HOUSTON-Today marks the grand opening of the Westin Houston Memorial City, the only Westin branded hotel that will open in North America this year, according to General Manager Mark Weatherill.

Bounded by I-10 and Gessner Road, the 570,000-square-foot, newly-constructed property features 267 guest rooms including 25 suites with oversized work stations, some with office alcoves. It also offers more than 30,000 square feet of unconstrained meeting and banquet space including a 10,000-square-foot ballroom – making it the seventh largest meeting space in the city, Weatherill points out.

Additional features include: a Hertz Rental Car desk; full-service Business Center with a UPS service desk; an 18^th-floor infinity pool with panoramic views of Houston’s skyline; the 024 Lounge; and a Trattoria Il Mulino, a restaurant concept from the folks who created the world famous West Village institution, Il Mulino New York.