To be perfectly honest with you, this weekend is not one we'd like to spend in Boston. (Go, Jets!) But if we were bunking in Beantown, we'd want to be staying somewhere with a solid bar to stave off the frostbite. Why, hello there, Fairmont Battery Wharf. What's that? You...
January 14, 2011
Last week we revisited our old stomping grounds in Boston and decided to shack up at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel. With all these new hotels in town (like the Ames and the W), our Boston hotel standards have been ratcheted up quite a bit. Yet the Fairmont didn't...
February 02, 2010
Weve always liked Boston, but we also know a few people who think of it as a stuffy citytoo preppy and picture perfector a place full of obnoxious sports fans. One things for sure: the hotel scene in Boston has long been dominated by the big chains and historic...
December 02, 2009
Ah, rooftop pools. For the city dweller and traveler little tops lounging by a pool, lofted above the clamor with a summer sip in hand. Fairmont gets that sentiment, offering a number of rooftop pools and alfresco patios at their hotels around the world. The one were...
July 01, 2009
Now that the Fairmont Boston Battery Wharf is finally open, the waterfront hotel is offering a nice January slump goodie package: Stay one night, get the second one free in a standard room (sorry, no fancy Fairmont Gold rooms for this deal). Thats a pretty good deal, folks, considering...
January 13, 2009
The Fairmont under construction over the summer.A shout-out to the Fairmont Hotels' Twitter for alerting us to the opening of the Fairmont Boston Battery Wharf today.The hotel was originally set to open over the summer as a Regent Hotel, until the company backed out at the last minute of their...
December 15, 2008
AmandaK rounds up Fairmont Hotels plans for 2009.Looks like Kor Hotels isn't the only brand braving the sad economy with a smile on their faces. The Fairmont Hotels group have obviously already made their New Years resolution for 2009: go all out at opening new hotels in weird and wonderful...
October 28, 2008
Earlier this week, we revealed (courtesy of a lovely tipster) that Fairmont had snatched up the Boston Battery Wharf property that Regent Hotels had dropped. Good news: we just got the final word from Fairmont that they've officially taken over the property and have scheduled it to be open...
September 18, 2008
Remember way back to the beginning of Summer when Regent Hotels totally dropped out of their Battery Wharf Hotel in Boston before the place even opened, leaving residential owners and future hotel guests totally screwed out of the Regent experience?Well, Fairmont Hotels has come and saved the day. Reader Kal...
September 15, 2008
Amazingly, Regent Hotels have done it again--that is, dropped out of another hotel project. This time its the Regent at Battery Wharf in Boston that was dropped. The Boston Globe reports: In a joint statement, Regent and Battery Wharf said they have "entered into discussions to terminate" their agreement, and...
June 11, 2008
We love any hotel that puts us in close proximity to great restaurants--especially of the Italian variety--which is largely the reason we're eagerly awaiting the debut of The Regent at Battery Wharf. Located in Boston's North End, a.k.a. the city's Little Italy, the 150-room hotel is set to open in...
May 27, 2008
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