hilton columbus downtown
Hilton Columbus Downtown Opens Second Tower and Becomes Largest Hotel in Ohio
Hilton | October 17, 2022
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hilton (NYSE: HLT) announced today that Hilton Columbus Downtown has officially opened the doors to its second tower, making the hotel now the largest in Ohio. The hotel signifies the continued growth of Columbus and the ability to welcome major events and conventions in the city. Hilton Columbus Downtown, part of Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Hilton’s flagship brand, boasts 1,000 guest rooms, over 75,000 square feet of meeting and ballroom space, and four new food & beverage concepts across both towers. Construction of the LEED Gold Certified tower was made possible by a joint venture of Smoot Construction and...
Hilton Columbus Downtown Appoints Sebastian La Rocca as Executive Chef of Restaurants
Hilton Columbus Downtown | June 2, 2022
COLUMBUS, OH (June 2, 2022) – Hilton Columbus Downtown has named globally-renowned Chef Sebastian La Rocca, as Executive Chef of Restaurants for FYR, Spark, and Stories on High, the three-anchor food and beverage concepts set to open this fall as part of the hotel’s second tower expansion. Hilton Columbus Downtown will be the largest hotel in Ohio, with 1,000 rooms. Born in Argentina with Italian roots, Chef La Rocca’s illustrious background includes working with some of the world’s most distinguished chefs at Barbecoa London by Jamie Oliver and Zodiac UK by Michael Roux. During Chef La Rocca’s tenure, both restaurants were e...
Hilton Columbus Downtown Breaks Ground on 28-Story Tower Expansion
Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority | August 12, 2019
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Hilton Columbus Downtown, owned by the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority and managed by Hilton Management Services, broke ground on a 28-story tower to create the first 1,000-room convention hotel in Columbus. Together with the existing Hilton, the hotel will offer 75,000 square feet of meeting space and will be the largest hotel in Ohio when it opens in 2022. View the fly-through video of the Hilton Tower here. “The addition of the tower to the Hilton Columbus Downtown will allow Columbus to attract new meetings and events business,” said Don Brown, executive director, Franklin County Convention Facil...
