The Grand Bohemian Hotel in downtown Charleston has a new name. The 50-room hotel at 55 Wentworth St. became Hotel Operis on Sept. 30, The Post and Courier reported.
The hotel stays in Marriott’s Autograph Collection but is now run by a new management company, according to the newspaper. Its owner, Xenia Hotels & Resorts, and management company Davidson Hospitality Group have renamed other Grand Bohemian hotels in the same overhaul. Grand Bohemian Orlando is now Hotel Beauden, and Bohemian Savannah Riverfront is now Hotel Orielle, the newspaper reported.
Xenia, an Orlando, Florida-based real estate investment trust, lists 2015 as the year the Charleston hotel was acquired or opened, according to its annual report. That report named Kessler as the hotel’s manager at the end of 2025. As of Sept. 14, Xenia owned 29 hotels with 8,783 rooms in 14 states, according to an investor presentation it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Its second-quarter earnings release listed Davidson among the companies that operate or license its hotels.
The new name comes from the Latin word opus, meaning “work,” and its connection to opera, The Post and Courier reported. Its proximity to Charleston’s performing arts scene, including 11 theaters within walking distance, helped inspire the new identity.
The hotel refreshed its guest rooms, lobby and gallery. Its fourth-floor rooftop space debuted Oct. 1 as Arden Room Rooftop Bar & Dining, inspired by the Forest of Arden in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” according to the newspaper.
“Individuality is important,” General Manager Tony Liartis told The Post and Courier. “The right brand is too, but it is the uniqueness and experiences that people are looking for.”
Rooms start at $299 in the slow season, and standard rooms typically go for more than $800 a night the rest of the year, the newspaper reported. Liartis said the hotel runs at about 86% occupancy year-round.
The city’s Board of Architectural Review on Oct. 14 approved an illuminated sign with the hotel’s new name, The Post and Courier reported. The design keeps the existing sign structure, replaces the Bohemian lettering with Hotel Operis and lights the name instead of the sign’s border, according to the newspaper.
