Marketing – Building The Godfrey

Social Media Honors

We are excited to have successfully opened our second hotel under The Godfrey’s brand and thrilled with the warm reception we’ve received in the Downtown Crossing neighborhood.

Yesterday, we received more exciting news that our hotel is a finalist in the prestigious 8th Annual Shorty Awards, honoring our social media work. Our recognition in the hospitality category of the awards is a great honor and we’re excited to share our entry with you here. We highlighted details about this very blog and the reason we like giving our partners and guests a behind-the-scenes look at our hotel. We also shared our social media efforts we conducted leading up to and during our Boston opening.

As background, the Shorty Awards honor the best social media campaigns across many industries. You can see more about the awards on their website.

Thank you to all who have followed along in our journey from brand creation to opening our doors in both Chicago and Boston. And of course, thank you to the Shorty Awards for recognizing us.

Take a Tip from Captain Obvious

Even in the chaos there is a clear picture of where you should stay. Take a close look at the iPad and you’ll see us. The Godfrey Hotel is pictured as one of the best deals for the night. So whether you’re looking for a staycation, vacation, or reason to get away from the house. You can book a room at The Godfrey Hotel for a great price through Hotels.com. Book a comfortable room through Hotels.com here.

You can watch the short commercial here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9bukd92IOI

Thanks to Hotels.com for featuring us on your commercial.

Brainstorm and Build Our Brunch Menu with Us

Who doesn’t love weekend brunch? Finally, a chance to unwind and relax with friends or family after the hectic workweek. At I|O Urban Roofscape, we want to hear what you love most about brunch – or what you’d like to see offered here. We’re open to suggestions and we’re listening to you! Help us “build” our brunch menu.

Perhaps a 40 Foot Bloody Mary Bar? Or Champagne Saturdays? What would you like to see offered?

Let us know – and remember, true in any brainstorm… no idea is a bad idea! You can comment below or add your ideas to the post on I|O Urban Roofscape’s Facebook page. You never know, you might see your suggestion featured at I|O Urban Roofscape.

Until then, cheers!

Gettys Hospitality Design Shares the Blogs We Must Follow

Happy Halloween! We thought we’d share this “treat” with you – a roundup of great blogs. GETTYS, the minds behind our interior design, shared an interesting list of blogs to follow. We agreed with a number of them as great blogs to read and watch, and a few that we certainly will check out.

We appreciated GETTYS thoughts on why they follow blogs as some of the best ones give us:

Great information
Inspiration
New insight
Maybe even just a giggle to lighten your day

And of course, here is a link to GETTYS’ blog along with GETTYS Blogs You Must Follow list.

Gettys News Blog | Gettys Hospitality Design, Procurement & Branding.

Hard Hat Tour

We’re pleased to conduct our first Hard Hat tour yesterday. The tour was led by George Jordan, area general manager, and Adam Schomaker, director of sales and marketing. Our guests included hospitality and design-focused media, Chicago media, along with the astute input from our partners.

Chris McDonough from GETTYS added great insight into the design elements and inspiration. Katie Soven, of Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, shared background on the architecture. Our hotel is owned and developed by Oxford Capital.

The tour included a first-look at our lobby, guest rooms, suites and I|O Urban Roofscape. Matthew McCahill, food and beverage director, provided background on the much-anticipated I|O. It will be the largest indoor/outdoor, all-season rooftop lounge and bar in Chicago. I|O will offer two full-service bars and lounge seating at the roofscape’s two-level fire pit, which will also serve as a beacon to guests above bustling LaSalle Street. It certainly will be a must-see and must-visit in Chicago for travelers and Chicagoans alike.

Most importantly, George Jordan said he hopes the hotel “delights” the guests.