Continents Hotels is renovating guestrooms

  and public areas at its 182-room Holiday Inn Darwin. Completion: 2002-2004.

• MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: Great Eagle Hotels International is renovating

  guest-rooms, lobby, meeting rooms, pool area and

  entrance at its 387-room Sheraton Towers Southgate. Est. Cost: US$562,000.

  Completion: late 2003. Six Continents Hotels is renovating four hotels

  here. It is renovating its 200-room Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport

  Hotel. Completion: 2002. At its 384-room Holiday Inn Melbourne, It

  is renovating guestrooms and public areas. Completion: 2002-2003.

  At its 202-room Holiday Inn On Flinders, it is renovating a portion

  of the guestrooms. Completion: 2002. At the 226-room Holiday Inn St.

  Kilda Road, it is renovating all guestrooms. Completion: 2002-2003.

• SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Six Continents Hotels is renovating a portion

  of its public areas at its 207-room Crowne Plaza Coogee. Completion:

  2002.

• TERRIGAL, AUSTRALIA: Six Continents Hotels is renovating function

  rooms at its 196-room Crowne Plaza Terrigal. Completion: 2002.

• TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA: Six Continents Hotels is renovating guestrooms

  at its 197-room Holiday Inn Townsville. Completion:

  2002-2003.

• AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: Great Eagle Hotels International is renovating

  guest-rooms, kitchen and public areas at its 410-room

  Sheraton Auckland. Est. Cost: US$1 million. Completion: 2002-2003.

• WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND: Six Continents Hotels is renovating standard

  guest-rooms, Club floor, and public areas at its

  233-room Hotel Inter-Continental. Completion: 2002.

CARIBBEAN

• HAMILTON, BERMUDA: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating 130 rooms in the Gazebo wing, lobby level, port cochere

  and retail space at its 410-room Fairmont Hamilton

  Princess. Completion: early 2002 through late 2003.

• HAVANA, CUBA: Gran Caribe S.A. Hotel Group is renovating meeting

  rooms and swimming pool at its 352-room Habana Riviera. Completion:

  late 2002.

• ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD, CUBA: Gran Caribe S.A. Hotel Group is renovating

  guestrooms, restaurant and lobby and is adding babysitting

  facilities at its 60-room Villa Coral. Completion: late 2002.

• LAS CROABAS, PUERTO RICO: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is planning

  a five-year renovation at its 918-room Wyndham El Conquistador Resort & Country

  Club. Renovation plans include additional casitas,

  new infinity pool, enhanced spa facility and increased

  golf amenities. Est. Cost: US$20 million. Completion: 2002-2007.

• ORANJESTAD, ARUBA: La Cabana Beach Resort is renovating guestrooms

  and installing the remainder of a new alarm system

  on the third and fourth floors at its 441-room La Cabana Beach Resort.

  Completion: 2002-2004.

• PLAYA, CUBA: Gran Caribe S.A. Hotel Group is renovating guestrooms,

  lobby, restaurant and kitchen at its 266-room Hotel

  Neptune. Completion: late 2003.

• RIO GRANDE, PUERTO RICO: Sol Meliá is

  adding 491 rooms at its 982-room Paradisus Coco Beach All-Inclusive

  Beach Resort. Completion: 2003.

• SOUTHAMPTON, BERMUDA: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating the lobby, two floors of guestrooms (200 rooms), landscaping,

  28,000 sq.-ft.(2,601 sq.-m) spa, Kids Club, new retail space and

  entrance at its 600-room Fairmont Southampton Princess. Completion:

  2002-2003.

• ST. MARTIN, FRENCH WEST INDIES: Orient Express Hotels is in its

  final phase of renovations and is adding several new four-bedroom

  villas at its 81-room La Samanna property. Completion: late 2002.

• ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS: Ritz-Carlton

  Hotel Company, LLC is renovating guestrooms and adding a new spa,

  fitness center, hair salon and retail center at its 152-room The

  Ritz-Carlton. Est. Cost: US$75 million. Completion: early 2002.

  Interior designer: Nichols, Brush & Sandoval;

  Coral Gables, Florida.

• TRINIDAD, CUBA: Gran Caribe S.A. Hotel Group is renovating guestrooms,

  restaurant, kitchen, entrance, lobby and massage

  room at its 279-room Hotel Ancon. Completion: late 2002.

• VEDADO, CUBA: Gran Caribe S.A. Hotel Group is renovating two hotels

  here. It is renovating guestrooms and restaurant

  at its 250-room Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Completion: late 2002. At

  its 31-room Hotel Victoria, it is renovating guestrooms, restaurant,

  kitchen and meeting rooms. Completion: early 2003.

• WILLEMSTAD, CURAÇAO, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES: SuperClubs is renovating

  (closed during renovation) its 341-room Breezes Curaçao (formerly

  Princess Beach Resort & Casino). Est. Cost: US$6 million. Completion:

  early 2002.

EUROPE

• AARHUS, DENMARK: Helnan International Hotels A/S is renovating its

  101-room Helnan Marselis Hotel. Est. Cost: US$3.5

  million. Completion: mid-2002.

• ALMANCIL, PORTUGAL: Orient Express Hotels is renovating guestrooms,

  lobby, restaurant, entrance and health club at its

  141-room Hotel Quinta do Lago. Architect is Ridler Shapard Low International

  and interior designer is Christopher Hobson. Est. Cost: US$2.5 million.

  Completion: 2002 (portion of renovation completed in 2001).

• AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts is

  renovating guest-rooms at its 109-room Swissôtel Amsterdam.

  Completion: late 2002. Architect is Aivireal, Zurich,

  and the interior designer is Joe Brinkman, Zurich.

• BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND: Hyatt International Hotels is renovating guestrooms

  at its 319-room Hyatt Regency Birmingham. Completion:

  2002.

• BODRUM, TURKEY: Starwood Hotels & Resorts

  Worldwide is renovating its 245-room Samara Hotel. Completion: 2002.

• BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Marriott International is

  renovating its 262-room Renaissance Brussels Hotel (formerly Swissôtel

  Brussels) Completion: 2002.

• FLORENCE, ITALY: Starhotels Spa is renovating 55 guestrooms at its

  127-room Starhotel Monginevro. Est. Cost: US$1.3

  million. Completion: 2002.

• GALYATETO, HUNGARY: Hunguest Hotels is renovating guestrooms, lobby,

  restaurant, kitchen, meeting rooms and fitness facilities

  at its 111-room Hotel Galyateto. Est. Cost: US$1.4 million. Completion:

  late 2002.

• GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY: Maritim Hotels is renovating guestrooms,

  lobby, restaurant, kitchen, meeting rooms and entrance at its 195-room

  Maritim Hotel. Est. Cost: US$1.5 million. Completion: late 2002. Interior

  designer: Reinhardt and Sander.

• HAMBURG, GERMANY: Maritim Hotels is renovating guestrooms, lobby,

  restaurant, kitchen and meeting rooms at its 303-room Maritim Hotel

  Reichshof. Est. Cost: US$8.5 million. Completion: late 2002. Interior

  designer: Reinhardt and Sander.

• HANNOVER, GERMANY: Maritim Hotels is renovating guestrooms, lobby,

  restaurant, kitchen, meeting room and entrance at

  its 291-room Maritim Stadthotel. Est. Cost: US$3.3 million. Completion:

  late 2002. Interior designer: Reinhardt and Sander.

• HEVIZ, HUNGARY: Hunguest Hotels is renovating guestrooms, lobby,

  restaurant and kitchen at its 159-room Hotel Panorama. Est. Cost:

  US$1.3 million. Completion: mid-2002.

• LAS PALMAS (GRAN CANARY ISLAND), SPAIN: Princess Hotels is renovating

  the restaurant at its 434-room Hotel Gran Canaria.

  Est. Cost: US$400,000. Completion: early 2002.

• LONDON, ENGLAND: Great Eagle Hotels International is renovating

  guestrooms and restaurant at its 429-room Langham Hilton. Est. Cost:

  US$800,000. Completion: mid-2002. Interior designer: GA Design. The

  Savoy Group is renovating guestrooms and restaurant at its 90-room

  The Connaught. Completion: 2002.

• MADRID, SPAIN: Sol Meliá S.A. is renovating guestrooms, lobby,

  restaurant, kitchen, meeting rooms and entrance at its 220-room Gran

  Meliá. Completion: early 2002. Architect is Alvaro Sans, Palma

  de Mallorca, Spain, and the interior designer is Luis

  Moreno de Cala, Spain.

• MARSEILLE (NEAR MARIGNANE-PROVENCE AIRPORT),

  FRANCE: Accor is renovating guestrooms, lobby, restaurant, meeting

  rooms and entrance at its 179-room Sofitel Marseille Aéroport.

  Est. Cost: US$3.5 million. Completion: 2003-2004.

• MILAN, ITALY: Starhotels SpA is renovating two hotels here, including

  lobby, restaurant, kitchen, meeting room and entrance

  at its 108-room Starhotel Anderson. Est. Cost: US$3 million. Completion:

  2002. It is adding 85 guestrooms and renovating 77 guest-rooms at

  its 185-room Starhotel Rosa. Est. Cost: US$6.8 million. Completion:

  2002.

• MONTREUX, SWITZERLAND: Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating guestrooms, fitness club at its 235-room Le Montreux

  Palace. Completion: early 2002. Architect is Avireal,

  Zurich, and interior designer is Stepart, Lucerne, Switzerland.

• PLATJA DE MURO (BALEARES), SPAIN: Iberostar Hotels is renovating

  guestrooms, lobby and restaurant at its 366-room Alcudia Park Hotel.

  Completion: early 2002.

• PLAYA DE LAS AMERICAS (CANARY ISLANDS), SPAIN: Princess Hotels is

  renovating bathrooms at its 385-room Hotel Tenerife Princess. Est.

  Cost: US$2 million. Completion: mid-2002.

• PLAYA DE PALMA (BALEARES), SPAIN: Riu Hotels is renovating its 373-room

  Hotel Riu Playa Park. Completion: early 2002.

• ROME, ITALY: Starhotels SpA is renovating guestrooms at its 265-room

  Starhotel Metropole. Est. Cost: US$4.5 million. Completion:

  2002.

• RIGA, LATVIA: Reval Hotellegrupp AS is renovating its guestrooms,

  lobby, restaurant, kitchen, meeting rooms and entrance at its 280-room

  Reval Hotel Latvia. Completion: mid-2003.

• SLOUGH, ENGLAND: Millennium & Copthorne

  Hotels is renovating its ground floor and is redeveloping the bar

  and restaurant areas at its 219-room Copthorne Slough Windsor Hotel.

  Completion: 2002.

• ST. MORITZ, SWITZERLAND: Kempinski Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating its 150-room Kempinski Grand Hotel (formerly Parkhotel

  Kurhaus). Est. Cost: US$30 million. Completion: late

  2002

• SYDHAVEN, COPENHAGEN, SWEDEN: Scandic Hotels is renovating its 280-room

  Scandic Hotel. Completion: 2003.

• TALLINN, ESTONIA: Reval Hotellegrupp AS is renovating guestrooms

  at its 321-room Reval Hotel Olumpia. Est. Cost: US$1.6 million. Completion:

  2003.

• THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS: Accor is renovating guestrooms, lobby,

  restaurant, meeting rooms and entrance at its 143-room

  Sofitel Den Haag. Est. Cost: US$3 million. Completion: 2003.

• TIMMENDORFER STRAND, GERMANY: Maritim Hotels is renovating guestrooms,

  lobby, restaurant, kitchen, meeting rooms and entrance

  at its 234-room Maritim Seehotel. Est. Cost: US$1.5 million. Completion:

  late 2002. Interior designer: Reinhardt and Sander.

• WROCLAW, POLAND: Marriott International is converting two hotels

  here: the Hotel Polonia into the 144-room Ramada Hotel, and the Hotel

  Europejski into the Ramada Encore Hotel. Completion for both hotels:

  mid-2002.

• ZURICH, SWITZERLAND: Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts is renovating

  lobby and meeting rooms at its 347-room Swissôtel Zurich. Completion:

  early 2002. Interior Designer: Joe Brinkman, Zurich.

MIDDLE EAST

• CAIRO, EGYPT: Helnan International Hotels A/S is renovating guestrooms,

  lobby, restaurant, kitchen, meeting rooms and entrance at its 300-room

  Helnan Shepheard Hotel. Est. Cost: US$1 million. Completion: 2002.

NORTH AMERICA

• ACAPULCO, MEXICO: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

  is redesigning the golf course and installing new landscaping at

  its 343-room Fairmont Pierre Marques. Est. Cost: US$7 million. Completion:

  early 2002.

• ADDISON, TEXAS: Six Continent Hotels is doing an extensive three-phase

  renovation at its 498-room Hotel Inter-Continental

  Dallas. Est. Cost: US$30 million. Completion: 2002-2003.

• ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA: Hospitality Partners is renovating guestrooms

  and meeting rooms at its 221-room Holiday Inn Arlington

  At Ballston. Est. Cost: US$2.2 million. Completion: mid-2002.

• ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Starwood Hotels & Resorts

  Worldwide is renovating the Days Inn Hotel and will reopen it as

  the 90-room The Carlton, which was its original name. Est. Cost:

  US$22 million. Completion: late 2002. Omni Hotels is adding a 24-story

  tower with 593 rooms at its Omni Hotel at CNN Center. Total rooms

  after the addition will be 1,063. Est. Cost: US$100 million. Completion:

  2003. Architect: Culpepper, McCauliffe and Meaders, Atlanta.

• BANFF, CANADA: Canadian Pacific Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating guestrooms and public areas at its 770-room Banff

  Springs. Est. Cost: US$55 million. Completion: 2003.

• CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS: The 298-room Charles Hotel is undergoing

  renovations. Est. Cost: US$8-US$10 million. Completion:

  2002. Interior designer: Chhada Siembieda Remedios Inc., California.

• CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA: Delta Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating guestrooms, lobby, restaurant and meeting rooms at

  its 211-room Delta Prince Edward. Est. Cost: US$600,000. Completion:

  early 2002. Interior designer: Susan Troup Design, Halifax, Nova

  Scotia, Canada

• CHATHAM, MASSACHUSETTS: The 104-room Wequassett Inn Resort and Golf

  Club is renovating guestrooms and The Main Dining

  Room restaurant. Completion: 2002.

• CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY: Growth Properties

  Investment Managers Inc. is renovating guestrooms, lobby, meeting

  rooms, public areas, pool and courtyard and is adding an executive

  boardroom, meeting rooms, business center and restaurant at its

  209-room Clarion Hotels & Conference

  Center (formerly a Four Points Hotel by Sheraton).

  Completion: 2002.

• CHICAGO, ILLINOIS: Six Continent Hotels & Resorts is in the second

  phase of a two-phase renovation of its North and South Tower at its

  844-room Hotel Inter-Contnental Chicago. Est. Cost: US$70 million. Completion:

  2002. Interior designer is Intra-Spec, and architect is Gensler Architects.

  Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is converting two hotels here.

  It is renovating its 390-room W Chicago City Center

  (formerly Midland Hotel). It is also converting the

  Days Inn into the 556-room W Chicago Lakeshore. Completion for both

  hotels: 2002.

• COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO: The 700-room The Broadmoor is in the

  third phase of its renovation, which includes guestrooms, new elevators

  and redesign of the Garden Room at Tavern restaurant. Est. Cost: US$70

  million. Completion: mid-2002.

• DALLAS, TEXAS: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is adding the Golden Door

  Spa at its 1,620-room Wyndham Anatole. Est. Cost: US$4 million. Completion:

  mid-2002. Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide is renovating guestrooms,

  ballroom and meeting rooms at its 301-room The Westin Stonebriar Resort.

  Est. Cost: US$28 million. Completion: late 2002. Architect is Aguirre

  Corp., Dallas, and interior designer is Forrest, Perkins & Tuttle

  LLC, Dallas.

• DAWSON CITY (YUKON TERRITORY), CANADA: Westmark Hotels is renovating

  guest-rooms, lobby and restaurant and is adding 44

  guestrooms and a new garden courtyard to its 134-room Westmark Inn.

  Completion: mid-2002.

• DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA: Adam's Mark Hotels is renovating guestrooms,

  entrance, fitness center, pool and sundeck, lounge,

  gift shop, and meeting rooms at its 436-room Adam's Mark Daytona Beach

  Resort. Est. Cost: US$45 million. Completion: early 2002.

• DEL MAR, CALIFORNIA: Destination Hotels & Resorts is renovating

  guestrooms at its 120-room L'Auberge del Mar Hotel & Spa. Est. Cost:

  US$2.5 million. Completion: mid-2002. Interior designer: Robertson & Associates.

• DENVER, COLORADO: Windsor Capital Group is renovating guestrooms

  at its 207-room Embassy Suites. Est. Cost: US$3 million. Completion:

  mid-2002.

• DETROIT, MICHIGAN: Windsor Capital Group is renovating guestrooms,

  lobby, restaurant and meeting rooms at its 240-room

  Embassy Suites. Est. Cost: US$4 million. Completion: mid-2002.

• EDMONTON, CANADA: Coast Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating the entrance, 48 guestrooms and corridors at its 297-room

  Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel. Est. Cost: US$450,000. Completion: early

  2002.

• EL PASO, TEXAS: Windsor Capital Group is renovating guestrooms,

  and lobby at its 185-room Embassy Suites. Est. Cost: US$3 million.

  Completion: mid-2002.

• ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO: Destination Hotels & Resorts is renovating

  the lobby, restaurant, kitchen and meeting rooms at its 302-room Inverness

  Hotel & Golf Club. Est. Cost: US$1.4 million. Completion: late

  2002.

• FISH CAMP (YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK), CALIFORNIA:

  Destination Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating guestrooms and adding five or more

  rooms at its 244-room Tenaya Lodge At Yosemite. Est.

  Cost: US$305,000. Completion: mid-2002.

• FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA: Las Olas Riverside Hotel Company is renovating

  its 268-room Riverside Hotel. Est. Cost: US$22 million.

  Completion: 2002. Marriott International is in the second phase of

  its renovation at its 589-room Marriott Harbor Beach Resort, which

  will include the addition of a 22,000 sq-.ft.(2,044 sq.-m) spa. Est.

  Cost: US$36 million. Completion: 2002.

• HONOLULU, HAWAII: Marriott International is

  renovating its 1,308-room Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort. Est. Cost:

  US$60 million. Completion: mid-2002. Interior designer is Leo Daly,

  Washington, D.C., and the architect is Shimokawa Architects, Hawaii.

  Aston Hotels & Resorts is renovating

  guestrooms, lobby, restaurant and entrance at its 714-room Aston Waikiki

  Beach Hotel (formerly Hawaiian Waikiki). Est. Cost: US$30 million. Completion:

  early 2002. Interior designer is Mary Phillpots & Associates,

  Hawaii, and the architect is Matt Gilbertson Architects,

  Hawaii.

• HOUSTON, TEXAS: Six Continent Hotels & Resorts

  is doing a complete redesign and extensive renovation (hotel will

  close this winter to complete the most extensive phase of interior

  construction) at its 485-room the Inter-Continental Houston (formerly

  Crowne Plaza Hotel.) Completion: early 2002.

• ITASCA, ILLINOIS: MeriStar Hotels & Resorts is renovating its 220-room

  Nordic Hills Resort & Conference Center. Completion: 2002.

• LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA: The 175-room Lodge at Torrey Pines is doing

  a renovation. Completion: early 2002. Developer is Evans Hotels, San

  Diego, California, and interior designers are Wimberly, Allison, Tong

  and Goo Architects, Newport Beach, California, and Kristine Smith

  Design Studio, San Diego. Hilton Hotels Corporation is adding a 13,370

  sq.-ft.(963 sq.-m) ballroom at its 394-room Hilton La Jolla Torrey

  Pines. Est. Cost: US$5.3 million. Completion: early 2002. Interior

  designer is Barry Design, Los Angeles, and the architect is Austin

  Veum Robbins Parshalle, San Diego.

• LOS CABOS, MEXICO: Pacific Monarch Resorts

  Inc. is renovating its 431-room The Cabo Azul Resort. Completion:

  mid-2002. Interior designer is T.S. Voelker Architecture, Rancho

  Santa Margarita, California, and the architect is Gomez Vazquez

  Aldana & Associates, Guadalajara.

• LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS: The 107-room Cranwell

  Resort & Golf Club

  is adding a 35,000 sq-.ft. (3,252 sq.-m) spa. Est. Cost: US$8.2 million.

  Completion: early 2002. Interior designer is Deborah Homan, and the

  architect is David Smotrich & Partners.

• LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS: Peabody Hotel Group

  is renovating guestrooms, lobby, restaurant, kitchen, meeting rooms,

  entrance and ballroom at its 417-room Arkansas Excelsior. Est. Cost:

  US$33.2 million. Completion: early 2002. Interior designer is Wilson & Associates, and architect

  is Wittenberg, Delony & Davidson.

• LYNDHURST, NEW JERSEY: Concord Hospitality Enterprises and Boykin

  Lodging is renovating and adding eight rooms at its 219-room Novotel

  (renaming Courtyard by Marriott). Est. Cost: US$6 million. Completion:

  early 2002.

• MANCHESTER, VERMONT: Olympus Hospitality Group is renovating guestrooms,

  meeting rooms and spa at its 134-room The Equinox

  Resort. Est. Cost: US$7 million. Completion: late 2002. Interior designer

  is Jinnie Kim Design and architect is Breadloaf Corp.

• MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA: Marriott International

  is adding a free-standing spa building at its 735-room Marco Island

  Marriott Resort & Golf

  Club. Completion: early 2002.

• MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: Peabody Hotel Group is renovating its 468-room

  Peabody Hotel. Completion: 2002. Interior designer:

  Barry Design Associates, Los Angeles.

• MIAMI, FLORIDA: Lionstone Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating guestrooms, public areas, building exteriors and recreational

  facilities at its 142-room Residence Inn by Marriott

  ((formerly Dupont Plaza Apartments) Completion: early 2002.

• MIAMI (SOUTH BEACH), FLORIDA: The 585-room

  Roney Palace Beach Resort is refurbishing its lobby, public spaces,

  most guestrooms, second pool deck, restaurant spa and retail space.

  Est. Cost: US$25 million. Completion: 2002. Starwood Hotels & Resorts

  is adding a new wing of guestrooms, spa, fitness center, restaurant

  and lounge at its 132-room W Miami (formerly Ritz Plaza Hotel).

  Completion: early 2002.

• NASHVILLE, TENNESEE: Gaylord Entertainment is renovating its 2,884-room

  Opryland Hotel. Est. Cost: US$70 million. Completion:

  2003.

• NEW YORK: Marriott International is renovating guestrooms at its

  1,900-room Marriott Marquis. Completion: 2003. Interior designer:

  Brennan Beer Gorman Monk/Interiors, New York.

• NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA: Snyder Langston

  is renovating guestrooms, adding new clubhouse with spa and fitness

  center, new ballroom, swimming pool, public and private restaurants

  and parking garage at its 159-room Balboa Bay Club. Est. Cost: US$55

  million. Completion: early 2003. Interior designer is Bob Barry

  Design, Beverly Hills, California, and the architect is Lee & Sakahara,

  Irvine, California.

• NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA: Hilton Hotels Corporation is renovating

  guestrooms and doing an HVAC upgrade at its 1,150-room Hilton New

  Orleans Riverside. Est. Cost: US$36.2 million. Completion: late 2002.

  Interior designer is James M. Isola Interiors, New Orleans, and architect

  is Frank Gerarve, Jr. Architect, River Ridge, Louisiana.

• NEW YORK: Loews Hotels is renovating its 722-room Metropolitan Hotel

  (formerly Loews New York). Est. Cost: US$17 million.

  Completion: early 2002.

• OAHU, HAWAII: Benchmark Hospitality is renovating guestrooms, public

  spaces, Fazio Golf Course, meeting rooms and restaurants

  at its 485-room Turtle Bay Resort. Est. Cost: US$35 million. Completion:

  late 2002. Interior designer is Michael Smith, Los Angeles, and architect

  is Architect Hawaii, Honolulu.

• ORLANDO (LAKE BUENA VISTA), FLORIDA: The 2,267-room Walt Disney

  World Swan and Dolphin Hotel is renovating its guest-rooms and restaurants,

  constructing a new 50,000 sq-.ft. (4,645 sq.-m) Pacific

  Hall, expanding its Atlantic Hall and adding a speciality seafood

  restaurant. Est. Cost: US$75 million. Completion: late 2002 (the new

  Osprey Ballroom opened recently). Architect: Michael Graves, New Jersey.

• PHOENIX, ARIZONA: Destination Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating its 116-room Royal Palms Hotel. Est. Cost: US$1.9

  million. Completion: late 2002.

• PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA: Pinehurst Resort is adding a 31,000 sq-.ft.

  (2,880 sq.- m) spa at its 500-room Pinehurst Resort.

  Est. Cost: US$12 million. Completion: early 2002.

• PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS: Sheraton Plymouth is renovating guestrooms,

  lobby, restaurant, meeting rooms and entrance at

  its 175-room Sheraton Plymouth. Est. Cost: US$5 million. Completion:

  early 2002.

• PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLORIDA: The 121-room Ponte

  Vedra Inn & Club

  is doing a three-phase renovation. Est. Cost: US$45

  million. Completion: 2003.

• PORTLAND, OREGON: Hilton Hotels is adding a 321-room executive tower

  at its 321-room Portland Hilton. Est. Cost: US$47

  million. Completion: 2002. Interior designer: Barry Design Associates,

  Los Angeles.

• RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA: MHI Hotels LLC is

  renovating guestrooms, lobby and meeting rooms at its 190-room The

  Brownstone, a Holiday Inn Hotel (formerlyThe Brownstone Hotel & Conference

  Center. Est. Cost: US$3 million. Completion: early 2002.

• RICHARDSON, TEXAS: Omni Hotels is renovating guestrooms at its 342-room

  Omni Richardson Hotel. Completion: mid-2002. Interior

  designer: Vivian Nichols Associates, Dallas.

• SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: The 177-room Emily Morgan Hotel is in the final

  phase of its renovation. It is renovating guestrooms,

  meeting rooms, public areas, bar, front desk, library, lobby and restaurant.

  Completion: early 2002. Interior designer: Mitchell Carlson Stone,

  Houston.

• SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: Hilton Hotels Corporation is renovating

  guestrooms at its 629-room Hilton San Francisco.

  Est. Cost: US$34.6 million. Completion: mid-2002. Interior designer:

  Gensler/Zebrowski Design, San Francisco.

• SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is renovating guestrooms

  and adding 20,000 sq. ft.(1,858 sq.m) of meeting space and catering

  space to its 805-room San Jose Fairmont Hotel. Est. Cost: US$67million.

  Completion: early 2002. Architect: Gensler & Associates and Moore

  Ruble Yudell.

• SARASOTA, FLORIDA: Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company LLC is adding tower

  residences at its 269-room Ritz-Carlton Sarasota. Completion: mid-2003.

• SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA: Gemstone Resorts International is

  renovating guestrooms and lobby at its 119-room Forest Inn Suites.

  Completion: late 2002.

• SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS: Destination Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating two hotels here, including guestrooms at its 288-room

  Crowne Plaza. Est. Cost: US$400,000. Completion: mid-2002.

  It is also renovating the guestrooms at its 138-room Holiday Inn

  Express. Est. Cost: US$200,000. Completion: late 2002.

• STEVENSON, WASHINGTON: Dolce International is adding 59 guestrooms

  at its 195- room Dolce Skamania Lodge. Est. Cost:

  US$15 million. Completion: late 2002. Interior designer is The Gettys

  Group, Chicago, and the architect is Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects,

  Portland, Oregon.

• TORONTO, CANADA: Great Eagle Hotels International is renovating

  guestrooms, lobby, meeting rooms, elevator and balcony at its 271-room

  Delta Chelsea Hotel. Est. Cost: US$6 million. Completion: early 2003.

• VAIL, COLORADO: Destination Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating meeting rooms, function space and conference center

  at its 291-room Vail Cascade Resort. Est. Cost: US$2.2 million.

  Completion: mid-2001 and late 2002.

• VANCOUVER, CANADA: Coast Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating 72 guestrooms, corridors, windows and sprinklers at

  its 267-room Coast Plaza Suite Hotel at Stanley Park. Est. Cost:

  US$4 million. Completion: early 2002.

• WHISTLER, CANADA: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating the restaurant and kitchen at its 238-room The Fairmont

  Chateau. Est. Cost: US$900,000. Completion: early 2002.

• WASHINGTON, D.C.: Destination Hotels & Resorts

  is renovating guestrooms, lobby, restaurant and meeting rooms at

  its 415-room Washington Monarch. Est. Cost: US$4 million. Completion:

  late 2002. LaSalle Hotel Properties is renovating four hotels here

  totalling 502 rooms. All four properties will be renamed after renovation.

  The existing hotels are: Canterbury Hotel, Clarion Hampshire Hotel,

  Quality Hotel and Suites and Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel and Suites.

  Est. Cost: US$30 million. Completion: early 2002. Interior designer:

  Mike Inc., Pico River, California. Hospitality Partners is renovating

  guestrooms, lobby, restaurant, meeting room and entrance at its

  529-room Holiday Inn Capitol. Est. Cost: US$15 million. Completion:

  late 2003.