Hotel Overview

There is no place quite like Hotel Jerome. For 120 years, we have catered our mountain resort to the discretionary mountain traveler. Our comfortable blend of understated elegance, personalized services, exceptional accommodations and modern amenities are only found at the world’s most luxurious boutique hotels.

Today, Hotel Jerome continues its tradition by offering a collection of 94 richly appointed, modern guest rooms and suites along with celebrated restaurants, including the ever-popular J-Bar. Guests love our unsurpassed services such as: twice-daily maid service, nightly turn-down service, and complimentary local transportation via a chauffer-driven luxury SUV.

Nestled in the heart of Aspen, this landmark hotel is minutes from the Aspen Airport, over an hour from Eagle County Airport and less than four hours from Denver International Airport.

History

Hotel Jerome has a rich history as one of the Rocky Mountain’s most iconic luxury resort destinations. Hotel Jerome was born of the vision of one man: Jerome B. Wheeler, the co-owner of New York's Macy's Department Store, during the height of the Colorado’s silver boom. He built the hotel in 1889 to emulate the great European hotels such as London's fabled Claridge's and George V in Paris – and to create an aura of cosmopolitan civility in what was then a raucous mining town.

The grand hotel, which quickly became the epicenter of Aspen's social and commercial life, was considered a modern marvel, with opening night rates on $3 - $4 per room. One of the first buildings west of the Mississippi River to be fully lit by electricity, it featured 90 guest rooms, 15 bathrooms, indoor plumbing, hot and cold running water, steam heat and an elevator.

After the "silver crash” at the end of the 19th century, the hotel fell on difficult times and struggled to remain open until the 1940s, when Aspen was re-invented as a ski resort. Soon thereafter, Hotel Jerome was restored to its former glory, becoming immensely popular with the movie stars who put Aspen on the world's celebrity map.

The hotel was renovated in the mid-1980s and then again recently in 2002. These renovations included upgrading the hotel’s facilities, enlarging it with a new four-story addition and grand ballroom, and refurbishing the famous J-Bar, guest rooms and main lobby. 

Today, Hotel Jerome has found a comfortable balance between authentic historic character and fine, modern amenity.

• Affiliations
• Hotel Jerome is a proud member of Preferred Hotels & Resorts
• Charter Member of the Historic Hotels of America
• National Register of Historic Places
• American Express Fine Hotels & Resorts Program
• Virtuoso Collection

Awards

• AAA Four Diamond Award (since 1991)
• Travel+Leisure – Ranked by readers as one of the "Top 500 Hotels in the World" (2007) and one of the "Top 100 Hotels in the Continental U.S. and Canada"
• Zagat Excellence Award, Top Hotels, Resorts and Spas (2008)
• SKI Magazine – Named “one of the 10 Best Ski Hotels"
• Expedia Insiders Select Award (2007)
• Carlson Marketing Spirit of Excellence Award (2007)
• Wine Spectator Award of Excellence (2008)

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