St. Pete hotel addition delayed 9 months, but owner remains optimistic

A colorful hotelier in St. Petersburg looks to build a hospitality company that focuses equally on people — employees and guests — and profits.

  • By Jim Stinson
  • | 5:00 a.m. December 18, 2023
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A rendering of the vertical addition to the Cordova Inn of downtown St. Pete.
A rendering of the vertical addition to the Cordova Inn of downtown St. Pete.
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The company that bought the historic 32-room Cordova Inn and an adjacent property in downtown St. Petersburg says the new 67-room vertical addition will open by Sept. 30.

A past estimate put the opening at Jan. 1, but the overall economic picture and supply-chain problems put the opening further down the calendar. Yet despite the challenges, the hotel company's CEO speaks with enthusiasm about the future of his four-hotel firm, the New Hotel Collection.

 

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