The luxury Omphoy Ocean Resort, the first oceanfront Palm Beach hotel
to open in 19 years, is a stylistic shift from the stately, venerable
aesthetic of its peers. The 134-room hotel, run by owner-developer
Obadon Hotel Group of West Palm Beach, acknowledged the tough
environment, and area hotel consultant Scott Brush said that will keep
it well positioned when tourism rebounds in 2010. [more]