{"id":323406,"date":"2026-06-29T15:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323406\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:25:09","slug":"st-pete-beach-hotel-joins-hilton-after-25m-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/323406\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Pete Beach hotel joins Hilton after $25M renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Sirata Beach Resort has joined Hilton\u2019s Tapestry Collection following the completion of a $25 million renovation, bringing one of <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/st-petersburg\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"24\" title=\"St. Petersburg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Pete<\/a> Beach\u2019s longest-operating beachfront <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/retail-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"Retail\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hotels<\/a> into Hilton\u2019s portfolio of independently branded boutique properties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The renovation updated all 228 guest rooms, including 80 junior suites, along with the lobby, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/restaurants\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"27\" title=\"Restaurants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">restaurants<\/a>, bars, fitness center, pool deck and outdoor gathering spaces. Owned and managed by Kentucky-based Columbia Sussex, the resort will continue operating under the Sirata name while participating in Hilton\u2019s reservation system and Hilton Honors loyalty program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Originally developed as the El Sirata motel during Florida\u2019s postwar <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/tourism\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"29\" title=\"Tourism\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tourism<\/a> boom, the resort has operated on St. Pete Beach since the 1960s, growing alongside Pinellas County\u2019s emergence as a premier Gulf Coast tourism destination.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Public spaces received the same attention as the guest accommodations. Rum Runners, the resort\u2019s signature restaurant, and Blue, its poolside dining venue, were redesigned alongside the pool deck, beachfront gathering spaces and fitness center. Sirata also continues to offer more than 30,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space for conferences, weddings and other group events.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Columbia Sussex operates 49 hotels nationwide under the Hilton, Marriott and Hyatt brands, including the Hilton <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/clearwater\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"22\" title=\"Clearwater\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clearwater<\/a> Beach Resort &amp; Spa and the Marriott Tampa Westshore. Sirata becomes the company\u2019s newest property within Hilton\u2019s Tapestry Collection.<\/p>\n<p>  Read More Tampa Bay Business News<\/p>\n<p>\n    Explore the latest Tampa Bay <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/category\/business-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"16\" title=\"business\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">business<\/a> news, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/real-estate\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Real Estate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">real estate<\/a> deals, development projects, executive moves and company updates shaping the region.\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sirata Beach Resort has joined Hilton\u2019s Tapestry Collection following the completion of a $25 million renovation, bringing one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-323406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323406","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=323406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}