Aug 7, 2024 • 8 min read
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Something good is cooking up at Embassy Suites — and we're talking about more than just the fresh, made-to-order omelets included in the nightly rate.
Forty years after the first Embassy Suites opened in Overland Park, Kansas, the brand is charting a new course — one that's bringing the full-service chain, popular with both business and leisure travelers, into modern times. With a fresh design aesthetic and new properties in major cities, alongside full-on beach resorts, Embassy Suites is, dare I say, becoming cool. (As in, Embassy Suites might just have the best rooftop pool in one of the country's major "it" cities: Nashville.)
But how has this once-sleepy brand reinvited itself? By adapting and marrying its tried-and-true brand pillars with forward-thinking innovations, the timeless hotel brand is as current as ever.
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"What hasn't changed are the things that people came to know and love about Embassy Suites," Bonnie Campagnuolo, brand leader of Embassy Suites by Hilton, told TPG. Those tried-and-true perks include a free hot breakfast, two free drinks during the hotel's daily evening reception and an all-suite experience that affords guests the chance to spread out. "You're not hoping for an upgrade. You know, you're going to have a spacious room."
In terms of what has changed: "What is changing and has changed," said Campagnuolo, "is the design of the buildings."
Historically, many Embassy Suites have been designed around a center atrium, which, says Campagnuolo, is "not the most efficient to build in today's world."
For the last 10 years, the brand has been constructing new-build Embassy Suites with a fresh design, alongside renovating most of the properties in the collection to add even bigger rooms, more modern decor, more counter space, updated tech, fresh in-room amenities and more local touches.
Of the new-build properties, none stands out quite like the downtown Nashville location.
Located in a 30-story high-rise near the convention center, this massive Embassy Suites offers a staggering 506 all-suite accommodations (including options with balconies), each designed in a subtle country motif (think: walls that look like they're covered in reclaimed barn wood and moody photography depicting musicians on stage, a nod to the city's musical roots and massive entertainment industry.)
But what's most interesting is how the hotel found a way to cater extensively to both business travelers and leisure travelers, two groups that Campagnuolo says find Embassy Suites attractive.
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