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Inside peek at $800M Longboat resort opening this summer

Secret cocktails at the drop of a button. A chocolate room. Saltwater lagoons. That and more make up the insides of the St. Regis Longboat Key, which is months away from opening day.


The St. Regis Longboat Key is scheduled to open this summer.
The St. Regis Longboat Key is scheduled to open this summer.
Photo by Carter Weinhofer
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While there's a lot left to do, the St. Regis Longboat Key — a transformative $800 million project on what was the site of the famed The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort — is on track to open this summer.

The resort’s reservation system is online, and property General Manager Winfred van Workum says some wedding reservations are already on the books. 

Before the grand opening, though, the resort needs some more work. It also needs a staff. Van Workum says most of the management positions have been filled and hiring events for the rest of the staff positions are coming in a little over a month. 

 


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Carter Weinhofer

Carter Weinhofer is the Longboat Key news reporter for the Observer. Originally from a small town in Pennsylvania, he moved to St. Petersburg to attend Eckerd College until graduating in 2023. During his entire undergraduate career, he worked at the student newspaper, The Current, holding positions from science reporter to editor-in-chief.

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