The St. Joe Company has announced it anticipates completing and opening five new hotels in the first half of 2023. These hotels include The Lodge 30A, an 85-room boutique hotel located on Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A that opened this past February.
Over the next four months the Company anticipates opening the 255-suite Embassy Suites by Hilton Panama City Beach Resort; the waterfront 124-room Hotel Indigo Panama City Marina; the 107-room Home2 Suites by Hilton Santa Rosa Beach; and Camp Creek Inn, a 75-room boutique hotel overlooking Camp Creek golf course. Once complete, these properties will more than double the number of available hotel rooms in St. Joe’s portfolio, from 531 to 1,177 rooms.
The company’s planned hotel openings in 2023 will increase the number of available rooms by 122 percent.
Two of the new hotel properties are located within Florida’s famed Scenic Highway 30A area, where the Company has seen strong historical demand at its three boutique hotel properties (The Pearl Hotel, WaterColor Inn, and Watersound Inn). With the addition of Camp Creek Inn and The Lodge 30A, St. Joe will grow its significant hotel presence in this area.
Just west of Scenic Highway 30A, Home2 Suites by Hilton Santa Rosa Beach each will offer convenient access to the 30A corridor, as well as the vast, undeveloped beaches and natural areas of Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, and the plentiful activities of the popular Sandestin and Destin areas. These hotels, according to the Company, are “well positioned’’ to answer the high demand already apparent in South Walton, where in 2021 5.4 million visitors generated an annual economic impact of more than $7 billion.
In Panama City Beach, St. Joe plans to open a Gulf-front Embassy Suites by Hilton Panama City Beach Resort adjacent to the popular Pier Park shopping and lifestyle center.
The Hotel Indigo Panama City Marina will be the only hotel in downtown Panama City’s historic waterfront district, with commanding views of both St. Andrew Bay and downtown Panama City’s walkable central business and entertainment district.
“Northwest Florida is seeing more visitors from more parts of the country than ever before,” said Andrew Czarnecki, Vice President of Resort Operations at The St. Joe Company. “The hotels that we plan to complete in 2023 are well-positioned to meet that demand and we are excited to see them come to fruition.”
Feature Photo: The Lodge 30A in Seagrove Beach, FL. (The St. Joe Company)
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