Boston – Building The Godfrey

Incredible Views From Godfrey Hollywood

Gorgeous sunshine and blue skies! Sar Peruri, Principal of Oxford Capital Group, visited the property this week to check on the progress of the hotel and rooftop.

You can see the stunning LA skyline in the background – The Godfrey Hollywood will boast incredible views! To learn more about The Godfrey Hollywood and sign up for the e-newsletter, please visit the website here.

Trends in Hospitality: What’s Next?

2017 was the year of technology, according to our Director Of Sales And Marketing, Paul Sauceda.

Technology was implemented as a main feature in lots of hotels last year, giving the customer new options to interact with staff: like ordering room service on an iPad or streamlining the check-in process by allowing guests to bypass the front desk.

New entertainment options came with the use of more technology, like offering guests more ways to connect their preferred streaming services to smart TVs.

Going that extra mile to personalize a guest’s experience is also important, according to Sauceda. The buzz phrase “living like a local” was alive and well throughout 2017 – and hospitality professionals hope to continue to encourage guests to explore cities like locals.

Creating connections for guests is important.

“If it’s a bar that connects you with people, a tour with a local or dinner in someone’s house, that’s connection with people. We want to connect with people more than we ever have.”

You can read more from Paul Sauceda here.

The Summer of Giveaways: August Twitter

Can you believe that summer is more than halfway through? To make sure we wrap up the summer in true #GodfreyStyle, we’re giving away something special to one of you. We’re hosting a flash giveaway over on our Twitter page (@GodfreyBoston) until Wednesday, August 3rd.

One winner will be selected at random and gifted an overnight stay with us for a date of their choosing in August (some blackout dates may apply). Head over to this tweet, RT it and follow us to enter for your chance to win. You have until Wednesday, August 3rd at 10 am EST. We’ll pick one winner at random on August 3rd and notify them via Twitter by August 4th, 5 pm EST, so keep an eye out.

And – be sure to check back in September to see what campaigns we’ll be running this fall. Enter here!

And, to make everything fair, a few rules for the Giveaway:

The Godfrey Hotel Boston is the sponsor of this Giveaway.
Must be 21 or over at the time of entry and a legal, U.S. resident. No purchase necessary to enter or win. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. INTERNET ACCESS, A VALID E-MAIL ADDRESS, AND A Twitter ACCOUNT.
Only one winner will be selected by management at The Godfrey Hotel Boston. The winner can select his or her own guest to accompany him or her.
Be creative. No profanity, no illegal or offensive or inappropriate submissions. No entries that defame, misrepresent or contain disparaging remarks about Sponsor, or its products or services or other people, products or companies.
If including a photo, the photo must be an original that you submit and must be your own photo that you either took as a selfie, you captured, or someone took for you.
There is no daily or overall limit on the number of entries per Entrant during the Giveaway Period.
No photos of you, the entrant, consuming alcohol.
By entering, you grant The Godfrey Hotel Boston, The Godfrey Hotel Chicago, and its ownership the right to use your photo in current or future marketing efforts if they wish, including but not limited to social media sites, websites, public relations and advertising. The hotel does not guarantee the posting of any photo.
Management at The Godfrey Hotel Boston will decide the winner of the giveaway. All decisions are final. Winner will be notified via social media to privately share their email, phone and mailing address with The Godfrey Hotel Boston.
No cash substitutions will be provided and no transfer of any prize to a third party is permitted. Submissions of entries will be accepted at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Each winner will be solely responsible for paying all applicable federal, state and local taxes on prizes. If applicable, winners may receive an IRS Form 1099 for the prize retail value. All Registered Trademarks and logos used in conjunction with this Giveaway are the intellectual property of their respective owners and are used by permission.
Sponsor shall have the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the giveaway at any time for any reason whatsoever, at the sole discretion of Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Giveaway (including, without limitation, make changes to these Terms & Conditions) without notice.
You are supplying this information to The Godfrey Hotel, not Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or its partners or application developers. You are providing your information to the owner or operator of this Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram page and not to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any of its partners or application developers.
Giveaway ends Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016 at 10 AM EST.
Winner must redeem their stay before August 31, 2016. Some blackout dates apply.
Violation of these rules will disqualify you from the Giveaway.

Preservation Achievement Award

We’re thrilled to announce that we have been honored with the Boston Preservation Alliance’s Preservation Achievement Award this year for the work we did restoring our historic Ames and Blake buildings. The Boston Preservation Alliance’s mission is to protect and improve the quality of Boston’s distinct architectural heritage, and we could not be more proud to have our restoration efforts recognized by their team.

“The unique historic character of Boston’s buildings is increasingly recognized for the additive value they bring to projects. Demand for these distinctive spaces is growing,” says Greg Galer, Executive Director of the Boston Preservation Alliance. “Development can be tremendously successful working within historic building envelopes, and in this case the project made additionally viable through the use of historic rehabilitation tax credits. The Godfrey stands as a prime example that historic resources can bring a premium return.”

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our partners at Finegold Alexander Architects and GETTYS for all of their time, dedication and help during our restoration project.

You can purchase tickets to the 2016 Preservation Achievement Awards event, which will take place on October 24th from 6-8PM at the Paramount Center. Tickets are on sale here. To learn more about the Boston Preservation Alliance and the Preservation Achievement Award, you can watch the below video and visit their website.

George Howell Coffee At The Godfrey Hotel Boston Opens Today In Downtown Crossing

Pioneering coffee roasters George Howell Coffee today announce the official opening of the Downtown Crossing café located inside our ground-level lobby. Accessible to locals and hotel guests alike, George Howell Coffee at The Godfrey features a wide range of sophisticated yet inviting coffee experiences, such as an espresso bar, hand-poured single estate and micro lot coffee servings, and public cuppings. Later this summer, the café will offer coffee-tasting “flights,” specialty coffee-based creations, coffee brewer calibration clinic, group education coffee classes, and much more.

George Howell Coffee at The Godfrey is open daily 6:30 a.m. – 8 p.m., offering pairings for its estate coffees with a wide selection of pastries, toast tartines, and both breakfast and lunch sandwiches all made or sourced from local artisans or farms. In the evening, George Howell Coffee at The Godfrey offers fine French tarts and desserts from Praliné Artisanal Confections. The café is poised to offer expanded hours in the coming weeks for after-theater and dinner guests.

George Howell Coffee at The Godfrey offers a full retail section with a wide range of coffee brewing equipment on display and available for purchase, as well as an extensive range of retail coffee beans from farms across the world chosen for their quality and distinction. In this and all locations, George Howell Coffee is an expansion upon George Howell’s pioneering café collection The Coffee Connection in the early 1990’s with an esthetic environment combining contemporary art along with state of art coffee equipment producing exceptional coffee beverages.

For our guests looking to further immerse themselves in the thriving coffee culture in the heart of Boston, The Godfrey For Coffee Connoisseur package is available for booking beginning Monday, June 20. In addition to a two-night stay, the package includes a complimentary coffee flight for two, one-on-one coffee tasting course with a George Howell Coffee barista, and a takeaway of George Howell’s finest roast to take home.