Four Seasons Also Resorts to Face Lift

Among those betting that St. Regis is coming are executives at the Ritz and at Orange County’s other top luxury hotel, the Four Seasons Hotel Newport Beach, which is undergoing a $10-million renovation of its own.

Unlike the Ritz, the Four Seasons is foremost a business hotel. But it has always had many resort amenities, and carries Auto Club five-diamond and Mobil four-star ratings.

Its renovation includes a $1.5-million upgrade of its pool area with new lights, landscaping and a 17-foot outdoor fireplace; a palm frond-thatched bar; televisions installed in eight cabanas, and a remodeling of the poolside fitness club.

Also completed are renovations of the hotel’s top 13 suites and its public rooms. Still to come are a make-over of the rest of its 285 rooms and installation of Internet ports by the pool, said Four Seasons marketing director Carrie Olson.