{"id":100769,"date":"2025-12-31T03:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/100769\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T03:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:15:08","slug":"omni-opens-convention-hotel-in-fort-lauderdale-travel-weekly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/100769\/","title":{"rendered":"Omni opens convention hotel in Fort Lauderdale: Travel Weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"headline\" itemprop=\"headline\">Omni Hotels &amp; Resorts has opened the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omnihotels.com\/hotels\/fort-lauderdale\" ek-link=\"true\" title=\"Omni Fort Lauderdale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Omni Fort Lauderdale<\/a>, marking the brand&#8217;s return to South Florida after more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The waterfront property has debuted as part of the city&#8217;s Broward County Convention Center District expansion. The hotel is connected to the convention center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Omni Fort Lauderdale has 801 rooms, including 82 suites, as well as a large pool deck and the 8,500-square-foot Mokara Spa, which is inspired by Florida&#8217;s natural springs. The spa has eight treatment rooms, a hammam, a steam room, a courtyard with plunge pool and a relaxation lounge.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Steps from the spa and fitness center, the resort-style pool deck features sweeping views of the Intracoastal Waterway, Atlantic Ocean and city.<\/p>\n<p>The property&#8217;s culinary program features six dining concepts, including the sports bar Fair Ketch, which is also home to a Topgolf Swing Suite; the Caribbean-inspired Reef 76 Kitchen &amp; Bar; the Ibis Sky Lounge, billed as a social rooftop venue; the Hidden Key lobby bar with indoor and outdoor waterfront seating; Tide Coastal Kitchen, poolside retreat exclusively for hotel guests; and Leeward Market, a cafe serving specialty coffee, pastries, and grab-and-go options. A seventh culinary venue will join the mix in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel offers 120,000 square feet of meeting and event space, including its 30,000-square-foot Waterway Ballroom, which the property says is the largest ballroom in Greater Fort Lauderdale. The hotel also has the 15,000-square-foot Port Everglades Ballroom, 47 distinct meeting spaces and 27 breakout rooms.<\/p>\n<p>Omni had previously operated the Omni International Hotel in Miami, with that property <a href=\"https:\/\/www.travelweekly.com\/North-America-Travel\/Hilton-Miami-Downtown-unveils-first-phase-of-refit\" ek-link=\"true\" title=\"now flagged as the Hilton Miami Downtown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">now flagged as the Hilton Miami Downtown<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Omni Hotels &amp; Resorts has opened the Omni Fort Lauderdale, marking the brand&#8217;s return to South Florida after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[30992,10262,249,251,250,3964,10263,278,10264,10260],"class_list":["post-100769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-corporate-travel","tag-facebook-stories","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-hotels","tag-linkedin-stories","tag-top-stories","tag-twitter-stories","tag-usa-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}