The Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island
Amelia Island, Fla.
The News: The hotel recently completed a $22 million ballroom expansion, making it one of the largest conference hotels in the region.
Specs: The expansion increases total meeting space to more than 35,000 square feet. The hotel features 444 guest rooms, four restaurants, a spa, fitness center, and an 18-hole, PGA championship golf course.

Loews Miami Beach Hotel
Miami Beach
News: The beachfront hotel recently completed a $50 million renovation.
Specs: 790 rooms, 65,000 square feet of meeting space, six restaurants and bars, spa, fitness center, and kids’ camp

Westward Look Resort, Tucson, Ariz.

Westward Look Resort
Tucson, Ariz.
The News: The hotel completed a $14 million renovation in December of all guest rooms and public spaces.
Specs: 244 guest rooms, 16 meeting rooms, and more than 20,000 square feet of meeting space for up to 450 attendees. The hotel also offers a tennis center, spa, rooftop terrace, fitness center, three pools, and two restaurants.

Jumby Bay, A Rosewood Resort
Antigua
The News: The private-island resort reopened in December off the coast of Antigua following a $28 million renovation, which had closed the property since June 2008.
Specs: Renovations included a new spa, 28 new suites that bring the total guest rooms to 40, five restaurants, a fitness center, a business center, children’s club, and meeting space for small groups of up to 40.

Elbow Beach
Bermuda
News: Guest rooms were renovated in December, converting the property into a smaller, more intimate resort. Additional renovations are planned for the main building and public spaces.
Specs: The resort now features 98 rooms, 4,500 square feet of meeting space, a spa, fitness center, kids’ club, and five dining facilities. Planned enhancements include a new business center and a renovation of the hotel’s Bermuda Room ballroom.

Top of The Strand, the rooftop lounge at the newly opened Strand hotel in New york, offers amazing views of the city’s skyline.

The Strand
New York
The News: The new hotel opened in midtown Manhattan in December.
Specs: 177 guest rooms and suites, rooftop lounge with retractable glass ceiling and walls, fitness room, business center, and meeting space on one floor for groups of up to 250
Extra: The hotel is a member of the Green Hotel Association. Plans to open a restaurant are under way.

The Westin Beach Resort, Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The News: Opened in December
Specs: The new hotel offers more than 32,000 square feet of meeting space, 433 guest rooms and suites, a Heavenly Spa by Westin, and three dining options.

The Maxwell Hotel
Seattle
The News: The independent, family-owned hotel will open in March adjacent to the Seattle Center.
Specs: The hotel will offer 140 guest rooms, an indoor pool, an exercise facility, an espresso bar, 1,600 square feet of meeting space, and 3,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

The Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
The News: Formerly The Sheraton Yankee Clipper, the hotel reopened in January after a multimillion-dollar renovation.
Specs: The hotel features 486 guest rooms, 7,000 square feet of indoor meeting space, 3,600 square feet of outdoor event space, four dining options, two pools, and a fitness center.

Marenas Resort
Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.
The News: Formerly Le Méridien, the hotel was rebranded in November and is now managed by Benchmark Hospitality International.
Specs: The beachfront resort offers 48 guest rooms and 142 suites, a lobby lounge, restaurant, spa, fitness center, business center, and pool. A 925-square-foot meeting room and boardroom for up to 16 guests is also available