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Travel + Leisure Mexico highlights Hotel Emma as a travel destination well-worth the trip to the states. From its antique charm to its vast library, this old brewery will captivate everyone who visits – beer lover or not. 

Luxury Travel Advisor showcases Hotel Emma’s six culinary monographs honoring the essential flavors of Spain including olive oil, jamón (Spanish ham), tinned fish, salt and spices, wine and sherry, and cheese. Chef John Brand has prepared tapas to compliment each series at Supper, which will be available at Supper, Sternewirth, and Larder. 

Texas Cocktails names Hotel Emma a bucket list vacation spot for the history, beauty and hospitality. The book features Sternewirth’s signature Three Emmas Cocktail including the recipe so that readers can make their own splash of San Antonio right at home.

Hotel Emma was nominated in Celebrated Living’s 2018 Platinum List Awards for being one of the best hotels in luxury travel due to Emma’s period details and accommodations. 

USA Today lists Supper’s Creme Brûlée with strawberry curd in a roundup of ways to savor strawberries in May. 

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.