Seaport Hotel and Seaport World Trade Center
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The Seaport Boston Hotel and the neighboring Seaport World Trade Center is located on the Boston waterfront, also known as Commonwealth Pier, in South Boston, Massachusetts
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The Seaport Boston Hotel opened in 1998.
Renovations were completed in 2009 by the New York architects BBG-BBGM.
designated Fidelity Investments and The Drew Company as developers of Commonwealth Pier, which they transformed into the World Trade Center Boston in 1986.
rooms, and Forbes Traveler named Seaport one of America’s Greenest Hotels in 2008. The hotel is also a member of the Green Hotels Association , which promotes environmental safe products to be used in green hotels.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection awarded Seaport with the 2008 Waste Wise/Innovation Award. Seaport awarded the Boston Green Business award in 2008 for the Bike Friendly Business program.
Seaport received the Boston Green Business Award from the City of Boston
In 2007, Seaport Hotel received the Good Earthkeeping Award by the Massachusetts Lodging Association.
The facility also hosted half of MacWorld Boston along with the Bayside Expo Center.
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
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The Seaport Boston Hotel opened in 1998.
Renovations were completed in 2009 by the New York architects BBG-BBGM.
Commonwealth Pier History
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 1970’s, when changes in cargo transport made the Pier obsolete. In the early 1980’s, the Massachusetts Port AuthorityMassachusetts Port Authority
Massachusetts Port Authority, or Massport, is a port district in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It operates seaports and airports in eastern and central Massachusetts, mainly the Port of Boston. Its headquarters is located in the Logan Office Center, adjacent to Logan Airport in East Boston,...
designated Fidelity Investments and The Drew Company as developers of Commonwealth Pier, which they transformed into the World Trade Center Boston in 1986.
Green Hotel
The hotel contains HypoallergenicHypoallergenic
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rooms, and Forbes Traveler named Seaport one of America’s Greenest Hotels in 2008. The hotel is also a member of the Green Hotels Association , which promotes environmental safe products to be used in green hotels.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection awarded Seaport with the 2008 Waste Wise/Innovation Award. Seaport awarded the Boston Green Business award in 2008 for the Bike Friendly Business program.
Seaport received the Boston Green Business Award from the City of Boston
In 2007, Seaport Hotel received the Good Earthkeeping Award by the Massachusetts Lodging Association.
Notable Stays and Visits
- President Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
- President Bill ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
- President George H. W. BushGeorge H. W. BushGeorge Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to...
- President George W. BushGeorge W. BushGeorge Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
- Governor Mitt Romney
- Chinese Premier
- Deval PatrickDeval PatrickDeval Laurdine Patrick is the 71st and current Governor of Massachusetts. A member of the Democratic Party, Patrick served as an Assistant United States Attorney General under President Bill Clinton...
The facility also hosted half of MacWorld Boston along with the Bayside Expo Center.
Hotel Information
- 428 Guest Rooms
- 41 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