Read Reviews of Portland, Oregon’s Most Historic Boutique Hotel
April 2008 - "Portland, Oregon's Heathman Hotel (with its fine library) has the right idea, as its "go green" package isn't limited to Earth Day alone. It's year-round offering includes having a tree planted in the guest's name and free parking for those arriving with a hybrid car. We're glad to see them doing their part to make Earth Day every day. - National Geographic Intelligent Travel
February 2008: "Heathman doorman is City 'Ambassador'." - The Oregonian
February 2008: "Portland's Heathman Hotel - now offers the Books By Your Bedside package in partnership with the city's famed Powell's Books. For $229 per night, couples get a hardcover edition from a recent guest author, travel reading light, city walking map, bookmark, Powell's map and guide, personal tour of the library and continental breakfast." - TravelAge West - Exploring Travel Favorites.
January 2008: "We welcome the Heathman Hotel as a leader in sustainable practices. With their Blue Sky energy purchase, they are helping to keep the environment healthy, bringing economic benefits to the region and preserving resources for future generations." - Pacific Power and Blue Sky - Green Power Program of the Year
January 2008: "In December, the Italian Renaissance-style Heathman Hotel, built in 1927 and located in the heart of downtown cultural district, unveiled its 4,000 title library-and a coinciding package, called "Books by your Bedside." the $229-per-night package pormises perks like a free hardcover book written by an author who has slept at the Heathman (past guests include Tom Wolfe, Wallace Stegner, John Updike, and Alice Walker), a travel reading light, a tour of the library, and some enticing swag from local independent bookstore behemoth (and Rolf Potts favorite) Powell's." "Plus, Heathman vows to make a donation in each guest's name to SMART (Start Making A Reader Today), an Oregon nonprofit that promotes literacy for children." - National Geographic Intelligent Travel
September 2007: “Portland’s top luxury pick, the Heathman boasts a 250-piece art collection, a very rare library collection of 2,000-plus titles signed by authors who have over-nighted, and our unique Personal Concierge assigned to each guest. The hotel’s eponymous restaurant merges French and Pacific Northwest cuisines in award-winning meals.”
- Southwest Spirit Magazine
May 28, 2007: “In Portland, a city that prides itself on its environmental friendliness, the historic Heathman Hotel is following suit with its newest guest package, Go Green. For every client who books the program, the Heathman will plant a tree in conjunction with the Portland-based Friends of Trees, a non-profit organization inspiring community stewardship of the urban forest.”
- Travel Age West
May 4, 2007: “For locals, the elegant, European-style Heathman Hotel is where special friends and family stay if the house fills up. A member of the National Trust Historic Hotel of America, the Heathman was named to Travel + Leisure magazine’s top 100 hotels in the USA and Canada in 2003. The Heathman also features a James Beard award-winning restaurant, which serves Northwest cuisine with a French accent.”
- USA Today
April 24, 2007: “Chris Erickson, the general manager of the Heathman Hotel in downtown Portland, Or., extends his hospitality to moms-away-from-home on Mother’s Day. His entire staff gets excited about the occasion. And from the sumptuous accommodations to the special in-room personal services to the elegant holiday brunch designed and executed by master French chef Phillipe Boulout, ‘the Heathman delivers a 100-percent luxury Mother’s Day experience,’”
- MSN City Guide
April 20, 2007: “Portland's green hotels also include the Heathman Hotel, which is pursuing a separate energy-reducing initiative and hopes to earn the Energy Star Label for energy efficiency.”
- Portland Business Journal
April 3, 2007: “The Girls Night Out package includes a one-night stay at the historic 150-room Heathman Hotel located in the cultural district by the Portland Center for the Performing Arts--as well as two Cosmopolitans on arrival, lunch at the hotel restaurant, valet parking, and two Happy Feet packages at the Barefoot Sage spa.”
- Budget Travel
February 7, 2007: "Chris Erickson, General Manager of the Heathman Hotel along with Jeff Miller, President of Travel Portland Visitors Association are among the many residents and businesses that have stepped forward to financially assist Pastor A. Wayne Johnson on the recent total loss of Morning Star Church which was consumed by fire a few days ago." - African American Chamber of Commerce






