The Westin hotel, the linchpin of downtown Chattanooga’s West Village that has spurred some $100 million in development in the area, has won a top award from Marriott International.
The Westin was picked as a hotel of the year for 2019 by the lodging company, a bright spot in 2020 in which the coronavirus has hit tourism and slowed business in the trendy downtown district.
The hotel won the citation in Marriott’s “distinctive category” which includes about 690 higher-end properties in North and South America such as Le Meridian, Westin, Autograph Collection, Tribute Portfolio and Renaissance hotels, officials said.
Richard Pauley, the Westin’s director of sales and marketing, said the win is a team award.
“Everybody who works here played a part in helping win this award,” he said about the 10-story, 260-room hotel at Pine Street and M.L. King Boulevard that opened in 2017.