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The Trump International Hotel Washington D.C. had its soft opening on Monday. The hotel, which was redeveloped out of the Old Post Office Pavilion, is preparing for its official opening next month.
The $200 million hotel has 263 rooms, including the 6,300-square-foot Trump Townhouse, which the hotel company says is the city’s largest hotel suite. The hotel also features a nine-story atrium as well as the 13,200-square-foot Presidential Ballroom.
The property will also include the steakhouse BLT Prime by David Burke, which will be the third BLT Prime outlet after the original New York restaurant in 2005 and the one that opened in Miami’s Trump National Doral in 2014. That restaurant is being opened in a space previously earmarked for celebrity chef Jose Andres, who backed out of the project last year after Donald Trump made disparaging comments about illegal Mexican immigrants.
Donald Trump tweeted Monday that he “stopped by @TrumpDC to thank all of the tremendous men & women for their hard work!” There were about two dozen people protesting in front of the hotel early Monday, according to the Washington Post.
The hotel’s rooms are available on its website for stays starting Sept. 15, with rates ranging from $806 a night for a deluxe room to about $4,800 a night for the Postmaster Suite.
Trump won the bid from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to redevelop the site in 2012, beating out Hilton Worldwide and Hyatt.
Source: travelweekly.com
