The Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Hotel captures a tropical departure, presenting Caribbean-Colonial decor cataloguing the journeys of the adventurous original Floridians. The hotel is minutes from the Fort Lauderdale Airport, Cruise Port, Convention Center and abundant beaches. The hotel’s Bistro 17 offers new American cuisine with local flavor in an intimate, tropically themed setting. The Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Hotel has received the Four Diamond award since 2001. Guest room features include upgraded bath amenities, in-room deluxe coffee machines, laptop size safes, televisions, mini bars tucked inside stylish amours, speaker phones with data ports, high-speed Internet access and triple sheeted beds with fluffy duvet covered comforters. The company is owned by Marriott International, a leading lodging company that has nearly 3,000 lodging properties located in the United States and 70 other countries and territories. The Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Hotel is located in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.