With the spring 2025 closure of the Austin Convention Center looming, planners will soon be in need of alternative venue options for hosting in the capital city. With 220,000 total square feet of Austin meeting space across 10 centrally located hotels, AustinPlace Hotel Collection provides one such option to consider. Managed by Indiana-based hospitality company White Lodging, the collection’s Westin Austin Downtown and JW Marriott Austin are undergoing major renovations, and its newest hotel—Hotel Trinity, Autograph Collection—is under construction and set to open in 2026.
The Westin Austin Downtown is in the final months of its major renovation that includes all meeting rooms, pre-function space, and guest rooms. In the second half of next year, the hotel’s lobby will also be renovated, including a reinvented first-floor restaurant. The JW Marriott Austin is undergoing a similar renovation of guest rooms and meeting spaces, as well as adding a new grab-and-go market concept to the lobby. This renovation is scheduled to finish early next year.
Hotel Trinity, Autograph Collection, is currently being built at the corner of Trinity and Fifth streets in downtown Austin and will include 258 guest rooms on 13 floors. Its groundbreaking in mid-October was the first major groundbreaking in downtown Austin since early 2023, and it will be the 11th hotel in the AustinPlace Hotel Collection. The property will offer approximately 6,000 square feet of meeting space, as well as a ground-floor restaurant with a seafood focus.
“The sheer size and convenience of our downtown Austin hotel portfolio is unmatched and allows us to serve in-house groups of all sizes in the absence of the convention center,” says Chris Anderson, White Lodging’s chief commercial officer, in a prepared statement. “It’s similar to what we already do with other urban collections of hotels and restaurants across our portfolio—creating a single point of contact and seamless planning for meeting planners across a variety of brands and price points.” AustinPlace Hotel Collection’s meeting space includes two purpose-ready exhibition halls, nine ballrooms, and dozens of options for indoor and rooftop group dining and entertaining spaces, from fast-casual to fine dining. Many of the collection’s hotels are in a walkable, 10-minute loop.
