Press & News

Travel Pulse provides the perfect guide to a girls’ weekend in Central Texas and recommends staying at the Pearl’s crown jewel, Hotel Emma, to have your girl gang treated like royalty.

Hotel Emma is a recent recipient of the coveted AAA Five Diamond designation, only the second hotel in Texas to receive this recognition.Hotel Emma was chosen among less than 1 percent of 27,000 AAA inspected and approved establishments due to their deliverance of luxury, sophistication and comfort.

HGTV features Hotel Emma on their Top 10 List of Hotels With Incredible Industrial Design, highlighting that the property is a “stylish jumble of industrial-meets-refined.” 

Texas Monthly features Sternewirth’s ‘Bulls on Parade” cocktail among their list of inventive cocktails to order in celebration of Cinco de Mayo and the Tricentennial in San Antonio.

Destin Asian’s Deep in the heart of Texas spread features the industrial-chic, Hotel Emma, noting the character of Sternewirth and it’s signature cocktail. 

Southern living names Hotel Emma, home to a 3,700-volume library, as one of the South’s best places to stay in 2018.

Hotel Emma’s bathroom is featured in Conde Nast Traveler UK, featuring hotels that incorporate the classic blue and white palette. 

The Pearl announces Olé San Antonio, a special summer programming in commemoration of San Antonio’s tricentennial anniversary. Hotel Emma is thrilled to participate with events, special menus, and more throughout all of our culinary properties, Supper, Sternewirth, and Larder. 

The Houston Chronicle explains why Hotel Emma’s Andres Rizo has one of the coolest jobs in San Antonio and what his title of Culinary Concierge entails.