Its downtown featured banks, grocers, saloons, auction houses and bordellos. The Hotel Galvez was constructed in 1910, taking the place of The Beach Hotel, which had burned down in 1898.

Founded in 1911, the Hotel Galvez opened after the city’s captains of industry wanted the world to know the island was ready to welcome tourists back after the devastation of the 1900 hurricane.

An old meeting space is now a construction site inside the newly renamed Grand Galvez, wood shavings scattered across the newly installed floors as workers recover and restore one section of ...

Though they are fairly small, Hotel Galvez's guest rooms all feature contemporary luxuries like iPod docking stations and complimentary in-room Wi-Fi. And on-site amenities – like the spa and ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Galveston's historic Hotel Galvez has a new owner, and that means some changes are coming to the island. Hotelier Mark Wyant bought the property from the heirs of ...

Galveston Island has no shortage of wild stories and rich history. The Hotel Galvez tells those stories this summer with a 90-minute ghost tour. The Hotel Galvez, also known as the "Queen of ...

the historic Grand Galvez on the island's seawall. After a year and a half of renovations that began with a furor over pink exterior paint samples as new owners Mark and Lorenda Wyant of Dallas ...

HOUSTON If you think ghosts are merely Halloween fantasies, guests who ve stayed at the 100-year-old Hotel Galvez say you might change your mind after spending the night there. The rooms and halls ...

GALVESTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The Hotel Galvez is promoting quality family time with designated phone-free VIP zones. Guests are invited to special areas at the hotel's pools and restaurants to spend ...

During Hotel Galvez & Spa's monthly “Dinner with the Ghosts,” the hotel’s concierge guides participants through the ghostly past of the hotel followed by a three-course dinner in the Galvez ...