Grand Hotel Damaged in Hurricane Katrina Reopens

The Grand Hotel in Alabama, which was damaged in Hurricane Katrina, will be reopening at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The Grand Hotel is owned by Marriott and was damaged in August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina came smashing ashore.

“We’ve spent million of dollars putting it back exactly like it was,” said David Clark, the general manager of the Grand Hotel Marriott Resort. $50 million was spent on the renovation.

While 200 of the rooms were reopened last March, the main features of the Grand Hotel were still closed.

The Grand Hotel was a popular travel stop in Alabama with more than half a million visitors annually. There’s even more reason to stay there now.

Rooms at the Grand Hotel are moderately priced from $179 nightly, according to Bill Land, public relations director for PCH Hotels & Resorts, which manages the Grand Hotel.

Lang said that come Wednesday, it will be “business as usual.”