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The Westin Boston Waterfront Tracks Your Flights

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 425 Summer St. [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02210

October 2, 2007 at 2:38 PM | 0 Comments

Boston has its share of geeky hotels, so it shouldn't surprise us that the Westin Boston Waterfront 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, too, but this is a good start. We'd definitely rather work in a comfy hotel lobby than in Logan's terminals.

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Hotel Video Tours: Scaring Valets At The Westin Waterfront

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 425 Summer Street [map], Boston, ma, United States, 02210

March 27, 2007 at 11:59 AM | 2 Comments

Recently, we decided to check out what was up at one of Boston's newest "conventioner" hotels, the Westin Boston Waterfront.

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 into this hotel? Well we attempt to show in in the hotel video above. And the answer is no, we did not take that valet's wallet, even though he gives us a look like we are about to pick his pocket.

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