Originally the first Ritz-Carlton in America when it opened 94-years ago, the hotel on Arlington and Newbury Streets reopened on Tuesday totally rehabilitated and and with a new name, The Newbury. In December, Architectural Digest had ranked The Newbury as the world’s third most anticipated new hotel in 2021 after the Pendry in West Hollywood, California and the Xigeria Safari Lodge in Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Many old Boston families have a personal connection with the hotel either through afternoon high tea or marriage in the Grand Ballroom.

Asked about opening at a time when most Boston hotels are either still closed or have minimal business, Managing Director Carlos Bueno preferred to look to the future citing the number of event bookings well into 2022.

“For us, the future starts now and it’s looking very, very exciting”.