We are very proud at Hampton Terrace of our loyal customer base. There are more than 4,000 couples who remain on our newsletter list, even though opting out is one click away. We are equally proud that our summers fill each year with more than 50% repeat visitation.
We are careful about sending out our e-mail newsletters, knowing that an abuse of our valuable e-mail list will result in more opt-outs. So we limit our newsletters to about three per year….two of them pertaining to important dates involving Tanglewood. The third features off-season specials.
So we see Facebook as a terrific opportunity for those guests who want to hear more from us to voluntarily do so. Through Facebook we will be offering last-minute specials, discounts and values….and as importantly….we will keep you in touch with interesting Berkshire activities….for example…last night was the inaugural lighting of the new Westinghouse Street Lights in the village. A little known fact: Lenox was among the first towns in America to have electrically lit streets, due to the fact that George Westinghouse’s wife did not like the dark ride from her summer home into the village. He was in the process of installing street lights in downtown Niagra Falls, so she leaned on him to throw a few around Lenox. Now, 100 years later, there are still a few of the original (although non-working) lights around town, which served the role of allowing us to make exact replicas for the newly restored Lenox streetscape.
The town leaders turned out last night, dressed in full turn-of-the-century formality, to flip on the new lights. You could have been here. Future Facebook fans of Hampton Terrace will hear about such fun opportunities. CLICK HERE!
Last night we were fortunate to be invited by our friend, Elizabeth Aspenlieder, to the premier of "Les Liasons Dangereuses" at Shakespeare & Company, located just two blocks from us. She was playing the lead role, Marquise de Merteuil, in what has become a theater classic.
Anyone who has been to Lenox during Tanglewood Season knows that this is one of the premier destinations in the world. That is seconded by National Geographic Traveler (#7 on their list). The world-class level of our attractions, shops, galleries and restaurants is attributed to the quantity and the quality of our visitors.
The Boston Symphony Tanglewood Schedule is out. Tickets go on sale in February, but many people are locking in their accommodations now. Hampton Terrace’s Mid-Week Discount can save approximately 30%. Add that to a weekend stay, and your average night stay will come well below average Lenox accommodations.
Tina Packer founded Shakespeare & Company in Lenox thirty-three years ago, and for more than twenty years, the well-known company was located at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s home. But in 1999 they had the opportunity to assume control of their own 63 acre campus, and they set to work converting an old gymnasium left over from the Lenox School for Boys into their "Founder’s Theatre."
As we wind into the final days before Christmas, we are all falling into the trap I just encountered. My wife wanted something specific, and I went to the web. At Amazon, for an $89 item, I accepted a $29.00 two-day-delivery fee to make sure it got here in time. Normal shipping and handling was $5.95.