New artisan Café at The Alfond Inn opens as hotel is nominated as one of the best in the world!

The Alfond Inn recently celebrated it's 10th anniversary with an ambitious expansion project that added a new wing featuring 71 new Guest Rooms, The Spa at The Alfond Inn, together with additional Meeting & Wedding Space, and now a new cafe has been added to the mix.

The Alfond Inn at Rollins, the multi award-winning boutique hotel in the heart of historic Winter Park, has recently been transformed with the addition of a new wing, together with a complete upgrades to the existing facilities, providing a fresh look to the popular hotel.

The new wing includes 71 new Guest Rooms, together with a new spa and wellness facility. In addition, Hamilton’s Kitchen has a new upgraded private dining room, plus a new meeting room and boardroom adding 2,400 square feet to the existing 10,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. Renovations include a complete upgrade to all existing guest rooms, with the existing lobby, library, and bar also renovated.

The latest addition to the hotel is a new lobby artisanal café - The Café at The Alfond Inn features a wide selection of dining options. Start your morning with an artfully crafted grab-and-go section. As the sun sets, the ambiance transforms to feature sophisticated bar offerings with a selection of high-end beverages.

Chef Jason Acevedo has crafted the most artistic, delicate, and delicious desserts, with the backdrop to the new café featuring a gallery of unique and museum-quality contemporary art.

In more news from the hotel, they have been nominated in the prestigious Travel + Leisure’s 2024 World’s Best Awards!  Vote before February 26th, 2024, and you’ll automatically be entered into an amazing giveaway!  Win big with a chance at a $15,000 cash prize or an unforgettable Viking Expedition Voyage for 2 people and cash prizes!  

You can vote for The Alfond Inn here.

The 71 new guestrooms increase the capacity of the hotel to 183 rooms, with all existing guestrooms in the original building undergoing a complete upgrades with new interiors, providing a fresh look to match the new guestrooms.

The new Spa at The Alfond Inn, which is open for guests and day visitors, is an exciting addition that offers a relaxing wellness component through signature treatments, steam, a sauna, a new fitness area, the hotel’s second swimming pool, with private cabanas, and an extensive outdoor living room that is available for private events.

Owned by neighboring Rollins College, the private, coeducational liberal arts college in Winter Park, Florida, The Alfond Inn at Rollins is a unique luxury property that is distinguished by its philanthropic mission, directing all net operating income to scholarships.

Since 2013, the Alfond Scholars Program has awarded millions of dollars in scholarships. In the current academic year (2022-2023), 30 students attend Rollins on this full four-year scholarship. The average award is $66,000 per student per year, and the total award for all 30 students this year is $1,987,412

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