Spring ain't the only thing bursting forth in the city these days. Hotel rooms are too! In the last year, well over 300+ rooms have been added to downtown, with a couple more in the planning stages. The Old Port area is getting two the Hyatt Place here on Fore Street, in as they say in the 'heart of the old port', and another biggie a Courtyard Marriott to open this month on Commercial Street. Even the old Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram building will be resurrected in April of 2015 as the Press Hotel. And get this. It's being advertised already as a boutique hotel. Someone, please help me as to what that is. Adding more available rooms to the city? I say, Bring It On!
After all, we are talking Maine here.
Guarantee you this.
Not enough rooms in the summer.
Plenty of available room in winter.
Come visit!
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ReplyDeletei hope they get lots of business.
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We are having a building/refurb boom with new hotel rooms in Tulsa also. I think boutique hotel means small rooms and high prices and no closet.
ReplyDeleteJust in time for the summer crowds. I haven't been able to pin down that "boutique" description either. I did stay in one in Washing DC a few years ago and I have to say it was kind of quirky. The carpet in the hall outside my room was leopard print and the walls were red.
ReplyDeleteAll kinds of signs of a growing economy. Do you get a lot of summer visitors there? I was going to say the same thing Yogi did - about "boutique" referring to small rooms and high prices, but fancy little knicknacks.
ReplyDeleteThey don't call it VACATIONLAND for nothing.
DeleteIf one day I get a chance to come, it will be in winter !
ReplyDeleteI can never figure out the boutique business either!
ReplyDeleteBoutique hotels generally don't have as many rooms as the huge chain hotels, supposedly have nicer amenities and more style, and may be more "intimate," as in offering wine tasting and such. I worked for a Hyatt Regency years ago and for the most part you could walk into any of 1,000 rooms and the same cookie cutter had stamped them out. The one boutique I've stayed in, "George" in D.C., had more upscale decor, better sound insulation, and felt less impersonal. Funny thing is about hotels: even if there are more rooms built the prices don't seem to come down.
ReplyDeleteSo do you welcome the influx of touristas in the summer? Does it make getting around difficult? Or happily more lively?
ReplyDeleteThe more the merrier, I guess.
DeletePlenty of available rooms in the winter is not a surprise for Maine.
ReplyDeleteThis is a good thing. I had a heck of a time finding a room downtown when I passed through two summers ago. Bet the summer rates won't go down. though.
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed Maine in the summer. Can't say I want to visit in the winter!
ReplyDeleteI like the new boutique hotels. You get a little more personal attention at some.
ReplyDeleteHave heard nothing but raves about Maine in the summer.
ReplyDeleteWe travel off season: lower rates, fewer people... I highly recommend Portland off season, so many people in summer, with the ships & all..But it is an amazing place any season.
ReplyDeleteIf I am visiting Maine, it is more likely to be the Harraseeket Inn.
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