Located 49 miles from Pensacola and 23 miles from Mobile and surrounded by 300-year-old oak trees, the Grand Hotel has reigned supreme as the Mobile Bay area's best hotel for more than 150 years. Originally built in 1847 as a two-story building with 40 rooms, the Grand has since expanded to include more than 400 guest rooms, a golf club with two Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail courses, eight tennis courts, a spa, a pool complex, a 37-slip marina, and five onsite restaurants and lounges. A host of famous guests have visited the hotel, including Colin Powell, Margaret Thatcher, and Barbara Bush.

A $50-million renovation has carried the resort into the 21st century. Each guest room and suite is either new or newly refurbished, and many offer exquisite views of the bay or marina while others provide pool and garden vistas. For business travelers, the hotel features a "Wired-for-Business" package, featuring high-speed Internet access and unlimited local and long-distance calls within the U.S. The hotel is uniquely equipped for business gatherings, with 37,000 square feet of event space, including 23 meeting rooms, and professional convention-service managers to oversee each detail.

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