OVERVIEW
This 44-year-old hotel is currently undergoing a $140 million renovation, scheduled to be completed in early 2010. The project includes an updating of the 36,000-square-foot International Ballroom, which seats 2,600 or holds 4,200 for receptions. Upon completion, the hotel will have 110,000 square feet of function space. A new lobby-level meeting center will have nine dedicated meeting rooms.The newly renovated 10th-floor executive level lounge reopened this spring. The hotel has 1,070 guest rooms.