guest experience – Building The Godfrey

Guest Room Mobile Key Access

We’re excited to announce with OpenKey, the industry standard for universal mobile key access, that we are now offering our guests the convenience of digital key room access via OpenKey’s app.

OpenKey is helping to reinvent the hospitality experience by allowing guests authorized and secure access to their hotel room from their smartphone or mobile device. Our guests now have access to their rooms and additional conveniences to customize their stay via the app.

“We are very excited to be working with The Godfrey Hotel Boston to implement mobile key technology at such an iconic property. Guests can download the app directly onto their mobile device, check in on their way from the airport and go straight to their room while enjoying the convenience and security of smartphone room access.” – Brian Shedd, OpenKey Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

With the recent release of OpenKey Version 2.0, our guests are able to manage their check-in, call the front desk directly, confirm their identity with an ID capture for security and send their estimated time of arrival (ETA) to the hotel.

“We want to provide the very best digital guest experience possible. The hotel industry is evolving and technology has a big role in that. We are excited to work with OpenKey and have a partner with a hospitality technology platform that supports our needs and can be implemented into our existing BLE locks.” – Justin Tait, Godfrey Hotel Boston Director of Operations.

The OpenKey app is available to download in the iOS App Store and Google Play Store.

We look forward to welcoming you and hope you enjoy this new tech-savvy amenity.

A Boston Staycation

Over Valentine’s Day weekend, we hosted Style-Wire for a romantic staycation. Her review of our hotel shows just how much fun she had while staying with us, and her photos are certainly worth sharing.

Following are a few excepts from the review:

The Godfrey is super tech friendly with complimentary wi-fi, smart TVs (log into your Netflix account and chill!), and rechargeable Bluetooth speakers in every room. Obviously once my Valentine arrived we did what any other couple would do and binge watched Nurse Jackie on Netflix and ordered late night pizza from New York Pizza while munching on chocolate and sipping champagne. Perfect evening if you ask me!

We love Elissa’s recap of her overnight stay, which you can read entirety here, but we’re head over heels in love with the photos she shared. The photos capture her love for travel as she took advantage of our in-room amenities. We’ve shared some of our favorites above, but you can check out the rest on our Facebook page or in Elissa’s post.

We love hearing about our guests’ stays and we look forward to hosting you in the future.

#GodfreyStyle

Following last week’s opening celebrations – the ribbon cutting and evening reception – we are excited to share an extended look inside of our hotel.

We invested a lot into the refurbishment of our two historical buildings, so creating a design and environment that honored our past while looking to the future was of the utmost importance to our team. We worked closely with The Gettys Group on our interior design. Gettys is an international interior design, branding, consulting and procurement firm and they paid close attention to many of the unique and convenient touches in our luxurious rooms. We believe we achieved a look that boasts both modern and peaceful interiors, but we know that our guests are the true judge of our success.

We hope you enjoyed taking a sneak peek and we hope to host you in the near future. Share photos during your stay with #GodfreyStyle.

Sneak Peek into our Hotel Rooms

We know and understand that a luxurious and comfortable room is critical when traveling, whether it be for business or leisure. That’s why we took great attention and care to the interior design of our rooms.

As a sneak peek into the guest rooms, we will continue the sophisticated feel that is present in our Chicago property’s rooms. Our rooms will have a refined color palette of warm grays, accented by natural walnut. The color palette will be relaxing and welcoming. Custom carpeting, quality bedding and upholstered seating will evoke the refinement and comfort of a well-tailored suite.

What’s more – large windows will flood guest rooms with natural light. Plus rooms with original bay windows will provide an added, dramatic view to the bustling street scene below.

Sound idyllic and luxurious? You be the judge when we open this fall.

Here’s a sneak peek at our room:

Share Your Experience

At The Godfrey Hotel Chicago, we provide best-in-class amenities to make your trip to Chicago memorable and comfortable. Our room and suite amenities include a daily newspaper, coffeemaker, L’OCCITANE bath products, complimentary wi-fi, luxurious bedding, and more.

As a guest at our hotel, you can also enjoy, among our many on-site features, I|O Urban Roofscape on the 4th floor, our Spa∙Boutique, a 24-hour fitness center, and valet parking or self-parking.

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