{"id":265490,"date":"2026-08-14T20:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T20:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265490\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T20:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T20:02:08","slug":"hotel-bethlehem-named-americas-best-historic-hotel-for-sixth-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/265490\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotel Bethlehem named America\u2019s best historic hotel for sixth straight year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hotel Bethlehem on Aug. 12 earned America\u2019s Best Historic Hotel\/Resort from <a href=\"https:\/\/lvb.com\/tag\/usa-today-10best\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with USA Today 10Best\" target=\"_blank\">USA Today 10Best<\/a> for the sixth year running.\n<\/p>\n<p>A panel of experts curated nominations, and the public made their final votes to determine the recognition. The hotel, which opened in 1922 and sits adjacent to the newest U.S. UNESCO World Heritage Site, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lvb.com\/tag\/moravian-church-settlements\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with moravian church settlements\" target=\"_blank\">Moravian church settlements<\/a>, has 125 guest rooms, a grand lobby, two restaurants, two ballrooms and seven meeting rooms. It also features the Hotel B Ice Cream Parlor serving Penn State Creamery ice cream, Grandpa Joe\u2019s Candy Shop, Steel Magnolia Spa &amp; Salon and other amenities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m continuously overwhelmed with the community support we receive every year,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/lvb.com\/tag\/hotel-bethlehem\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with Hotel Bethlehem\" target=\"_blank\">Hotel Bethlehem<\/a> managing partner <a href=\"https:\/\/lvb.com\/tag\/bruce-haines\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with Bruce Haines\" target=\"_blank\">Bruce Haines<\/a> said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>Hotel Bethlehem earned the top spot, followed by locations like the Grand Hotel Golf Resort &amp; Spa in Fairhope, Ala., The Peabody Memphis, Congress Hall in Cape May and more. The Omni Bedford Springs Resort in Pennsylvania earned the number 10 spot.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are judged by the company you keep,\u201d said Haines. \u201cIt\u2019s clear our beloved \u2018Hotel B\u2019 is among the best of the best.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>Haines also credited the \u201cpower of partnerships\u201d that contributed to campaign success. This year, the hotel expanded its partnership with Historic Bethlehem Museums &amp; Sites (HBMS). \u201cThe hotel delivers the visitors and HBMS brings the stories to life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hotel Bethlehem\u2019s media recognition has earned the city a 20-percent boost in <a href=\"https:\/\/lvb.com\/tag\/transient-leisure-business\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with transient leisure business\" target=\"_blank\">transient leisure business<\/a> over the last year. July alone saw a 50-percent boost, according to Haines. The hotel is affiliated with Historic Hotels of America, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hotel Bethlehem on Aug. 12 earned America\u2019s Best Historic Hotel\/Resort from USA Today 10Best for the sixth year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,3484,3487,112103,112104,3489],"class_list":["post-265490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bruce-haines","tag-hotel-bethlehem","tag-moravian-church-settlements","tag-transient-leisure-business","tag-usa-today-10best"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}