Level Hotels & Furnished Suites, which provides apartment-style accommodations for short and long stays, is expanding its portfolio with the opening of Level Seattle - South Lake Union later this spring. Located less than 30 minutes from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and nestled in a booming neighborhood that’s home to Amazon’s headquarters and other high-tech companies, Level Seattle will offer 272 studio, one, two and three-bedroom suites that range in size from 523 to 1847 square feet and feature gourmet kitchens and in-suite laundry. For an elevated experience, the property also has a collection of 24 sky suites and 3 luxury penthouses.
Those penthouses look like a great fit for small gatherings, boasting 360-degree panaromic views, interior space between just over 1,000 square feet to nearly 5,000 square feet and exterior space between 1,500 and 1,900 square feet with amenities that include hot tubs, lounge furniture and built-in barbecues and fire pits. Sky suites will also feature individual wine fridges.
Beyond the apartment-guest rooms, the LEED-certified property has over 70,000 square feet of amenity space, including three pools—two outdoor and one indoor—three hot tubs, a cold plunge pool, an indoor basketball court, Peloton studio, climbing wall and—in a feature youo won’t find in many hotels—a karaoke room.
Opening offers abound for stays beginning on June 1st—including complimentary parking for stays of two nights or longer and $200 in chef-prepared meals or farm-fresh goods from Kitchen & Market, plus two free sessions with Stretch 22 for extended stays of 30+ nights.
How are we doing? Pretty good. That was the bottom-line assessment that was shared with the nearly 600 tourism and professionals who attended Visit Seattle’s Annual Outlook Meeting at the Westin Seattle on March 31.
Some highlights from the 2021 study showed:
A big part of what imbues a destination with a sense of place and makes it memorable are its small locally owned businesses. A new partnership between Visit Seattle and Seattle Bank is designed to support these businesses and bring tourism revenue to Seattle’s emerging neighborhoods. The inaugural grant program will invest in 20 local businesses, focusing on establishments owned by women, people of color and LGBTQ+ community members in the easily accessible Central District and Chinatown-International District neighborhoods.
Honeycomb Strategies, based in the Colorado mountain town of Crested Butte and with a second location in Portland, Oregon, has been certified as a B Corporation. The women-owned sustainability consulting firm is helping the global event industry create sustainable management systems and reduce its footprint.
B Corps are for-profit companies that meet the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability and use their profits and growth to positively impact stakeholders and the planet.