The Godfrey Hotel Boston – Building The Godfrey

The Summer of Giveaways: June Instagram

To celebrate the unofficial start of summer, we want to bring you the chance to have a #GodfreyStyle staycation or last-minute getaway. We’re hosting a flash giveaway over on Instagram (@GodfreyBoston) for today only. One person will win an overnight stay at The Godfrey Hotel Boston for the date of their choosing this month.

Head over to our most recent photo, give it a like, follow us and tell us what you love most about Boston in the summer. You have until tomorrow morning (Thursday, June 2nd) at 10 am EST. We’ll pick one winner at random on June 2nd and notify them via Instagram DM, so keep an eye out.

And – be sure to check back on July 1 for another giveaway on one of our social profiles!

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, A FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM or TWITTER ACCOUNT, AND PHOTO UPLOADING CAPABILITY REQUIRED.
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.
To enter, you must have a public profile on the social media sites of Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and you must tag @GodfreyBoston and use #GodfreyStyle in the entry.
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 Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 10 AM EST.
Winner must redeem their stay before June 30, 2016. Some blackout dates apply. Blackout dates for the hotel stay at The Godfrey Hotel Boston are: June 6-8 and June 15-18.
Violation of these rules will disqualify you from the Giveaway.

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.

Opening Celebrations: The Evening Reception

Following our Wednesday morning ribbon cutting ceremony, we hosted an evening receptions for our neighbors, friends and guests.

Our friends at Yvonne’s catered our food and beverage, our partner at George Howell Coffee shared up a sampling of coffee-based beverages and DJ Liz Ladoux made sure the music was flowing all night long.

It was the perfect ending to a momentous and exciting day, and we couldn’t be more honored to be a part of such a vibrant neighborhood. Thank you to everyone for your continued support.

You can view more of the day’s photos on our Facebook page here.

Image Credit: 617Images.

Guest Room Details

A few weeks ago, we hosted a couple of hard hat media tours where we toured the lobby, the George Howell space and the guest rooms. As we near our opening date this winter, it was exciting to show our guests the details in the guest rooms as they come together.

Following shows some of the extra details in our rooms to create a luxurious experience for our future guests.

The Frette linens and Heeley bath products make the rooms comfortable for our guests, while the decor makes them a relaxing oasis from the fast-paced energy of Downtown Crossing.

We can’t wait to welcome our first overnight guests to stay in our rooms come opening day this winter. Keep checking back for more updates as we get closer.

InnSpire Partnership Keeps Our Guests Connected

We are excited to announce that we have selected Stockholm-based InnSpire to provide Mobile & IPTV services to all of our guests. In adopting this cutting edge hospitality technology, we are the first U.S. hotel to offer InnSpire services on site.

Each one of our 242 rooms is outfitted with InnSpire’s award-winning “Guest Media Streaming” technology, allowing our guests to use personal mobile devices to stream photos, videos, and music of their choice directly to the 55” HDTV in their room. Simultaneously, guests are able to access hotel amenities such as room service, concierge information, and in-room spa services.

“We want to modernize how travelers view boutique hotels by flipping the paradigm and creating an experience that is completely focused on how people are living today. In partnering with InnSpire, we now have the opportunity to create a guest experience that is authentic and luxurious, allowing access to the familiar comforts of home through advanced technology.” – Larry Casillo, general manager of The Godfrey Hotel Boston.

InnSpire requires no work on the part of our guests: without the downloading of any new app, guests are able to use mobile devices to access hotel services over free hotel Wi-Fi. This simple solution enables guests to access all hotel amenities and services from anywhere in the hotel.

“We are thrilled to partner with The Godfrey Hotel Boston, and look forward to helping the hotel find new ways to make every guest’s stay even more special. InnSpire exists to help hotels better embrace their role as hosts, and to optimise operations through the use of real-time data.” – Martin Chevalle, InnSpire CEO and Co-Founder

Check back for even more information about our opening next month.