With their ALHI membership, the hotels will now receive dedicated Global Sales Organization (GSO) services and support by ALHI and its professional sales force throughout North America to serve the meetings, conventions, and incentive marketplace.
WASHINGTON, DC – Associated Luxury Hotels International (ALHI) has expanded the Midwest and Northeast options in its portfolio with the addition of The Chase Park Plaza hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, and Loews Boston Back Bay Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. With their ALHI membership, the hotels will now receive dedicated Global Sales Organization (GSO) services and support by ALHI and its professional sales force throughout North America to serve the meetings, conventions, and incentive marketplace.
The Chase Park Plaza hotel becomes ALHI’s second member hotel in Missouri, joining the brand new Hotel Sorella Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, which will open this fall. Loews Boston Back Bay Hotel becomes ALHI’s fifth member in Massachusetts, joining InterContinental Boston (in Boston), Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club (in Brewster), Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center (in Boston), and The Langham Boston (in Boston).
The Chase Park Plaza is an elegant historic landmark hotel which recently completed an impressive renovation. Featuring 338 luxurious guest rooms and suites, the stylish 11-story hotel features more than 65,000 square feet of meeting space, which includes the magnificent Khorassan Ballroom that can accommodate up to 2,500 guests, as well as a 30,000-square-foot Conference Center. Founded in 1922 as The Chase, the exemplary hotel has hosted U.S. presidents, kings, movie stars, popular singers, and other political leaders. Hotel amenities include four outstanding restaurants (including The Tenderloin Room and Eau Bistro), a five-screen cinema that shows current releases (and which is available for private screenings and meetings for up to 165 guests), a first-class spa and salon, an 18,000-square-foot fitness and wellness center, a full-service business center, concierge, Mediterranean-style outdoor heated pool, and a gift & coffee shop. The Chase Park Plaza is the only full-service hotel directly situated in the fashionable and vibrant Central West End neighborhood, one of the city’s most popular dining and entertainment areas. In addition, The Chase Park Plaza hotel is across the street from Forest Park, home to fine museums, the world-renowned St. Louis Zoo, and one of the country’s finest public golf courses. The hotel is just minutes from Busch Stadium, Anheuser Busch Brewery, the downtown and Clayton business districts, St. Louis Gateway Arch, the 79-acre Missouri Botanical Garden, the St. Louis Convention Center, Riverboat Gaming and Casinos, and Lambert International Airport.
Ideally situated in the heart of Boston – “America’s most walkable city” – the sophisticated Loews Boston Back Bay Hotel is a city landmark with 225 elegantly appointed guest rooms and suites, and five dedicated meeting rooms that can host up to 110 guests theatre-style. Acquired by Loews Hotels & Resorts in February 2013, the hotel was formerly known as Back Bay Hotel, and is located at the corner of Stuart Street and Berkeley Street. Already in great physical condition, the hotel will undergo an $8 million renovation this fall to further enhance the guest experience. Built in the 1920s, the historic hotel was once the headquarters for the Boston Police Department, and it seamlessly blends historic charm with modern conveniences. The hotel features the chic Stanhope Grille restaurant, the popular Cuffs (an Irish bar), a complimentary 24-hour fitness gym with state-of-the-art equipment, a 24-hour business center, 24-hour room service, and complimentary wireless Internet access in all guest rooms and throughout the hotel. The hotel provides easy access to an assortment of attractions, shops, restaurants, and businesses. This includes the Freedom Trail, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, the State House, Paul Revere’s house, Boston Public Garden, The Museum of Science on the Charles River Dam Bridge, Fenway Park, The Wang Center, Old Town Trolley Tours, and The New England Aquarium. The hotel is also very convenient to Logan International Airport.
In addition to joining ALHI’s worldwide portfolio of 140+ Four- and Five-Diamond quality hotels and resorts, both The Chase Park Plaza hotel and Loews Boston Back Bay Hotel become additions to ALHI’s “City Solutions” and “Historic Collection” specialty segments.
“Boston and St. Louis continue to be very popular choices for meetings and programs,” said David Gabri, president and CEO of ALHI. “These two extraordinary historic hotels are exceptional choices for planners who are planning programs in the Northeast and Midwest. We can’t wait to share our excitement for them with the accounts we serve.”
Meeting professionals have chosen ALHI for nearly 30 years, for reliable one-call professional sales assistance and access to their distinctive hotels and resorts for meetings and incentive/recognition programs. There is no cost to planners’ organizations to utilize the ALHI GSO services, expertise, and account advocacy, as its members’ dues fund the Global Sales Organization to best serve planners with local professionals.
Member hotels include extraordinary Four- and Five-Diamond quality meeting and incentive resorts, incomparable city hotels, exclusive smaller hotels, golf resorts, historic and landmark properties, island destinations, resorts with spas, properties in international destinations, and hotels with world-class gaming and entertainment.
With a worldwide portfolio of over 100,000 rooms and suites and more than 10 million square feet of meeting space, ALHI provides planners and their organizations experienced Global Sales services with diverse options among its outstanding worldwide member hotels and resorts which specialize in meetings and incentive programs. ALHI provides reliable one-call professional sales assistance and access to their distinctive hotels, resorts, and venues for programs ranging from 10 to more than 6,500.
ALHI has 17 professionally-staffed Global Sales Offices to serve, with locations in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Louisville, New York City, Northern California, Orlando, Philadelphia, Richmond, Savannah, Southern California, Toronto, Washington, D.C., and Washington (state).
Photo caption: The Chase Park Plaza hotel in St. Louis, Missouri.
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