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Plans are taking shape to rebrand and market the U.S. Grant Hotel under its new owner, Wyndham International, Inc.
Also in the works are $4 million worth of renovations to the landmark hotel property which will be rechristened The U.S. Grant, a Wyndham Historic Hotel on Aug. 1.
Dallas-based Wyndham, which had been managing the U.S. Grant for the last three years, bought the 280-room hotel for an undisclosed amount. The deal closed June 1.
Wyndham would also not release specifies on the U.S. Grant's occupancy in recent years.
Darcie Brossart, Wyndham's director of brand communications, would only say that hotels in the city's market had been running at an average occupancy rate of 78 percent, and the U.S. Grant is "on par" with those figures.
The starting room rates for the hotel range from $189 to $229, depending on the time of year, Brossart said.
Wyndham has 242 hotels, through either the Wyndham brand and its management division, which oversees other properties, according to Brossart.
Four More Properties Locally
Wyndham has four other lodging properties in San Diego, including its flagship hotel in the city, the 436-room Wyndham San Diego at Emerald Plaza; the 245room Hilton Del Mar; the 180-room Wyndham San Diego North in Sorrento Mesa; and the Golden Door Spa...