Sonesta International Hotels Corporation has announced its first U.S. franchise, the 341-key Sonesta Hotel Orlando Downtown. The existing property, which recently completed a comprehensive $10 million renovation, has a rooftop heated pool offerings views of the Orlando skyline, fitness center, club level with private lounge, updated guestrooms, full-service restaurant, lobby lounge, coffee bar, and 20,000 square feet of meeting and event space.
The hotel’s owner, RSLLC Orlando Downtown Hotel, will spend another $4 million to bring the hotel to Sonesta’s brand standards, including flatscreen LCD TVs and a luxury bedding package with 250-thread count Egyptian cotton sheets and hypo-allergenic European down blankets and pillows.
