To stand out, hotel focuses on the arts

The newly opened Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota brands itself as an authentic arts experience. Will that translate to success in a crowded market?

  • By Grier Ferguson
  • | 6:00 a.m. April 27, 2018
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Niki Kottmann. Larry Abbo, CEO of Prime Group, with Angus Rogers, president and CEO of Floridays Development Co. at the recent Art Ovation Hotel opening in Sarasota.
Niki Kottmann. Larry Abbo, CEO of Prime Group, with Angus Rogers, president and CEO of Floridays Development Co. at the recent Art Ovation Hotel opening in Sarasota.
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A band played, an artist painted, students wrote poems and guests were invited to tour art on each floor at the mid-April opening night of downtown Sarasota’s Arts Ovation Hotel.

 

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