WASHINGTON, D.C.
In conjunction with the hotel's rebranding as part of Autograph Collection Hotels, The Mayflower in Washington, D.C., completed its final phase of a top-to-bottom renovation, with all 583 rooms and 74 suites undergoing a major restyling.
The $20 million room project, spearheaded by The Gettys Group design firm, aims to maintain the 10-story hotel's historic pedigree while updating its look and outfitting each guest room with the latest amenities.
Once a part of Renaissance Hotels within the Marriott International family of lifestyle brands, The Mayflower Hotel now joins Autograph Collection Hotels, a group of 86 independent hotels emphasizing their uniquely sophisticated settings, from The Algonquin Hotel Times Square to the Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas and beyond.
The Mayflower Hotel, listed in the National Register of Historic places, opened in 1925 and has since hosted D.C.'s power scene and many iconic figures.
The new room designs and finishes take inspiration from the hotel’s storied past while striving to emphasize its present-day vitality, offering a palette of warm grays complemented with furnishings of refined wood, stone, glass and jewel-toned upholstery, giving each room a residential feel that features modern finishes and movable seating areas, easily customized for the purpose of that guest's stay.
A playful addition to the decor is the exclusive signature wall, a vinyl re-creation of the hotel's guest book displayed on the wall behind the bed, complete with artistic versions of signatures of famous guests including President John F. Kennedy, Amelia Earhart, Winston Churchill, Sophia Loren and J. Edgar Hoover.
The Mayflower now offers increased bandwidth for enhanced high-speed Internet access, as well as "smart thermostats" run with a chip embedded in the guest's key card, which communicates with the air-conditioning unit when the room is occupied in order to adjust temperatures accordingly.
From its post on Connecticut Avenue, The Mayflower places guests in the city center near The National Mall, business district and Georgetown. The property offers almost 40,000 square feet of overall event space comprising 27 different rooms.