Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel Offers New Wedding Enhancements

ST. LOUIS, MO--(Marketwire - Jun 6, 2011) - The Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel recently added wedding enhancements to their new catering menu for the hotel's upscale catering operation. In addition, Chef Chris Stroup added to the new menu several healthy dishes.

Brides who book their St. Louis wedding receptions at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel can choose from three ballrooms, including the Renaissance Ballroom with brilliant views from the top floor of the hotel. In addition, with the new catering menu, they now have several wedding enhancements from which to choose. These include, signature cocktails where the bride and groom can name the beverage and help create the recipe, added action stations such as mashed potato bars and freshly seared tuna, Intermezzo added as an option or chocolate truffles to painted plates with cake cutting service.

Chef Stroup, who serves as the St. Louis luxury hotel's Executive Chef of their restaurant T-Bone Trattoria and the hotel's upscale catering operation, has created healthy dishes for the new catering menu. Brides and meeting planners who want healthier choices now have three dishes from which to choose, which include low carbohydrate, low cholesterol and low fat options. Chef Stroup's low carbohydrate dish is spice rubbed strip steak with balsamic grilled onions and sautéed wild mushrooms. His low cholesterol dish is grilled branzino sea bass with tomato couscous and fennel salad and the low fat dish is roasted turkey breast, rosemary pan jus, organic wild rice and seasonable vegetables.

"Chef Stroup, who has been with the Renaissance for ten years, has already made a huge impact on our wedding reception and catering business," said Bill Fontes, hotel general manager. "I'm sure that with these additional enhancements to the new catering menu, the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel will be among the most sought after hotels for brides and meeting planners in the St. Louis area."

For more information about the Renaissance St. Louis Airport hotel and to book your St. Louis wedding accommodations, visit www.renaissancestlouisap.com.

About the Renaissance St. Louis Airport
The Renaissance St. Louis Airport hotel offers sophisticated style, luxurious comfort and the convenience of an airport location. Celebrating the hotel's recent AAA Four Diamond Award, the hotel's 393 guest rooms and 19 suites are lavishly appointed featuring extravagant pillow top mattresses, down comforters and stylish work and seating areas. Onsite dining options include T-Bone Trattoria, Curtain Club Bar and Café Espresso coffeehouse. Featuring a total of 37,000 square feet of meeting space, the hotel can accommodate groups up to 1,100 people. There are 32 meeting rooms highlighted by the 11,400 square feet Concourse Ballroom and the 12^th floor Penthouse Ballrooms making it an ideal venue for St. Louis event locations. The hotel is located one-half mile southeast of Lambert International Airport, offering easy access to major highways and is 15 minutes northeast of downtown St. Louis.