HotelChatter - Stories about Westin Boston Waterfront

Westin's New Gear Lending Program Keeps You Running

pbb — 2011-02-28T09:32:07-05:00

Out with the Westin Boston Waterfront's running concierge.

A small group of Westin hotels have launched a pilot workout gear-lending program with New Balance, meaning you'll no longer have to pack your smelly running duds in the bottom of your carry-on. So far, it's in about a dozen hotels, including the Westin Boston Waterfront, Westin Michigan Avenue, Westin Tokyo and the Westin New York at Times Square.

Boston: The Westin Boston Waterfront Tracks Your Flights

pbb — 2007-10-02T14:38:50-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/flightboard.jpg" class="imgborder">Boston has its share of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/14/112953/930/hotels/Best_Geek_Hotels_in_the_World">geeky hotels</a>, so it shouldn't surprise us that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Westin+Boston+Waterfront/local/427">Westin Boston Waterfront</a> has installed a cool new gizmo: A flight departures tracking board. Guests at the hotel can check the status of flights out of Logan International Airport, which should come in particularly handy as fall turns to winter and the airport gets socked with bad weather. The system is called FlyteBoard, and aside from the name it seems like a great innovation. The real-time info comes directly from the airport, meaning it gets some updates that you may not find by simply checking your flight status online. It's too bad you can't check in for your flight at the hotel,

Boston: Hotel Video Tours: Scaring Valets At The Westin Waterfront

markj — 2007-03-27T11:59:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<object width="325" height="268"><param value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MjsdWbLI92k" name="movie"></param><embed width="325" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MjsdWbLI92k" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="268"></embed></object> Recently, we decided to check out what was up at one of Boston's newest "conventioner" hotels, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Westin+Boston+Waterfront/local/427">Westin Boston Waterfront</a>. Flat panel televisions in every room, a pleasantly lingering new hotel smell, a big, wide open lobby, and that earthy tone decor that gets everyone at Westin so excited these days. Want the downside? It is in Southie, so South Station is walkable, but kind of far and on-site parking is $36.00 a night--convention suckers. However, if you know the area--D Street cough--you can find a good meal at a reasonably priced restaurant within a couple blocks of the hotel. Want to know what it is like to walk

Boston: Behind the Scenes of the Westin Boston Waterfront Opening

juliana — 2006-06-22T14:30:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/westin_waterfront.jpg">The <a href="http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/search/hotel_detail.html?propertyID=1528">Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel</a> opened yesterday and you probably wouldn't know it but someone's already been sleeping in those rooms.Managers for parent company Starwood have been testing out the hotel's 790 rooms for the past few weeks, making sure everything is working properly from the TV to the shower. The crew even gets to test all the dishes on the menu in the hotel restaurant, Sauciety. <blockquote> "We're kind of the guinea pigs," said [Shawn] Black, who normally works as a senior manager at the St. Regis Resort in Fort Lauderdale and is among an elite group of Starwood executives who qualify to volunteer as ``pre-opening assistants," sleeping in a different room every night for the last