High-end hotel renovations stretch far beyond adding a fresh coat of paint or installing new carpeting. They pour millions of dollars into splashy upgrades like speakeasy bars, rooftop terraces, and specialty suites with wine caves. Despite staggering investments and time-consuming ...

With funding for capital improvements loosening up, hotels across the country took on large-scale renovation projects to bring their properties up to modern-day standards. Here were some of the biggest hotel renovations to be completed in 2013: New York Palace– ...

NEW YORK—The New York Palace, a luxury midtown hotel, is beginning the first phase of a $120 million redesign with a $25 million makeover of its Towers accommodations. The New York Palace has employed two design firms to assist in ...