Industry News: Atlanta Announces Two New Hotels, NeoCon Sets a New Date Amid COVID-19, New York's Webby Awards Ceremony Goes Virtual, and More

ATLANTA: A new property, Hyatt Centric Buckhead, will open in early 2022 near Lenox Square Mall. The 16-story, 218-room hotel will feature 4,500 square feet of meeting space, as well as a 16th-floor rooftop terrace, restaurant, and bar.

Thompson Hotel—a $90 million property from Denver-based Two Roads Hospitality LLC that's popping up in the city's Buckhead neighborhood—is set to make its debut in 2021. The 10-story, 201-room hotel will boast more than 8,000 square feet of meeting space, as well as a chef-driven restaurant, lobby bar and café, and a rooftop bar, with interiors designed by local firm Rule Joy Trammell & Rubio LLC.

CHICAGO: After announcing the cancellation of NeoCon 2020, a new date has been chosen. The event for the commercial design industry will take place at the Mart from June 14 to 16, 2021.

LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books has been rescheduled to October 3 to 4 on the USC campus.

For information on upcoming events in Los Angeles, visit Masterplanner: masterplanneronline.com/losangeles

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY: In the wake of canceled events, the Kentucky International Convention Center and Levy have donated more than 4,000 pounds of produce to nonprofits Dare to Care and Healing Place. 

NEW YORK: The 24th annual Webby Awards, which was scheduled for May 11, has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The event will now be an online celebration.

For information on upcoming events in New York, visit Masterplanner: masterplanneronline.com/newyork

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