The Meritage Resort and Spa has completed its two-year-long $25 million property improve, capped off final month with the finished renovation of a whole bunch of the resort’s visitor rooms, introduced April 1.
The south Napa resort, located on greater than 36 acres, has 467 visitor rooms, of which 322 have been transformed, in keeping with the information launch.
The Meritage is owned by the Busch household and Pacific Hospitality Group, which has managed the resort since 2004. Pacific Hospitality Group is wholly owned by the Busch household.
The revealing of the transformed visitor rooms finishes a collection of renovations that started in 2022 with the redesign of the property’s two ballrooms — the 15,929-square-foot Meritage Ballroom and the 7,358-square-foot Carneros Ballroom, as beforehand reported.
Of the house owners’ $25 million funding, $14 million was for visitor room renovations, and $1.2 million went to the rework of the ballrooms, as beforehand reported.
The Meritage’s renovation was spearheaded by hospitality design agency HBA San Francisco.
“As we dive into this thrilling new chapter at The Meritage Resort and Spa, our dedication to top-notch high quality and repair stays sturdy,” Managing Director Joe Leinacker said within the announcement. “Our imaginative and prescient is not nearly sprucing up areas; it is about boosting prosperity for our group.”
Extra upgrades embrace, however will not be restricted to, a brand new foyer and expanded bar space; an up to date bowling lounge; and a refresh to Mix Café, the property’s espresso bar and grab-and-go market.
The Meritage additionally has a brand new steakhouse and Champagne lounge — Ember and Sora Napa, respectively — slated to open this spring, in keeping with a Meritage spokesperson.
The completed $25 million mission brings to fruition the Busch household’s dedication to improve the Meritage after they recapitalized the property, a transaction that closed Could 17, 2022, the Enterprise Journal reported on the time. The Busch household had declined to reveal monetary particulars, however did state the restructuring poised the corporate for a report yr in income.
“Meritage Resort and Spa is poised to realize over $90 million in prime line income in 2022, a flagship yr for the resort and a testomony to the enchantment of Napa Valley and the resurgence of corporations seeking to meet once more,” Leinacker had said.
Final week, he declined to touch upon the precise 2022 income, in addition to income in 2023 or expectations for 2024.
The Meritage’s resort room charges vary between $399 and $699 per evening primarily based on seasonality, in keeping with a Meritage spokesperson. A search on the resort’s web site, nonetheless, exhibits the rooms can go as excessive as $1,030 per evening, the cost listed for Friday, Sept. 13 and Saturday, Sept. 14, which falls throughout harvest season.
Irvine-based Pacific Hospitality Group owns and operates each branded and impartial resort properties in California, Hawaii, Arizona, Texas and Louisiana. Its impartial properties fall underneath the Meritage Assortment.
The $25 million renovation debut comes on the heels of the Meritage Assortment’s unveiling of its new Keep Golden loyalty program, which incorporates the Meritage Resort and Spa, together with its properties in Kauai, Austin and Huntington Seaside, in keeping with the information launch.
The Meritage Resort and Spa is positioned at 875 Bordeaux Approach in Napa.
Cheryl Sarfaty covers tourism, hospitality, well being care and employment. Attain her at cheryl.sarfaty@busjrnl.com or 707-521-4259.
