Twenty seven-year Marriott veteran TERRY WORDEN has been appointed general manager of the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel, opening January 2008, it was announced today.  Worden joins the hotel’s elite executive team, which includes David Keamy, director of sales and marketing, Perry Kessler, director of hotel sales, and Evan Empey, citywide senior account executive, market sales, Boston.     

The 471-room new-build hotel will be the first Renaissance property in the downtown Boston area. 

“Terry’s extensive experience in the Boston market prepares him to make this highly anticipated hotel opening in the city’s emerging South Boston Waterfront District a noteworthy success for the Renaissance brand,” said Richard Morse, eastern regional vice president of Renaissance Hotels and Resorts. 

Worden is an active member of Great Boston Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, the Downtown Waterfront Business Association, A Better City and the Mayor’s Tourism Task Force.  For the past seven years, he served as general manager at the 400-room Boston Marriott Long Wharf.  Prior to that, Worden was the area general manager for Marriott on Boston’s North Shore in Peabody, MA.  In addition, he has held executive positions at six other Marriott hotels during his nearly three decades of service with the Bethesda, MD-based company. 

The Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel will be situated on the South Boston Waterfront, within the 1,000-acre, mixed-use development called the Seaport District.  Directly east of Boston’s bustling Financial District, this location offers exceptional water and city views, as well as proximity to the new Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, downtown Boston and Logan International Airport.

The Renaissance Boston Waterfront will offer 471 guest rooms and 21 suites, all of which will be equipped with flat panel TVs, connectivity panels for laptops, and MP3 players.  Over 20,700 square feet of meeting space, including a 10,700-square-foot ballroom and a 4,400-square-foot junior ballroom, will be available and will offer state-of-the-art technology, including wireless Internet access throughout.  The hotel’s onsite restaurant will feature fresh seafood creations, outdoor seating, a chef’s table and an exhibition kitchen.  Guests will enjoy a Starbucks® Café, a lobby lounge, a fitness center with lap pool, spa treatment rooms and an outdoor terrace, as well as a 24-hour business center.