There are 5 W Hotels in New York City (soon to be six, but that article comes later). One of them, The Court, is located in Murray Hill, between Lexington and Park Avenue on East 39th. With 196 rooms located on 16 floors, there is only 1 Extreme Wow Suite. Different from the regular “Wow […]

The Otesaga Resort Hotel, an AAA 4 diamond recepient, occupies 700 feet of lakefront on the southern shore of Lake Otsego in Cooperstown, NY. Known for the Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown also offers championship golfing at the Leatherstocking […]

AAA doesn’t give diamonds just to hotels and resorts, they also provide Diamond ratings for restaurants, just like the Mobil Guides.
New York City has 3 restaurants with the coveted AAA 5 Diamond rating. First, nestled in a sophisticated brownstone on Manhattan’s Upper Eastside, is […]

The Muse Hotel is a AAA 4 Diamond Kimpton Hotel in at 130 West 46 Street - within walking distance to the best of midtown New York, including Times Square, Broadway, the Empire State Building, Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center and Fifth Avenue shopping.
For guests traveling to Manhattan to take in a Broadway show, […]

At Morgans Hotel New York, 237 Madison Avenue between 37th and 38th Streets, the complimentary continental breakfast and coffee and tea all day in the living room is free. The wireless high-speed Internet access, however, is going to cost you.
You do have the option of paying for internet to be included in your nightly rate, […]

The Residences at The Ritz-Carlton, New York, Battery Park are sold out. With First Place, Little West Street and Battery Place surrounding the building, the property offers 113 Luxury Residential condos, 298 guest rooms in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, New York’s Skyscraper Museum, and unobstructed views of New York’s Harbor. Still need to own a condo […]

If your a phone person, or you arent and you have time to call a reservation in, then this might be the deal for you.
The Leading Hotels of the World has a special “Insider Rate” at The Alex Hotel in New York (205 East 45th Street at Third Avenue to be exact):
Available exclusively via Leading […]

At the end of February, Gridskipper asked 11 architects for “their picks of the most god-awfully hideous edifices in New York City.” Check out the following number 4 from the list of “Ugliest Buildings”:
Ugliest Building: Trump Buildings
Expert: John Beckmann, founder of architecture firm Axis Mundi
Anything with TRUMP on it is ugly. They’re all equally bland, […]

At the St. Regis New York Hotel, the Bottega Veneta Suite was unveiled in October 2006. Under the hotel’s guest room overview webpage, they give photos and details for all of the rooms and suites except for the Bottega Veneta (although hopefully they will update soon). Until then, check out the information and photos below.
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