2018

Ever since the May 2013 opening of Music City Center, Nashville has become a hotbed of ambitious hotel development that shows no signs of slowing. Every hotel brand, it seems, has put this long-time bastion of country music on its “must plant a flag” list, and that has caused the city’s downtown skyline to change dramatically.

Adding frenzy to the development scene was the news this past May that the National Football League had selected Nashville as host city for the 2019 National Football League Draft, a multi-day media spectacle that is expected to draw 20,000 fans and a combined 45.4 million television and online viewers across four networks.

According to Music City, the city’s destination marketing arm, 18 new hotels have opened in the last two years alone, adding 2,691 rooms to the city’s inventory; and another 10 properties, representing 1,504 additional rooms, are in the pipeline.

While glittering new additions like the 533-room JW Marriott Nashville, which opened in July, and the 350-room W Nashville, scheduled to debut in 2020, might have stolen the development spotlight, that’s about to change. Why? Because, the city is about to get a tri-branded Marriott hotel, the first in the country.
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The country’s first tri-brand Marriott hotel will open in January 2019 in downtown Nashville. The 470-room property will be home to a SpringHill Suites, a Residence Inn and an AC Hotel. It will have two separate lobbies, one for AC Hotels guests and a shared lobby for SpringHill Suites and Residence Inn customers. Guests of the three brands will share amenities, including six food and beverage outlets, a private outdoor rooftop pool and whirlpools, fire pits and cabanas and a resort-style indoor/outdoor pool bar.

They will also share more than 9,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, including a 21st-floor ballroom featuring 16-foot floor-to-ceiling windows and sweeping views of Nashville.

The property will feature five different meeting rooms as well as an outdoor terrace and a 3,200-square-foot pre-function area. The spaces offer diverse options for meetings and events, accommodating up to 465 guests for a reception or 355 for a banquet. The hotel is within walking distance of the Nashville Music City Center, Bridgestone Arena, the Country Music Hall of Fame, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Lower Broadway, Ryman Auditorium, and Nissan Stadium – home of the Tennessee Titans.

See the original article on the Business Traveler USA website.