Godfrey Boston – Page 4 – Building The Godfrey

Sunrise on The Godfrey

To us, a name signifies who you are and what you stand for; it defines you. In selecting the name, “The Godfrey,” there were a number of words that define our characteristics and who we are as a brand.

Since we put so much thought and time into our name, it’s always an exciting moment when our name is put up on our buildings. In Chicago, our name went up in lights as the sun set. Now in Boston, the sun rose on our newly installed sign.

We’re excited for the upcoming opening and are honored to be in such a historic neighborhood that is part of Boston’s past as well as future. We can’t wait to welcome you in and show you around.

Chance to Win a Two Night Stay

What better way to start the New Year than with a little traveling? Frette, the makers of our luxurious guest room linens, is holding an incredible sweepstakes for a chance to win a two-night stay with us – plus, you get to take home a fabulous sheet set and duvet cover.

Frette is a favorite of ours because their linens deliver quality luxury and sophistication at the same time. Our General Manager, Larry Cassillo, said, “When it came to linens, it was almost a natural fit in selecting the best product we could possibly choose: Frette Linens.” We’re also honored to be featured as their Hotel of the Month.

Excited? So are we. All you have to do is enter for a chance to win here.

The contest ends on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016. And remember, the more Facebook friends you refer to the contest, the more entries you will receive for yourself. You can enter through Frette’s Facebook page – simply click here.

Good luck and Happy New Year! We hope to see you in Boston in 2016.

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A Sneak Peek of the George Howell Coffee Space

While we’ve shared a lot of photos of the guest rooms and lobby progress, there is one area we haven’t really shown you yet. Our George Howell Coffee space. Slated to open a bit after the hotel, George Howell Coffee will be to the right of the front lobby, opposite of our lobby bar and restaurant.

George Howell‘s career in coffee began in 1974, and we’re honored to be the third George Howell Coffee location in the Greater Boston area – other locations are Newtonville and the Boston Public Market.

Our shop location will be gorgeous and spacious, seating 53 people in total. The floor-to-ceiling windows will let in ample natural light and allow for panoramic views of Washington Street and Downtown Crossing. In addition to the coffee bar and seating, our shop will boast a retail space for speciality displays and demonstrations.

We can’t wait to unveil our George Howell Coffee location to you; we think you’ll love it as much as we do.

How The Godfrey Boston Does Laundry

About this time two years ago we gave you a sneak peek in to how The Godfrey Chicago does laundry. Now it’s time for us to show you how things will be done in our Boston hotel as well. As we mentioned in 2013, this is rare insight as most luxury hotels won’t let you behind the scenes and it’s even more common for hotels to outsource their laundry services.

So why don’t we outsource our laundry services like mot other luxury hotels? We have high standards for everything, and we want to make sure our guests’ linens and towels meet those standards each and every time. To meet our standards, we rely on heavy-duty machines that can wash 500 pounds of laundry in 38 minutes and press a sheet in just 7 seconds. That means we can get our guests’ Frette linens cleaned and back to their rooms in record time.

Our guests’ comfort is of the upmost importance to us, and fresh, clean linens are a key factor. We hope you’ll find them up to your standards during your future stay. Keep coming back for more behind-the-scene details leading up to our opening this winter.

Meeting Notes

If business has brought you to Boston, you won’t need to worry finding a location for offsite meetings. With The Godfrey, you can relax and work in the same building. Plus, holding your meeting at the same place you’re staying is perfect for those months when we happen to accumulate a lot of snow.

Our state-of-the-art conference room can host a variety of different event types for a day of meetings, conferences, brainstorming sessions, planning sessions and more. Our capacity comfortably holds 25 people for banquet style, 40 people for reception, 30 people for theater style, 25 for classroom style and 16 for executive boardroom style. Our meeting space provides clients with exclusivity and privacy during their events.

Just like the rest of our hotel, our conference room boasts cutting edge WiFi and two 65-inch, Bluetooth enabled HDTVs with wireless connectivity from laptop to TV, which is ideal for presentations, multimedia and video. The room is also equipped with conference phones, projector and screen. And in case your meeting is too productive to pause, we offer full in-room catering for you and your team.

We hope to host you and your group for a future business meeting. You can also inquire about group meetings, events and group rates through our website here. Keep checking back for more updates on our meeting space, guest rooms and other features.