The Seaport Boston Hotel and World Trade Center is a hotel and conference center complex located on the South Boston Waterfront in Boston, Massachusetts. The South Boston Waterfront is also known as the Boston Seaport District and the Innovation District. The World Trade Center part of the complex is located on Commonwealth Pier.
History
RATIONAL at the Seaport Hotel, World Trade Center in Boston - "I think what I like most about the RATIONAL, is what it can do." Richard Rayment, Executive Chef at the Seaport Hotel, WTC Boston.
Constructed in 1901 as a maritime cargo handling facility, Commonwealth Pier was the largest pier building in the world at the time. Able to accommodate the largest vessels that entered the port of Boston, this facility was an integral part of city's maritime industry, handling both freight and passenger traffic, with rail and truck transportation access right on the pier. Commonwealth Pier subsequently underwent two major renovations and continued to host ships through the 1970s, when changes in cargo transport made the pier obsolete. In the early 1980s, the Massachusetts Port Authority designated Fidelity Investments and The Drew Company as developers of Commonwealth Pier, which they transformed into the World Trade Center Boston in 1986. In 1998, Fidelity Investments and The Drew Company opened the Seaport Boston Hotel alongside the World Trade Center.
Facilities and Features
The AAA Four Diamond property is one of the premier facilities for conferences, meetings and exhibitions in New England with over 180,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space. The hotel features four restaurants - TAMO Bistro & Bar, Seaport Café, Bakery Café and TAMO Terrace (seasonal), as well as Wave Health & Fitness. Seaport features a 2,300 space underground parking garage, and has an established, award-winning environmental program, Seaport Saves.
The hotel contains Hypoallergenic rooms, and Forbes Traveler named Seaport one of "America's Greenest Hotels" in 2008.[7] The hotel is also a member of the Green Hotels Association,[8] which promotes environmentally safe products to be used in green hotels and its TAMO Bistro & Bar is a Certified Green Restaurant. The hotel features:
- 428 Guest Rooms
- 40 Meeting Rooms
- 44,600 sq. ft. Largest Meeting Room
- 180,000 sq. ft. Total Meeting Space
- 394 seat Amphitheater
- 120,000 sq. ft. Exhibition Center
- Complimentary wireless internet access
- Service-inclusive policy
- Complimentary access for overnight guests to Wave Health & Fitness
- MBTA “T†stop on campus
Awards and Accolades
Seaport Boston Hotel & World Trade Center has received numerous awards including:
- the Boston Business Journal’s “Best Places to Work†award (first place, large company, 2006 and 2013)
- the Pinnacle Award from Successful Meetings magazine (most recently, 2015)
- the Good Earthkeeping Award from the American Hotel & Lodging Association (2013) and the Massachusetts Lodging Association (2013).
References
External links
- Official website
- Massport
- Boston Green Tourism
