ST. LOUIS
The historic Mayfair Hotel in St. Louis reopened its doors August 12 as the Magnolia Hotel. The property closed in late 2013 for a multimillion-dollar renovation and reopened as a boutique property designed to meet the needs of business and leisure travelers as well as meeting groups.
The property offers planners an 8,000-square-foot executive conference center and elegant ballroom for meetings and events.
A historic St. Louis landmark, the Mayfair Hotel was purchased by Stout Street Hospitality, which incorporated it under their Magnolia brand. Stout Street Hospitality preserved the property’s historic character and features, while integrating boutique elements and design. The Mayfair, in its heyday, welcomed the likes of Douglas Fairbanks, Cary Grant, Irving Berlin, and John Barrymore, as well as Presidents Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson. This era of glamour and majesty was an inspiration behind the look and feel of today’s Magnolia.
Having been named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, the hotel remains modern and elegant with contemporary amenities and extreme attention to detail. Stout Street Hospitality, the company behind the Magnolia brand, has spent decades perfecting the boutique experience, a feat that today’s larger resorts are now striving to incorporate.
Situated in the heart of downtown St. Louis, the 182-room Magnolia is within walking distance of numerous attractions. Amenities at the boutique property include complimentary breakfast, an evening beer and wine reception, and downtown town car transportation, as well as the customary chocolate on the pillow – a tradition inspired and essentially established by Grant, who while a guest of the Mayfair, left a trail of chocolates leading his paramour to his suite.
Other firsts for the property included the first female general manager of a property in St. Louis. It was also among the very first properties to develop and offer overnight packages.
All guests of the Magnolia Hotel St. Louis receive complimentary Wi-Fi. The discounted, leisure, grand opening rate for the St. Louis property begins at $199 per night and is valid through Dec. 31, 2014.
The interior design of the property was under the direction of Feltus Hawkins Designs of Nashville and architectural design by Guy Thornton Design of New York and Denver.
