Galveston Hotel - ‘Haunted’ Hotel Galvez Offers Public Ghost Tour on Thursdays

Oct. 1, 2009 - PRLog -- Hotel Galvez has extended its ghost tour, typically reserved for guests, to the public on Thursdays beginning on Oct. 8 and continuing through Oct. 29. The tour lasts approximately one hour and begins at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for the tour are $10 per person and available in the hotel’s gift shop. Visitors should present their tickets at the concierge desk. Ticket holders will also receive a 20 percent discount at Bernardo’s Restaurant at Hotel Galvez.

Tour participants will join Hotel Concierge Jackie Hasan who will lead a tour using an electromagnetic field detector and infrared thermometer to conduct a paranormal investigation in the 98-year-old beachfront hotel. “Over the years, guests have reported seeing or feeling a presence in some parts of the hotel primarily on the fifth floor,” says Hasan.

Recently, the hotel was the site of an investigation by The Discovery Channel’s Ghost Lab program to air in the fall.  

The Hotel Galvez, A Wyndham® Historic Hotel and a National Trust Historic Hotel of America, remains the only historic beachfront hotel in Galveston. The Hotel Galvez is rated four diamonds by AAA and owned by Galveston preservationists Cynthia and George Mitchell and is part of Mitchell Historic Properties. The hotel also offers its Ghosts of the Galvez package during the month of October. For reservations, call (800) WYNDHAM, or visit www.WyndhamHotelGalvez.com and check special offers.

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, LLC, and its affiliates, subsidiaries of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation , offers upscale hotel and resort accommodations throughout the United States, Europe, China, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. All hotels are either franchised or managed by Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, LLC or an affiliate. For more information, visit www.wyndham.com.

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Mitchell Historic Properties Marketing Division promotes properties owned by George Mitchell including The Tremont House, the Hotel Galvez, Harbor House, and Pier 21, as well as The Strand National Historic Landmark District in Galveston.