The Cornell Lab of Ornithology & Enthusiast Hotel Collection Partner to Offer Birders a New Home
Enthusiast Hotel Collection is pleased to announce their new partnership with the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology, offering birders the chance to become familiar with and seek out the local species that live in and around the six properties in the group, which span from the West Coast to the Caribbean. This unique collaboration will help hotel guests discover the hundreds of bird species around them and better connect with the natural world and with other birdwatchers during their stay. Bird enthusiasts who visit EHC properties will be able make use of this valuable network to explore birds in California (Brewery Gulch Inn), the Bahamas (A Stone’s Throw Away), St. Lucia (Cap Cove), North Carolina (Historic Tapoco Lodge), Maine (Hartstone Inn), and Florida (Casa Morada).
“We are excited to announce our partnership with Enthusiast Hotel Collection,” says Mary Guthrie, Director of Corporate Partnerships at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. “Whether guests are lifelong birders or just getting started, our resources are designed to inspire and spark a deep connection with nature.”
Enthusiast Hotel Collection Founder Oneil Khosa continues, “We’re thrilled to help enhance the enjoyment of birds for guests at all our hotels and give them the tools and resources to build memories that last forever. We are very proud of our partnership with the Cornell Lab.”
To provide a truly unique experience to the millions of birders in the U.S., the properties in the Enthusiast Hotel Collection will connect guests who are bird-watching enthusiasts with local experts. By integrating this program into the hotel collection, birders can expect professional guidance and curated tours of birds at all the properties. Guests will be able to study migration patterns, nesting rituals, and more on educational walks, and learn about each area’s local efforts to protect vulnerable species.
Pre-arrival, visitors to the hotels will be able to take fun and engaging online courses from the Cornell Lab’s Bird Academy to help prepare for their next birding adventure. Consider Merlin Bird ID app to get help identifying birds by sight and sound, or submitting bird sightings online through the Lab’s eBird platform or the eBird app to help scientists tracking the health of bird populations.
Founded in 1915, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology enjoys an international level of acclaim and academic respect and appreciation for its work studying birds and paving the way for current and future global conservation efforts, and is a member-supported, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the understanding and protection of the natural world.
About the Enthusiast Hotel Collection
The Enthusiast Hotel Collection was born out of a vision of experiential hospitality for enthusiastic travelers who are seeking adventures in off the beaten path destinations and prefer to stay at hotels that have a story to tell. They are a kaleidoscope of boutique hotels, inns, and travel getaways carefully chosen to delight the senses, expand the imagination, and inspire adventure. All the properties in the chain are intimate, close to nature, and offer experiences one can’t find anywhere else. Each property sources everything locally and maintains the pristine standards of their locations. Enthusiast Hotels has also partnered exclusively with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to help conserve the earth’s biological diversity and enable guests to connect with fellow ornithology enthusiasts to explore birds from California to the Bahamas.
For further information on the Enthusiast Hotel Collection, please visit http://enthusiasthotels.com/.
To watch a video that highlights the collection, click HERE.
For an introduction to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, please click HERE.
