Emily Morgan Hotel Throws a Golden Opening Bash; Next Door to the Alamo, San Antonio's Downtown Diva Also Earns Utell Designation as Only `Style' Hotel in State of Texas.Business/Feature Editors & Travel/Food Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2002 The Emily Morgan Hotel, one of the country's foremost "lifestyle" hotels, officially re-opened with a lavish, gold-themed party following an extensive multi-million-dollar interior renovation. And just in time for the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. , the Texas landmark was designated as a "style" hotel by Utell, the prestigious hotel representation firm, making it the only property of its class in the state of Texas. Owners Westmont Hospitality Group and General Manager H.L. "Scooter" Yates Jr. welcomed more than 600 guests to "Emily's Golden Night," where they enjoyed a "Midas Touch Midas touch n. The ability to make, manage, and keep huge amounts of money: "Today's market has convinced dozens of kids barely out of college that they've got the Midas touch" Business Week. " of sights, sounds and tastes. Among the touches were "freeze" models adorned in gold paint from head to toe and sporting custom-made golden bikinis, gold lame curtains and bunting, exotic floral arrangements in huge golden urns, live music, romantic vignettes staged by professional models in several rooms and at poolside, and fine cuisine and cocktails from the Emily Morgan's new restaurant, ORO ORO Oak Ridge Operations (DOE) ORO Operations Research Office ORO Office of Regional Operations (EPA) ORO Offsite Response Organization ORO Operations Research Organization ORO One Reference Only -- created by cb5 Restaurant Management Group of Greenwich, Conn. Gothic Yet Modern The 14-story, 177-room hotel, next door to San Antonio's most famous landmark, the Alamo Alamo Eighteenth-century mission in San Antonio, Texas, site of a historic siege of a small group of Texans by a Mexican army (1836) during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. , unveiled a completely transformed interior as decidedly "urban chic" as its exterior is Gothic Revival Gothic revival, term designating a return to the building styles of the Middle Ages. Although the Gothic revival was practiced throughout Europe, it attained its greatest importance in the United States and England. from the 1920s. This contrast of textures and appearance is a reflection of this city's love affair with its past and its dreams for the future. "It's a totally new hotel inside," Yates said. "We've kept what's best about Emily and enhanced the rest. We have created an experience that is the personification personification, figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstract ideas are endowed with human qualities, e.g., allegorical morality plays where characters include Good Deeds, Beauty, and Death. of a mysterious Texas legend. This will be the destination of choice for travelers who want a unique and very personal San Antonio experience." Utell's "style" designation is by invitation only and reserved for "exclusive and individually designed hotels and historic properties that offer guests a unique hotel environment, each with a character of its own." That character includes a totally re-done lobby, from the glistening glis·ten intr.v. glis·tened, glis·ten·ing, glis·tens To shine by reflection with a sparkling luster. See Synonyms at flash. n. A sparkling, lustrous shine. polished stone floors to the coarse composition of the Texas limestone walls. A double-sided fireplace is built into the limestone wall above the majestic main staircase. Throughout the lobby, dark mahogany and burnished bur·nish tr.v. bur·nished, bur·nish·ing, bur·nish·es 1. To make smooth or glossy by or as if by rubbing; polish. 2. To rub with a tool that serves especially to smooth or polish. n. brass frame contemporary furnishings in shades of tan and taupe taupe n. A brownish gray. [French, from Old French, mole, from Latin talpa.] taupe adj. Noun 1. are true to the building's history and at the same time comfortable and inviting. Many of the Emily Morgan's rooms and suites feature feather-top beds and spectacular views of the Alamo and the San Antonio skyline. Contemporary amenities include two-line speakerphones with data ports, work desks, sitting areas and in-room refreshment centers. There is a fitness center with heated pool and spa on the hotel's second floor. And as a special touch, all guest rooms receive a complimentary copy of the daily New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times -- and fresh Starbucks coffee each morning. The hotel offers more than 2,500 square feet of renovated meeting room space with high-speed Internet access. It also offers catering services and audio/visual equipment. With its grand re-opening, the Emily Morgan Hotel publicly unveiled its new, upscale restaurant, ORO, conceived by the famed cb5 Restaurant Management Group of Greenwich, Conn., noted for critically acclaimed dining concepts across the country. A menu of modern Italian cuisine is presented in a setting of understated elegance of soft lighting, secluded tables in dark woods, and high-backed chairs and banquettes upholstered in a deep orange-gold fabric. Tall windows look out at the gardens of the Alamo, just a few steps away. ORO's centerpiece -- a large, square bar topped entirely by imported Mexican onyx, and underlit to exude ex·ude v. To ooze or pass gradually out of a body structure or tissue. a warm golden glow golden glow: see black-eyed Susan. -- already is attracting locals and visitors alike with its relaxing aura and signature cocktail, the "Oro-tini." Visit www.emilymorganhotel.com for further details and reservations or call 210/225-5100 for more information. MEDIA: Electronic press kits are available with downloadable news releases, factsheets and photos. Contact Ken Slavin, 210/930-2315, ext. 143. 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