Renaissance for historic Vinoy Hotel with Desso carpet

The Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club Hotel, which first opened in
1925, is of historic and architectural importance and is listed on the US
National Register of Historic Places.

The hotel in St Petersburg, Florida, regarded as the grande dame of the Gulf Coast, has recently reopened after a two-year $93 million renovation that blends period opulence with modern luxury.

Central to the hotel is the Grand Ballroom, which has undergone a
transformation thanks to Desso’s luxurious Axminster carpet. Such was the design challenge involved in recreating a modern carpet theme that would also perfectly echo the hotel’s historic past, that Desso designers, working closely with the Dallas office of design firm Leo A Daly, one of the largest architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design firms in the United States, spent over 500 hours perfecting the pattern and colourways.


The length of time it took to design carpet for the hotel’s main spaces, and their stringent design specifications, reflect the importance placed on flooring by the hotel’s owners, Felcor Lodging Trust, and its design team.

Desso’s latest design brochure for the hospitality sector is entitled Urban
Retro, and takes timeless, fluid design ideas suitable for open spaces or
hotel corridors, but giving them new light and intense vibrancy, offering
designers challenging ideas to inspire their imaginations.

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