New hotels adding luster to San Antonio conventions

Saturday, 06 Sep, 2005 0

Downtown San Antonio, which already has 11,000 hotel rooms, has five new properties that will add another 2,000 rooms by 2008.

 

That’s in contrast with 2001, when a PFK Consulting report found the city added the fewest rooms among all Texas markets.

 

San Antonio recently had a record second quarter in hotel rooms booked.

 

The first new property in the recent wave of building is the 265-room Hotel Contessa due to open in November. It’s all all-suite property overlooking River Walk.

 

The biggest new hotel planned for the area is the 1,000-room Convention Center Hotel, a Hyatt Corp. property.

 

The 34-story hotel is scheduled to be complete in 2008.

 

Said Janis Schmees, acting executive director of the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau:

 

“This most recent increase in hotel development will result in a more competitive overall package when pursuing convention business.”

 

Report by David Wilkening



 

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