Hotel Roundup: Omni Homestead Completes $25 Million Renovation

PHOTO: The Jefferson's Restaurant at The Omni Homestead Resort. (Courtesy of Omni Hotels & Resorts)

The Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Va., completed a two-year $25 million renovation, adding The Spa at The Omni Homestead, Mini Cascades Miniature Golf, Jefferson’s Restaurant, and DownTime, a new family game area.

The new spa encompasses 60,000 feet, featuring natural springs. Its Spa Garden, an adults-only area, is equipped with a river reflexology walk, Finnish sauna, deluge shower, spring-fed pool and whirlpool, and private poolside cabanas. All told, the spa features 28 treatment rooms.

Jefferson’s Restaurant and Bar, serving lunch and dinner, features a menu highlighting items from Virginia farms, seafood from the Atlantic seaboard and premium cuts of beef. The interior dining space is appointed in wood paneling and designed with widescreen televisions. The restaurant features floor-to-ceiling windows and a terrace that affords views of the Allegheny Mountains.  

The new game area, DownTime, includes mini bowling, billiards, shuffleboard, air hockey, arcade games, and Wii, PlayStation and Xbox game areas. It features a menu that includes sandwiches, wings, pizza, and ice cream.

The miniature golf course was inspired by the resort’s Cascades course. It features 18 holes of play.

Villa Rolandi Isla Mujeres to Be Rebranded as Zoëtry Resort

Effective June 1, AMResorts will provide sales, marketing and brand management services to Villa Rolandi Isla Mujeres on June 1. It will undergo a name change to Zoëtry Villa Rolandi Isla Mujeres Cancun after the official rebranding on Dec. 15.

The property is AMResorts’ fourth Zoëtry Wellness & Spa Resort, joining resorts in Los Cabos and Riviera Maya, Mexico; and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. It will be AMResorts’ 26^th hotel.

The property boasts 35 oceanfront suites with Jacuzzi terraces, à la carte dining at the Italian-Swiss restaurant Casa Rolandi, the Spa & Thalasso Center and a pool.

Villa Rolandi Isla Mujeres is eight minutes from downtown Isla Mujeres and the main ferry terminal, and 20 minutes from Cancun. 

Zoëtry is one of six brands operated by AMResorts.

Sheraton Crystal City to Be Rebranded As a Westin

The 218-room Sheraton Crystal City in Arlington, Va., is undergoing a $16 million renovation that will rebrand the property as the Westin Crystal City.

The renovation, which will begin in April, will include all guest rooms, the lobby and meetings space. The property will close in mid April and reopen in August.

The guest rooms will be renovated with Westin’s Heavenly Bed and Heavenly Bath. Rooms will be equipped with 42-inch flat screen televisions and large workspaces.

The lobby will be redesigned with new lighting, and a new restaurant bar concept will be added.

The hotel is located adjacent to the Crystal City Metro Station with access to the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.

Hilton Worldwide to Open DoubleTree in Veracruz, Mexico

Hilton Worldwide signed a management agreement with Inmobiliaria Cidras SA de CV for the 227-room DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Veracruz, Mexico. The Novomar Hotel is slated to reopen as the DoubleTree by Hilton Veracruz during the first half of next year.  

The renovation will include updated rooms boasting Sweet Dreams by DoubleTree Sleep Experience beds, Crabtree & Evelyn Citron bath and body products, 37-inch HDTV flat screen televisions, in-room tea and coffee offerings and work desks with data ports, MP3-compatible clock radios and Wi-Fi. 

The property will include a 24-hour state-of-the-art fitness center, one restaurant, two bars and 27,700 feet of meetings space.