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Bulletin
Lenox, Mass.
Lenox, Mass.
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About us

Claire took over the hotel in April 2024, realizing a lifelong dream.

For three summers in college, Claire worked at the concierge desk of the Chatham Bars Inn in Cape Cod and fell in love with the industry. She loved the hours sitting at her desk in its glamorous old lobby, helping guests experience the best of the area. She later interned at Rosewood and then, after business school, managed hotels from the corporate side for Starwood. After three years there, she decided she understood enough to strike out on her own, and is excited to now be in a position to run it end-to-end: build the business, craft the guest experience, and introduce you to town. Read her letter.

She lives on the property with her husband, Toph, who works remotely for a different job but does some social media for the hotel and is making this website right now.

Claire and Toph, smiling at the camera, Toph’s arm lovingly around Claire’s shoulder, standing at the top of the Apple Tree hill in front of the unseen old carriage house, a beautiful verdant backdrop with layered mountains and just a hint of the Stockbridge Bowl visible at the far right
Christian and his German shepherd Max climing the hill, with two of our actual surviving apple trees in the background, Christian in an Apple Tree branded baseball cap, Max following attentively behind

Christian is the Hotel Manager. He followed us out here from the Boston area to escape the office desk job life and try something different, and judging from some of the stuff we’ve got him doing (climbing ladders to update security cameras or cleaning up bird poop), we bet we have achieved “different”. His mom is in Toph’s mom’s book group and has always worked at bookstores, which is how she met Christian’s dad. Christian was recently reading:

  • The Year of the Locust, by Terry Hayes
  • Martyr!, by Kaveh Akbar
  • Four Seasons: The Story of a Business Philosophy, by Isadore Sharp

You’re also likely to meet Christian’s German shepherd Max, who is not yet trained to use the point-of-sale systems but is otherwise a startlingly good listener. Max will be very grateful if you kick a ball down the hill for him to fetch, and then he will gently toss the ball at your feet and wait, and so on ad infinitum.