Celebrated San Francisco historic landmark, the Huntington Hotel officially reopens

"This is another sign that San Francisco is on the rise, when you have major institutions and major hotels reopening. We're seeing it in Union Square. We're seeing it now up here on Nob Hill. This is an exciting moment for San Francisco."

"It came to symbolize San Francisco's decline during COVID when it shut and it now, I think, symbolizes San Francisco's rebirth. It's sort of the perfect symbol of it because it's coming back better than it ever was."

"Our data team crunched the numbers, and the four-week rolling hotel occupancy rate for San Francisco Bay Area hotels is 55.1 percent as of January 17 of this year. Compare that to January 17 of 2021, during the pandemic, when it was 13.1 percent."

The Huntington Hotel, a historic San Francisco property originally built as apartments in 1922 and converted to a hotel in 1924, reopened this week following a three-year closure due to COVID-19 and subsequent million-dollar renovation. The hotel, located in Nob Hill and known for its iconic sign, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Mayor Daniel Lurie. Hotel industry leaders view the reopening as a symbol of San Francisco's economic rebound. Hotel occupancy rates in the Bay Area reached 55.1 percent as of January 2024, compared to 13.1 percent in January 2021, demonstrating significant recovery in the hospitality sector.

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