After Construction ...
Immediate Rewards
20 Years CHA
Zero Trans Fats
Environmental Leader
New Breakfast Desserts
New Restaurant Concept
Best of the Best Award
New Hair Salon

News at the Senator Inn & Spa

March 25 , 2008


New Photos of Many of Our Guest Rooms

(Augusta, ME) The Best Western Senator Inn & Spa has added photos of about 80 or our 122 guest rooms. More will be added shortly. Please go here to view the photos.


February 6, 2008 - in the Kennebec Journal


After Construction, Senator Inn & Spa survives, thrives by Kris Ferrazza

(Augusta, ME) The Best Western Senator Inn & Spa has been a rock in a sea of change as the venerable hotel has stood at the center of major construction and a new traffic pattern on Western Avenue
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November 28, 2007


Senator Inn & Spa Introduces Immediate Rewards™ Program

(Augusta, ME) The Best Western Senator Inn & Spa has introduced a new guest rewards program that enables members to apply their rewards towards room charges or hotel services upon check out.
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February 22, 2007

Vern Cook First in State to Reach 20 Years as Certified Hotel Administrator

(Augusta, ME) Vern Cook, co-owner of the Senator Inn & Spa in Augusta, recently achieved the 20-year mark as a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) through the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA).
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January 25, 2007

Senator Inn and Spa Institutes Zero Tolerance Policy Against Trans Fats

(Augusta, ME) The Senator Inn & Spa, a privately owned and operated inn committed to health and relaxation, today announced the institution of a zero tolerance policy against trans fats. Under the Senator’s new policy, no food prepared or served at the Senator’s Cloud 9 restaurant, bar, guest rooms or banquet facilities will contain partially hydrogenated oils. Partially hydrogenated oils are man-made, commonly found in processed foods and commercially baked products and laden with trans fat.
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November 17, 2006

Senator Inn and Spa becomes Certified Environmental Leader

(Augusta, ME) Owners Vern and Betsy Cook have always made the Best Western Senator Inn and Spa a healthy place for their guests. Now, the Cook’s are taking steps to improve the environmental health of their 125-room Augusta inn by taking part in Maine’s Green Lodging Certification Program.
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February 10, 2006

Cloud 9 Restaurant First to Feature Breakfast Desserts

(Augusta, ME) Cloud 9 Restaurant at the Senator Inn & Spa has introduced a new breakfast menu. Debuting on Friday, February 3, the new Cloud 9 breakfast menu features new twists on traditional breakfast classics.
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January 3, 2006

Cooks Fight National Restaurant Trend
Senator Inn & Spa Unveils New Restaurant Concept

(Augusta, ME) Vern and Betsy Cook, owners of the Senator Inn & Spa Restaurant in Augusta, are turning up the heat on their national restaurant chain competitors. Never known for complacency, the Cooks will unveil a new restaurant concept that has been simmering for more than a year.

The new restaurant, aptly named Cloud 9 at the Senator Inn & Spa, will feature gourmet brick oven pizza and freshly-made Italian style pasta in addition to the creative cuisine and desserts the Senator has been known for over the years. Gone are the furniture, fixtures and white tablecloths symbolic of the Senator’s heretofore semi-formal dining experience. In their place, Cloud 9 diners will see stylish new tables and chairs, colorful wall art created by local artisans and nine individually shaped, blue and white cloud murals recessed into the ceiling - the inspiration behind the new name.
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November 15, 2004

Best Western Hotels Bestows Prestigious 2004 Best of the Best Design to the Senator Inn & Spa of Augusta Maine

(Augusta, ME) Best Western Motels announced today that the Senator Inn & Spa has received 2004 Best of the Best Design Award for their newly renovated and expanded spa and fitness facility. The Best of the Best Design Awards recognize Best Western affiliated worldwide hotels that have undergone renovation or new construction within the past two years. The Senator Inn & Spa received the highest score in their geographic district based on the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) criteria. Hundreds of properties were judged by a panel of professional members from ASID and the American Institute of Architects and included such specifications as scale and proportion, color and composition, creative use of space, effective use of lighting, custom design and architectural design. Furthermore, the competition considered unique design challenges and issues that were overcome by the entrants.
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