BRETTON WOODS – The Omni Mount Washington Resort recently completed its 69 room / suite presidential wing, a $ 60 million upgrade that began in July 2018 with the installation of the Bretton Woods Skyway gondola, New Hampshire’s first eight gondola Passengers, began.
In winter, the gondola serves skiers and snowboarders in the alpine skiing area of Bretton Woods, the largest in the granite state. For the remainder of the year, it takes guests to the Rosebrook Lodge for dining and the Crystal Hills venue.
Work on Rosebrook Lodge and the Presidential Wing began in August 2019, said Joshua DeBottis, general manager of the resort. Simultaneously with improvements in the Omni Mount Washington Hotel, the main dining room, the adjoining sun dining room and the Jewell Terrace / Observatory Bar on the roof have all been redesigned.
Like the rooms and suites in the Presidential Wing, all three of the above venues offer breathtaking views of Mount Washington, the highest peak in the northeast, and the White Mountains to the north and south.
The “reinterpretation and expansion will enhance the guest experience for years to come,” said DeBottis, who is interested in the giant claw foot soaking tubs found in every room and suite in the Presidential Wing.
With the presidential wing, the resort now has four levels of accommodation, including the Lodge at Bretton Woods and the Omni Bretton Arms Inn, he said.
A graphic of the Rosebrook Lodge in the Bretton Woods Ski Area greets visitors to the new Presidential Wing at the Omni Mount Washington Hotel.
The resort sits on 2,000 acres and offers not only the largest alpine ski area in the state, but also the largest amount of meeting space, said Craig Clemmer, director of sales and marketing at the Omni Mount Washington Resort.
Built between 1900 and 1902, the Mount Washington Hotel “is the last of a dying race,” said Clemmer – Grand Hotels in the White Mountains that are “in the backyard of Boston.”
There were 22 such hotels at one time, he said, but now all that’s left is the Omni Mount Washington and the Mountain View Grand in Whitefield.
After Omni Hotels & Resorts had managed the property since 2009, it bought the Mount Washington Resort in 2015. The resort attracts many guests from afar, but most of them are within 450 miles, Clemmer said.
“It’s a destination for the ride,” he said. “This is accessible without boarding a plane.”
