Michael Bennett, a
Charleston businessman and hotelier, demonstrated quite a bit of patience over
Hotel Bennett’s evolution. His family purchased the prime land bordering the
popular Marion Square back in the early 1990s, but the hotel didn’t open until
January 2019. When it did, though, it did so in glorious fashion.
Bennett’s team worked diligently
to erect a building that honored its Southern roots with stately rotundas and family
paintings while also showing an understanding of today’s travelers through massive
flat-screen TVs and remote-controlled drapes. The result is a sophisticated
address where you’ll find a girl walking her dog in the marble-clad lobby past a
70-something couple planning a birthday dinner at the concierge desk, and no
one appears out of place.
Just as the space seems
a natural fit in Charleston,
it also looks the part. The 179 rooms are a dashing display of how antebellum grace
and contemporary comforts can work together. The four dining options sway from
fast to formal, yet they all emit a certain flair. And then there’s The Spa at
Hotel Bennett, a sanctuary that whisks you to another world even though it’s
only one floor above bustling King Street — which, when you think about it, is
probably what Mr. Bennett envisioned for this entire downtown getaway when he
first dreamed of it years ago.
Michael Bennett, a
Charleston businessman and hotelier, demonstrated quite a bit of patience over
Hotel Bennett’s evolution. His family purchased the prime land bordering the
popular Marion Square back in the early 1990s, ...