For months now the Baltimore
Marriott Waterfront has been undergoing major renovations to their lobby,
dining and beverage spaces. The goal is something more interactive and social
allowing guests to work, play and interface. The renovations open the lobby up
like a great room with nooks and crannies for drinking, socializing, lounging, grab
and go food, dining and even a private dining room and executive meeting
lounge. Plenty of 42 inch plasma televisions, WiFi and electrical outlets and
USB ports at the bar stay in tuned to the conveniences the public is
demanding.
Let me interject a little
personal experience right here. I’m just back from Women Chefs and
Restaurateurs conference in Chicago. We
stayed at the Intercontinental Hotel right on the Miracle Mile, a grand dame of
hotels. They were amazing; service, the room, banquets BUT they had no lounge
space what-so-ever in the lobby. There were no couches or chairs except a handful
near the side entrance. We seemed forced into the Michael Jordan lounge or
Starbucks if we wanted to interact and socialize. In the past, the lobby has always been where
conference goers interacted before events, after dinner. A salute to Baltimore Marriott
Waterfront’s keen eye to spend the millions to revamp this not so old hotel and make it more social,
like home.
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