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B M & T ••• July/August 2019 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com 9 plants, and mood lighting enhance the space. For more information and reservations at Hyatt Regency Mission Bay and Marina, please visit Hyatt Regency Mission Bay Spa and Marina. FINALLY! SANTA MONICA PROPER OFFICIALLY OPENS ITS DOORS After much anticipation, the long awaited Santa Monica Proper Hotel officially opens its doors to its first guests recently as the first and only luxury lifestyle hotel to open in Santa Monica's history! The 271- room property welcomed its first guests with a rolling opening beginning with the new modern building, lobby lounge bar Palma, 24 hour fitness center and 24,000 sq. ft. of flexible meeting space on June 17, followed by the 7th floor rooftop with the only rooftop pool on the westside of Los Angeles and circular rooftop bar Calabra, which opened June 27. Later this summer, the much anticipated ground floor restaurant Onda, with first ever partnership of LA native Jessica Koslow of Sqirl and Gabriela Camara of Contramar in Mexico City will open, and finally Surya Spa the 3,000 sq. ft. Ayurvedic spa by Martha and Roger Soffer will open this fall. In the interim, guests can still book their spa experiences and enjoy a free transfer to Brentwood for their transformative expe- rience. Guest rates will begin at approximately $450 per night. Proper will continue its brand expansions with two addi- tional properties opening early this Fall including Downtown Los Angeles Proper and its first ever non-California property in Texas with Austin Proper Hotel & Residences. HILTON AMERICAS-HOUSTON NAMED TOP HOTEL FOR MEETINGS AND EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES BY CVENT Annual List Highlights Top Performing Group Business Hotels Worldwide Hilton Americas-Houston was named a top hotel for meetings and events in the United States by industry-leading event manage- ment technology company, Cvent. It's the second time Hilton Americas-Houston has made the list and the second time it has placed in the Top 100. The annual list is compiled by analyzing group booking activity through the Cvent Supplier Network, through which more than $16 billion and more than 42 million room nights were sourced in 2018. "Cvent congratulates Hilton Americas-Houston on this recognition as a leading hotel for meetings and events" said Chris McAndrews, vice president of marketing for Cvent Hospitality Cloud. "The venues fea- tured on this year's list continue to elevate their group business through innovative marketing tactics and dedicated efforts to meet the needs of the thousands of event planners using the Cvent Supplier Network every day to select their venues." "I am truly proud to see Hilton Americas-Houston being recog- nized," said Jacques D'Rovencourt, hotel general manager. "Hilton Americas-Houston was designed by meeting planners, for meeting planners. Located in the heart of downtown Houston, and directly connected to Houston's convention center by two sky- bridges, our hotel's 1,207 guestrooms and 92,500 sq. ft. of flexible meeting space provide the space and con- venience meeting planners look for in a hotel. These things, combined with our commitment to providing stellar service, make Hilton Americas-Houston the ideal destination for groups of all sizes." A BOUT HILTON AMERICAS-HOUSTON Directly connected to the George R. Brown Convention Center, Hilton Americas-Houston contains the city's largest number of guest rooms, ballrooms, hotel meeting space, and the most technologically advanced serv- ices available under one roof. Conveniently situated between Toyota Center and Minute Maid Park, this AAA Four Diamond rated hotel boasts 1,207 elegantly appoint- ed guestrooms, 91,500 square feet of flexible, technological- ly advanced meeting space, restaurants, lobby bars, Starbucks and full service spa and health club. Exteriorof Hilton Americas-Houston showing skywalk Hilton Americas-Houston Ballroom