2008 OPTM Hotel Information
Variety
Lodging choices for the 2008 Symposium include two hotels not previously on our list. All lodging choices offer diverse options for the off-hours. Boston today supports a melange of cultures and tastes and offers numerous possibilities in sightseeing, museums, dining, shopping, and walking tours of the ‘Freedom Trail’, even whale watching and sunset cruises around Boston Harbor. Our location in the historic South End of Boston also offers opportunities for exploration and discovery—unique shops, galleries and restaurants. All hotels are minutes from Logan Airport.
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Our very close neighbor, Hampton Inn & Suites Crosstown, is available as it was in 2006. This award winning Boston hotel offers boutique-style, all suite accommodations near Boston’s key area attractions and historical sites. The Best Western Roundhouse Suites’ friendly staff and upscale amenities are designed to make your stay a memorable one. The hotel is centrally located in the South end of Boston on the BUMC campus. Amenities include:
Indoor swimming pool on top floor
On-Site Fitness Center accessible 24 hours a day
ATM in hotel
Complimentary Airport Shuttle and shuttles to local attractions
Telephones with data port and personalized voicemail
In-room coffee maker including complimentary coffee & tea
Free High Speed Internet Access
Complimentary breakfast buffet served daily in Lobby Café
Free local calling
Covered Parking adjacent to hotel, at $25 daily
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Two blocks from the Hampton Inn and still adjacent to our campus is the Best Western Roundhouse Suites, a unique hostelry which bears out in its floor plan the shape its name suggests. This unusual, round building was built in the 1800’s as a reservoir for the natural gas used to light the street lamps of Boston. In the 1920’s, the building was the site of a motion picture exhibition, followed by light manufacturing and storage in the 30’s. And then it remained unused and vacant for many years, before it was transformed into a beautiful, top-notch all-suites hotel. The Round House offers:
Fax/photocopy/valet service
Fitness Center
Business Center
Free shuttle service to local subway stations and Back Bay, 7:15 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Complimentary Airport Shuttle
Free high-speed wireless internet
Free local calling
Complimentary deluxe continental breakfast
Complimentary morning newspaper
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One mile from campus by bus or easy walking, through a neighborhood of restored brick row houses and tree-shaded squares dating to the pre-Civil War era, stands one of Boston’s best kept secrets, which we have discovered for you this year.The John Hancock Hotel, a gem of period charm and detail built in 1925 in the Adams style, sits just aside Copley Square. The Hotel neighbors the Boston Public Library, a recently restored Charles F. McKim 1895 architectural masterpiece, and Henry Hobson Richardson’s Romanesque Trinity Church. The John Hancock Tower, designed by I.M. Pei stands one block from the namesake hotel. Amenities include:
24-hour Front Desk
In-room modem line
Complimentary WI-FI
Complimentary weekday newspaper
Complimentary continental breakfast
Discounted parking adjacent to hotel, $20 daily
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Rates/Registration/Additional Information
Hampton Inn…….$179 (use Code C-OPS)
Telephone…………. 1-617-445-6400
Hampton Inn and Suites
John Hancock Hotel…………$159
Telephone…………….617-933-7700
John Hancock Hotel
Roundhouse Suites………….$150
Telephone…………….617-989-1000
Roundhouse Suites
Attendees are urged to register early for best availability.
Rates are not guaranteed after August 31.
