The Affinia Manhattan hotel in New York City got underway on a $24-million renovation by the acclaimed Rockwell Group, which also designed the hotel’s lobby in 2008. Eighty-nine guestrooms will be added to the 526-room hotel and all rooms, corridors and meeting spaces will be refreshed … Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa in Dana Point, CA earned Marriott’s award for best full-service renovation for a franchised hotel … BLT Architects was chosen to renovate the historic boutique Latham Hotel in Philadelphia … John Portman & Associates and Fentress Architects were recently selected as the architectural design team for the proposed expansion of the San Diego Convention Center and a 500-room hotel …The Grand Expansion of The Hotel Hershey recently received LEED Silver status after the $67-million project was completed in 2009 … The 78-room Courtyard Asheville became Marriott’s 200^th Courtyard Refreshing Business conversion last fall after the renovation from McKibbon Hotel Group … RD Jones & Associates is directing a multi-million renovation of the 238-room Hilton Inn at Penn in New York City. The project will give the traditional hotel a more modern feel.