Hotel Galvez, Galveston’s Only Historic Beachfront Hotel, Celebrates 99th Anniversary June 10- MEDIA ALERT

WHO:              Hotel Galvez & Spa, A Wyndham^® Grand Hotel and National Trust Historic Hotel of America, is part of Mitchell Historic Properties.

 

WHAT:           Galveston’s Hotel Galvez will celebrate its 99^th anniversary on Thursday, June 10. In celebration, Hotel Galvez invites guests to record their birthday wishes and favorites memories of the hotel on video from noon to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the hotel’s concierge desk. These video messages will be posted on the hotel’s YouTube Channel.

 

In honor of its 99^th anniversary, the hotel will serve complimentary cake to anyone dinning in Bernardo’s Restaurant for lunch and dinner.

 

WHERE:         2024 Seawall Blvd., Galveston Island, TX

WHEN:           Thursday, June 10, noon – 2 p.m. & 4 – 6 p.m.

Hotel guests are invited to record birthday wishes and share their favorite memories of the hotel.

FUN FACTS:   The Hotel Galvez was built as a symbol of Galveston’s resilience following the Great Storm of 1900. A group of businessmen pooled their resources and raised $1 million to open the hotel on June 10, 1911, at 6 p.m.  This elegant beachfront hotel was immediately proclaimed the “Queen of the Gulf.” It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

 

The hotel served as a temporary White House for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a working facility for the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II and as a headquarters for the Pageants of Pulchritude, the beauty pageants that preceded the Miss America Pageant.  Hotel Galvez hosts an average of 120 weddings every year.

 

 

FAMOUS PRESIDENTIAL GUESTS:           

FOR INFO:     For information call (409) 765-7721, (800) WYNDHAM or visit www.WyndhamHotelGalvez.com.   Historic photos of the hotel are available.

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Christine Hopkins, APR, Mitchell Historic Properties

Cell (409) 457- 1055 • E-mail: chopkins@mitchellfamilycorp.com