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Best WiFi Hotel Spots
Best Hotel WiFi Spots: Boston Harbor Hotel
April 23, 2007 at 9:20 AM | 2 Comments
These days everyone is looking for four bar, non-complicated, hotel WiFi when they check in. Sure there are a bunch of hotel WiFi lists out there, but they are quickly out of date and unreliable. This week, as a lead up to our popular annual hotel WiFi report, we will let you know our favorite WiFi hotels in five hot travel destinations. The rules are simple. The signal has to fast, and reliable, the cost should be free (at the very least free for guests) and the WiFi experience at these hotels offer a comfortable surfing environment. Have a city or destination you want us to investigate? Let us know. And if you have a favorite WiFi hotel you are willing to share, no matter where it is send it our way.
Boston Harbor Hotel :: Boston, MA
The hotel WiFi stereotype says that the nicer the hotel the worse the wireless Internet situation, but that is not the case at the Boston Harbor Hotel. Not only can you get free, fast, four bar wireless access in any of the hotels common areas, but you can also access the web without jumping through hoops, checkboxes, and sign ups. This hotel is a WiFi throwback, just turn on your computer and you immediately gain access to the Boston Harbor Hotel free WiFi network and it is your set homepage that comes up--not some hotel intranet upsell portal. Sweet simplicity. Furthermore, on a nice day you can sit outside and watch the boats come into Boston Harbor, all while checking your email.
Best Part:
Boston Harbor Hotel is located directly on the harbor, between the new, stale, InterContinental Boston, where WiFi access will run you $15.00 for 24 hours, and the Long Wharf Marriott, where WiFi access will cost you $9.99. The ironic part? The Boston Harbor Hotel is hands down the best all around stay experience of the three, as well as the best place to enjoy free WiFi.
Related Stories:
· Hotels in Boston [HotelChatter]
· Boston Harbor Hotel Comments [TripAdvisor]
Hotel Restaurants
Krispie Treats, Snickers Bars, What Will Hotel Restaurants Give Us Next?
October 31, 2006 at 1:59 PM | 0 Comments
Hotel restaurants want our attention. They want us to eat desserts and it's hard for them in a world when skinny is the word. "It's like fashion" according to Alejandro Luna the executive pastry chef at the Langham Hotel in Boston.
So what's the trend then? We've seen the most luxurious desserts the eye could dream of in hotel restaurants. But as of late, things like Krispie bars are appearing on menus. What gives? Luna explains:
"What's past is not forgotten, even in desserts. Chefs are bringing back classics in a more innovative or original way." His colleagues in the kitchen agree: They're looking back to move special-event desserts forward. Sky-high, over-the-top culinary confections have given way to desserts that stay closer to the plate, and hit closer to home.
Luna's answer lie not in Krispie Bars but rather Snickers. He creates a chocolate bar at the Langham's Café Fleuri and allows guests to help create the perfect Snickers bar.
If this trend continues, are we to soon see hotel lobbies offering Tang and Ritz Crackers too? How far will they go to make us feel like a kid at home again?
Image via PastelHearts/Flickr
Related Stories:
· FOOD FOR FETES: CHEFS RE-CREATE SWEET CHILDHOODS WITH DESSERTS [Special Events Magazine]
· Langham Hotel Reviews [TripAdvisor]
Hotel News
Lagham Boston: Offering Cookies and Stoli to Party with the Democrats
June 25, 2004 at 7:06 AM | 0 Comments
The Langham Hotel in Boston is offering a "Road to Washington Package" throughout July to celebrate the DNC being held in Boston July 26-29th.
The Langham is claiming Boston will be the "It" destination throughout July. Hmmm. Maybe the Langham hasn't heard about the MBTA closings, the highway closings (93), and the major MBTA restrictions being announced almost daily.
No amount of donkey cookies and cocktails could make me want to stay in Boston during the DNC, but if the Langham could get Ted Kennedy to show up, we all might revise our plans.
Imagine that party? Teddy, donkey cookies, and mixed drinks!
Here are the package details:
Hotel Heaven
The nautical allure of the Boston Harbor Hotel
March 27, 2004 at 8:17 PM | 0 Comments
Planning a weekend in Boston with that special someone? Then consider the maritime charms of the city's historic waterfront and the classy splendor of the Boston Harbor Hotel. This Rowes Wharf property exudes luxuriance-- from its palatial, six-story arch, to the breathtaking vistas from its harbor-view rooms.
