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Sofitel New York

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The ultimate in comfort and convenience, this thirty-story building in midtown Manhattan-a contemporary statement in limestone and glass-is just a stone's throw from Fifth Avenue. The modern-day traveler will enjoy the amenities on offer at this fine establishment, set within easy reach of Manhattan's most celebrated attractions. These include Times Square, Broadway theaters, world-famous restaurants, famous boutiques, art museums and corporate headquarters. Good access to transportation links.

SPECIAL FEATURES

Sofitel New York offers a dining experience like no other. Gaby, our Art Deco restaurant, offers French flare in a luxurious setting. Or you may prefer to simply relax with a cocktail and enjoy the intimate atmosphere of Gaby's bar.

HOTEL MANAGER

Mr Erik ANDEROUARD welcomes you

New York Palace Hotel

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An icon of Manhattan splendor, The New York Palace seamlessly blends old world elegance with new world opulence. As you walk through the courtyard gates of the Hotel's famed Villard Mansion on Madison Avenue and down the hotel's grand staircase you enter into a life rich in history and elegance.

The New York Palace is known for its luxurious hotel accommodations, spectacular views, spacious rooms, and unparalleled service. The Palace's 55-story tower features 813 guest-rooms, 86 suites, an extensive Spa & Fitness Center, fine dining at Gilt restaurant and bar and Istana, stunning meeting and conference space, a state-of-the-art business center, and four Triplex Penthouse suites with roof-top terraces and panoramic views. Located in the heart of midtown Manhattan at 50th Street and Madison Avenue, The New York Palace is just steps away from St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rockefeller Center and Saks Fifth Avenue. This Manhattan luxury hotel is a short walk from New York's Broadway theaters, Central Park, the business districts and world class shopping.

The New York Palace has been recognized as one of the top hotels not only in New York City, but in the world. Condé Nast Traveler named The Palace as one of the "World's Best Places to Stay" on their 2008 Gold List and Institutional Investor has ranked The Palace as one of "The Top Hotels of the World."

Library Hotel

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The Library Hotel New York City is Manhattan's most celebrated concept luxury hotel. Fashioned from a landmark 1900 brick and terra cotta structure, this boutique treasure has been beautifully restored into a small luxury New York City hotel of the highest caliber. An oasis of modern elegance, the Library Hotel in New York and its attentive staff provide a thought provoking experience to sophisticated Midtown Manhattan travelers with a passion for culture and individual expression. Each of the ten guestroom floors at the Library Hotel in New York City is dedicated to one of the ten major categories of theDewey Decimal System*: Social Sciences, Literature, Languages, History, Math & Science, General Knowledge, Technology, Philosophy, The Arts and Religion.

The Library Hotel New York is conveniently located on Madison Avenue and 41st Street, also known as Library Way, just steps away from the majestic New York Public Library, Bryant Park, Pierpont Morgan Library, the exquisitely renovated Grand Central Terminal, the Times Square Theater District and all that Midtown Manhattan has to offer. Designed to feel more like a private club than a hotel, each of the Library Hotel's richly appointed luxury rooms are individually adorned with art and a collection of books that relate to the room's unique theme.

Far beyond ordinary New York hotels, the Library Hotel offers a wealth of complimentary amenities to our guests, providing an unparalleled value among luxury hotels in New York City.

The Library Hotel's signature style of hospitality and value is unmatched. Library Hotel New York City guests enjoy great value, with all rates including the following amenities at no extra charge:

Bountiful European style breakfast buffet
Selection of coffee, tea, juices, cookies and fruits throughout the day
Wine & cheese reception evenings from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Complimentary wireless high speed Internet access
Evening turndown service
Complimentary passes to a nearby New York Sports Club

The Library Hotel New York is regarded as one of the top rated luxury boutique hotels in New York City. We are very proud that the members of TripAdvisor have selected the Library Hotel in New York as winner of BEST LUXURY HOTEL UNITED STATES.

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Casablanca Hotel

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Celebrated as one of the most popular boutique hotels in New York City, the Casablanca Hotel is a hidden gem, located just steps away from vibrant Times Square, in Midtown Manhattan. One of most charming boutique hotels in New York City, the Casablanca Hotel Times Square was inspired by the romance of the movie, "Casablanca." This New York hotel is an oasis of luminous Moroccan glamour and hospitality, only outshined by its talented and eager to please staff. The Casablanca Hotel Times Square is an intimate European-style family-owned boutique hotel in New York City's most popular location, midtown Manhattan where guests can escape from the hustle and bustle of the city and relax in front of a fireplace at Rick's Café, the Casablanca Hotel's warm and welcoming upstairs club room. Rick's Café serves complimentary refreshments 24 hours a day, including deluxe European-style breakfast each morning and wine & cheese receptions every evening from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The Casablanca Hotel New York is the ideal choice among Times Square hotels for those who appreciate a cozy romantic ambiance and gracious service. All 48 luxury hotel rooms and mini-suites at our luxury boutique New York hotel are designed for comfort with meticulous attention to detail. Archways, ceiling fans, ornamental moldings, unique tapestries, paintings and murals are some of the authentic and unique details that grace the Casablanca Hotel in New York City.

Our exceptional staff and luxurious amenities are what make the Casablanca Hotel Times Square one of the premier boutique hotels in New York City. Our charming boutique hotel features complimentary high speed wireless internet access available throughout the hotel and a computer station is available to guests at no charge in Rick's Café. The executive board room at the Casablanca Hotel Times Square seats up to 12 and Tony's Di Napoli restaurant serves some of New York's most delicious Italian cuisine family style as well as offering room service to Casablanca Hotel guests.

The Casablanca Hotel Times Square has enjoyed a long history of ranking as one of the Top Rated hotels in New York by the members of TripAdvisor.com. The Casablanca Hotel New York City was also voted the #1 Best Times Square Hotel by the members of Citysearch in Best of Citysearch 2007.

As a guest of the Casablanca Hotel in New York you are welcome to enjoy these complimentary amenities...

A lavish European style breakfast including pastries, bagels, muffins, fresh fruit, cold and hot cereals, boiled eggs, yogurt, juices, freshly brewed coffee, tea, espresso and cappuccino served daily in Rick's Cafe; The New York Times, the Daily News and the New York Post are also available each morning.
Cookies, fresh fruit, coffees and teas throughout the day.
Prosecco, fine wines, imported and domestic cheeses, and hors d’oeuvres each evening from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Wireless High Speed Internet access throughout the hotel, with a computer for guest use in the Rick's Cafe.
Daily passes to the nearby New York Sports Club, which features a full range of cardio and strength-training equipment; aerobic, cycling and body-sculpting classes; and sauna.

Hotel 1

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In the newly-renovated Al Bustan Rotana - Dubai, you will find a unique blend of traditional Arabian hospitality and modern luxury, synonymous only with a Leading Hotel of the World.

This 5-star Rotana hotel offers luxury accommodation in Dubai and is an ideal choice for discerning business and leisure travellers.

Royal Penthouse Suite, President Wilson Hotel

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Special features:

Private Elevator
Bulletproof doors and windows
Mini bar
Internet Wifi servic

The Royal Penthouse suite at President Wilson Hotel is located in Geneva, Switzerland. It has spectacular views of Lake Geneva and the alps. Not every one can stay in this royal floor because it is only reserved for Head of states and celebrities. For $35,000 a night, they will enjoy a contemporary style hotel suite and full security. The famous politician who stayed here is former U.S President Woodrow Wilson.

Ty Warner Penthouse, Four Seasons, New York

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Ty Warner Penthouse

This highly anticipated suite at the pinnacle of Manhattan's tallest hotel is a collaboration between owner Ty Warner, designer Peter Marino and architect I.M. Pei, who came out of retirement to join in the creation of America's most exclusive accommodation.

With cantilevered glass balconies and floor-to-ceiling bay windows, set beneath 25-foot (7.6-metre) cathedral ceilings, the Ty Warner Penthouse offers a breathtaking 360-degree view of all Manhattan. Custom-commissioned in every detail, from semi-precious stone surfaces to fabrics woven with platinum and gold, the nine-room suite creates the sense of living within a multilayered work of art. It raises the bar for even the most seasoned travellers.

Penthouse guests enjoy amenities as impressive as their quarters: TVs programmed for every channel worldwide, unlimited global telephone calling, the services of both a personal butler and a personal trainer/therapist, and a private chauffeur for unlimited travel during your stay in your choice of a Rolls Royce Phantom or a Mercedes Maybach.

Covering the entire top floor of the Hotel, the nine-room Ty Warner Penthouse is accessed by its own private elevator.
Every space is distinctively designed and is made to feel even more expansive with immense bay windows, vaulted ceilings and skylights.
In the living and dining area, cream-coloured walls are richly inlaid with thousands of pieces of mother of pearl. A dramatic 4-foot-high (1.2-metre-high) cut-glass chandelier by Deborah Thomas sparkles above the bronze table by designer François-Xavier LaLanne. Seating is grouped around a marble fireplace, and four French doors open to glass railings.
The library is illuminated by a LaLanne chandelier in gilded bronze. The extensive book collection is set in bookcases framed with an elaborate bronze vine-and-leaf motif, again by LaLanne. The library is also furnished with a chess table and a Bösendorfer grand piano.
The centrepiece of the master bedroom is a Thai canopy bed threaded with gold. Offering unsurpassed comfort, the Swedish Hästens Vividus mattress was built entirely by hand over 160 hours, using 100% natural materials. Bedroom accents include two lacquer cabinets with cracked eggshell panels, and walls of straw marquetry.
Four French doors reveal a view of Central Park that is almost surreal in its perfection.
An indoor-outdoor Zen garden with a green bowenite waterfall overlooks downtown Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty.
The breakfast room is furnished with a LaLanne tree table and opens to its own large balcony 700 feet (213 metres) above Central Park.
The Penthouse also features a private spa room with a serene screen of living bamboo.
Adjacent to the spa room is an oversized dressing room clad entirely in leather.
With its ceiling, walls and floor gleaming with onyx, the master bathroom includes another outdoor balcony overlooking Central Park. Among the pampering features are an infinity-edge bathtub complete with chromatherapy, a separate glass-enclosed rain shower, radiant-heated floors, and sinks carved from a solid block of rock crystal.

The Pierre Hotel,

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A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. The provision of basic accommodation, in times past, consisting only of a room with a bed, a cupboard, a small table and a washstand has largely been replaced by rooms with modern facilities, including en-suite bathrooms and air conditioning or climate control. Additional common features found in hotel rooms are a telephone, an alarm clock, a television, and Internet connectivity; snack foods and drinks may be supplied in a mini-bar, and facilities for making hot drinks. Larger hotels may provide a number of additional guest facilities such as a restaurant, a swimming pool or childcare, and have conference and social function services.
Some hotels offer meals as part of a room and board arrangement. In the United Kingdom, a hotel is required by law to serve food and drinks to all guests within certain stated hours; to avoid this requirement it is not uncommon to come across private hotels which are not subject to this requirement.[citation needed] In Japan,capsule hotels provide a minimized amount of room space and shared facilities.
In Australia and Canada, hotel may also refer to a pub or bar. InIndia, the word may also refer to a restaurant since the best restaurants were always situated next to a good hotel.[citation needed]

Capsule hotel

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The guest space is reduced in size to a modular plastic or fiberglassblock roughly 2 m by 1 m by 1.25 m, providing room to sleep. Facilities range in entertainment offerings (most include a television, an electronic console, and wireless internet connection). These capsules are stacked side by side and two units top to bottom, with steps providing access to the second level rooms. Luggage is stored in a locker, usually somewhere outside of the hotel. Privacy is ensured by a curtain or a fibreglass door at the open end of the capsule. Washrooms are communal and most hotels include restaurants, or at least vending machines, pools, and other entertainment facilities.
This style of hotel accommodation was developed in Japan and has not gained popularity outside of the country, although Western variants with larger accommodations and often private baths are being developed (such as the StayOrange.com Hotel, Yotel the Pod Hotel, and citizenM in Kuala Lumpur, London, New York andAmsterdam respectively). Guests are asked not to smoke or eat in the capsules.[1]
These capsule hotels vary widely in size, some having only fifty or so capsules and others over 700. Many are used primarily by men[2]. There are also capsule hotels with separate male and female sleeping quarters. Clothes and shoes are sometimes exchanged for a yukataand slippers on entry. A towel may also be provided. The benefit of these hotels is convenience and price, usually around ¥2000-4000 a night ($21–42, €16-31, £15–29).
Most roomers are businessmen too tired or far away to make the trip home. Others (especially on weekdays) are too inebriated to safely travel to their homes, or too embarrassed to face their spouses.[3]

Ice hotel

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An ice hotel is a temporaryhotel made up entirely ofsnow and sculpted blocks of ice. They are promoted by their sponsors and have special features for travelers who are interested in novelties and unusual environments, and thus are in the class of destination hotels. Their lobbies are often filled with ice sculptures, and food and beverages are specially chosen for the circumstances.
All of the ice hotels are reconstructed every year, and are dependent upon constant sub-zero temperatures during construction and operation. The walls, fixtures, and fittings are made entirely of ice, and are held together using a substance known as snice, which takes the place of mortar in a traditional brick-built hotel

Utter Inn

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Utter Inn (Swedish) or in English, Otter Inn, is an art project by Mikael Genbergwhich offers underwater accommodation to the public. The facility is entered through a typical Swedish red house located on the surface of the water. The only representation of this concept is, at this point, located inLake Mälaren near the town of Västeråsin Sweden.

Burj Al Arab

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The Burj Al Arab (Arabic: برج العرب‎, literally, Tower of the Arabs) is a luxury hotel located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. At 321 metres (1,053 ft), it is the second tallest building used exclusively as a hotel, afterRose Tower, also in Dubai.[2]However, the structure of the unfinished Ryugyong Hotel is nine meters taller than the Burj Al Arab, and the Rose Tower, also in Dubai, which has already topped Burj Al Arab's height at 333 m (1,090 ft), will take away the title upon its opening.[3][4][5]The Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 metres (919 ft) out from Jumeirah beach, and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. It is an iconic structure, designed to symbolize Dubai's urban transformation and to mimic the sail of a boat.

Hoshi Ryokan THE OLDEST HOTEL

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Hōshi (法師 ?) is aryokan (Japanese traditional inn) in the Awazu Onsen area ofKomatsu, in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. Founded in 717, it is the world's oldest hotel still in operation according to the Guinness World Records [1] and the world's oldest continuously operating company after the liquidation ofKongō Gumi in 2006.

FIRST WORLD HOTEL

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First World Hotel is a standard 7-star hotel at most of its rooms. Below the hotel is a 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) plaza called First World Plaza, housing shopping malls, arcades, food outlets, Starworld casino, The Pavilion and theGenting indoor theme park. It has a stage for weekly performances (such as magic and music shows) at the area called Time Square, surrounded by a replica of the Statue of Liberty and an Oscar statue. Other facilities including Watersplash Pool (an indoor water theme park for children), Genting Sky Venture (Asia's first free fall simulator) and a cineplex.

Hotel Jukkasjärvi

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Jukkasjärvi is a locality in Lapland in northernSweden, situated inKiruna Municipality,Norrbotten County. It has 519 inhabitants (2005), situated at 321 meters elevation.
The name is ofNorthern Sami origin, where Čohkkirasjávri means lake of assembly, as the area by the lake by which the village was founded was a Sami marketplace. The village got its first Finnish-speaking resident settlers in the 17th century, who changed the name into the more Finnish-sounding Jukkasjärvi, thereby removing its meaning, although järvi (jávri in Sami) still means lake in Finnish. This was also the name used by Swedish officials.
The village is a popular tourist accommodation during the winter months and is best known for the Icehotel. The wooden church is the oldest building in the village (built around 1607/1608) and is well known for its wooden carved altar piece triptych

Las Vegas Strip

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The Las Vegas Strip is an approximately 4 mile (6.4 km) stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard South in Clark County, Nevada,United States. A small portion of The Strip lies in Las Vegas, but most of it is in the unincorporatedareas of Paradise and Winchester. Most of "The Strip" has been designated an All-American Road.[1][2]
Many of the largest hotel, casino and resort properties in the world are located on the world famous Las Vegas Strip. Eighteen of the world's twenty five largest hotels by room count are on the Strip, with a total of over 67,000 rooms.[3][4]
Several decades ago, Las Vegas Boulevard South was calledArrowhead Highway, or Los Angeles Highway. The Strip was reportedly named by Los Angeles police officer Guy McAfee, after his hometown's Sunset Strip.[5]
One of the most visible aspects of Las Vegas' cityscape is its use of dramatic themes. The theming of hotels, casinos, and restaurants on the Strip has established the city as one of the most popular destinations for tourists. [6]

Luxor Hotel

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The Luxor Las Vegas is a hoteland casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. It was one of the city's first fully-themed megaresorts. It replaced the Pyramid House. Ground was broken for the Luxor in 1991, that same year construction began on the Treasure Island and the current MGM Grand. It has an Ancient Egyptian motif and contains a total of 4,407 rooms lining the interior walls of a hollow pyramid and contained within twin ziggurat towers that were built as later additions. The hotel is named after the city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt, the site of the Valley of the Kings, Karnak and Luxor Temples, and scores of other pharaonic monuments — but no pyramids.
In July 2007, owner MGM Mirage announced plans to thoroughly renovate the Luxor, spending $300 million to remodel 80 percent of Luxor's public areas, removing much of the ancient Egyptian theme and replacing it with more adult-oriented and modern lounges, restaurants and clubs.[1] Among the distinctive changes to the exterior occurred in mid-2007, when management covered one of the pyramid's massive black faces with a 15-story sign that advertisesAbsolut Vodka. On June 16, 2008 the sign was taken down.

Lucerne hotel

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Lucerne (German:Luzern (help·info) is a city in Switzerland. It is the capital of theCanton of Lucerne and seat of the district with the same name. With a population of 57,890[1], Lucerne is the most populous city in Central Switzerland and focal point of the region. The city'sagglomeration consists of 17 municipalities in three cantons with an overall population of nearly 200,000[2].
Due to its location on the shore of Lake Lucerne (Vierwaldstättersee) within sight of Mount Pilatus and Rigi in the Swiss Alps, Lucerne is traditionally considered first and foremost as a tourist destination. One of the city's famous landmarks is Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke), a wooden bridge first built in the 14th century

Ariau Towers

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The Ariau Towers is a boutique hotel northwest of Manaus, Brazilon the Rio Negro, a major tributary of the Amazon River. It consists of 7 towers, with all 288 rooms elevated from the rain forest floor by approximately 10-20m and connected by approximates 5 miles (8.0 km) of catwalks. -3°5′36.61″N -60°26′26.72″E

Treetops Hotel

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Treetops Hotel is a hotel in Aberdare National Park in Kenya near the township of Nyeri, 1,966 m (6,450 ft) above sea level on theAberdare Range and in sight of Mount Kenya. First opened in 1932 byEric Sherbrooke Walker, it was literally built into the tops of the trees of the Aberdares National Park as a treehouse, offering the guests a close view of the local wildlife in complete safety. The idea was to provide a machan (hunting platform on a tree during shikar in India) experience in relative safety and comfort. From the original modest two room tree house, it has grown into 50 rooms. The original structure was burned down by African guerrillas during the 1954 Mau Mau Uprising, but the hotel was rebuilt near the same waterhole and has become a fashionably exotic adventure for many of the rich and famous. [1] It includes observation lounges and ground level photographic hides from which guests can observe the local wildlife which come to the nearby waterholes. It is probably best known as the place where The Princess Elizabeth acceded to the Throne on the death of her father George VI during a visit in 1952. [2]

Savoy Hotel

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The Savoy Hotel is a five-star hotel located in the Strand, in theCity of Westminster incentral London that opened on 6 August 1889. The hotel remains one of London's most prestigious and opulent hotels, with 263 rooms and panoramic views of the River Thamesacross Savoy Place and the Victoria Embankment, part of the Thames Embankment.[1]
The hotel has been closed since December 2007 for extensive renovations and is expected to reopen in the summer of 2009. The cost of the renovation is estimated to be £100 million.[2][3]

Hôtel du Sarret

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Hôtel du Sarret
From 1636, nicknamed Maison de la Coquille or 'shell house'.

Hôtel de Marigny

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The Hôtel de Marigny is a town house on the Avenue Marigny, not far from theElysée Palace, and is used as a residence for State visitors to France. The house has been the property of the State since 1972. Its history dates back to June 15,1869, when Baron Gustave de Rothschild paid the Duchesse de Bauffremont 2,700,000 francs for two town houses, at 21 Avenue Marigny and 14 Rue du Cirque, with a total floorspace of approximately 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2).
In 1872, the Baron decided to combine the two buildings into a single property and to erect additional buildings on part of the site. On May 17, 1879, he acquired the town house at 13 Avenue Marigny. Extensive work was carried out on the site from 1873 onwards, lasting for nearly 10 years, under the direction of the Baron's official architect, Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe.
Today, the Hôtel Marigny comprises a main building with one two-story wing at right angles, standing above a vast basement area for the domestic services. The main emphasis is on the monumental central part of the façade: the entrance to the main lobby comprises two lower-level reception areas beneath the raised ground-floor, while the upper portion contains four Corinthian columns framing abay window and two niches, bearing a frame and sculptedfrontispiece of the same provenance.

Algonquin Hotel

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Algonquin Hotel is a historic hotel located at 59 West 44th Street inManhattan (New York, New York). The hotel has been designated as a New York City Historic Landmark.
The 174-room hotel, opened in 1902, was designed by architectGoldwin Starrett. It was originally conceived as a residential hotel but was quickly converted to a traditional lodging establishment. Its first owner-manager, Frank Case (who bought the hotel in 1927), established many of the hotel's traditions. Perhaps its best-known tradition is hosting literary and theatrical notables, most prominently the members of the Algonquin Round Table.

Hotel Chelsea

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The Hotel Chelsea is a well-known residence for artists, musicians and writers in the neighborhood of Chelsea inManhattan, New York City. It is located at 222 West23rd Street, betweenSeventh and Eighth Avenues. Built in 1883, thehotel welcomes guests, but is primarily known for its long-term residents, past and present

Grand Hotel Europe

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Grand Hotel Europe (Russian: Гранд Отель Европа; known as Hotel Evropeiskaya until 1991) vies with Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hoteland Hotel Astoria for the title of the most luxurious five-star hotelin Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of great hotels of the 19th-century Europe, it opened its doors to the public on January 28, 1875, replacing an earlier inn situated on the same site. Its marble-and-gilt interiors, sweeping staircases and elegant furniture attracted crowds of well-to-do visitors, includingIvan Turgenev, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Claude Debussy, H.G. Wells,Igor Stravinsky, Gustav V of Sweden, Elton John, Jacques Chirac, to name only a few notables who lodged there.

Cliveden

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Cliveden the Italianate stately-home at Taplow, Buckinghamshire,England. Set on cliffs 200ft above the River Thames it has been home to an Earl, two Dukes, a Prince of Wales and the American Astor family. It is now owned by the National Trust and the house is leased as a five-star hotel run by von Essen hotels. During the 1970s it was occupied by Stanford University of California who used it as an overseas campus. It was the meeting place of the so-called "Cliveden Set" in the 1920s and 1930s and the setting for key events in the Profumo Affair in the 1960s.
"Cliveden" (pronounced CLIV-d'n) means "valley among cliffs"[1] and refers to the dean or valley which cuts through the estate to the East and South of the house.The gardens and woodlands are open to the public, together with parts of the house on certain days. There have been three houses on this site: the first, built in 1666, burned down in 1795 and the second house (1824) was also destroyed by fire, in 1849. The present Grade 1 listed house was built in 1851 by the architect Charles Barry for George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland

Cliveden Hotel

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In 1984 a hotel company - Blakeney Hotels (later Cliveden Hotel Ltd)- aquired the lease to the house. Led by chairman John Lewis and managing director John Tham (husband of Railway Children actress Jenny Agutter) they restored and refurbished the interior. Rooms are furnished with Edwardian antiques and the house is run in a similar style as it would have been when Nancy Astor was chatelaine. In 1990 they added the indoor swimming pool and spa treatment rooms in the walled garden, complementing the existing outdoor pool (known as the Christine Keeler swimming pool). Also in 1990 a new 100-year lease was granted to run from 1984. In 1994 the conversion of the West wing from domestic offices to provide more bedrooms and two boardrooms (Churchill and Macmillan) was completed. There are 37 bedrooms in total, two dining rooms (the Terrace Dining Room and Waldo's), and four private dining rooms. Bedrooms are named after previous owners and guests (eg. Buckinbham, Westminster). Three rooms are licenced for civil ceremonies and each year many couples are married at Cliveden. The hotel also lease Spring Cottage by the Thames, one of the key places in the Profumo affair, and offer it as self-contained accommodation.
The hotel was listed on the London Stock Exchange for a period of time in the 1990s (as Cliveden Plc). This company was bought in 1998 by Destination Europe, a consortium led by billionaire Microsoft CEO Bill Gates[3]. In the early years of the 21st century the lease was aquired by von Essen hotels.
The hotel's insignia is that of the Sutherland family and consists of a crown with interlaced "S"s and acanthus leaves. It can be found on radiator grills in parts of the house. The hotel's motto is "Nothing ordinary happened here, nor could it

Dariush Grand Hotel

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The Dariush Grand Hotel (Persian: هتل بزرگ داریوش) is a 168-room, $125 million, luxury five starhotel located on the eastern part of Kish Island in the Persian Gulf.

Badrutt's Palace Hotel

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The historic Palace Hotel in St. Moritz — more recently renamed as Badrutt's Palace Hotel is an internationally known destination, famous for its glitz and glamor. It was constructed over four years and opened in 1896 as a successor to the resort hotelwhich invented the cold weather winter resort — the internationally famous Krup Hause.
It is owned and operated by the same Badrutts family, now in their third generation, who created winter tourism circa 1875— Many winter sports, such as Luge, Skeleton, and Bobsled were invented here[citation needed], as well as winter resorting in general. As the historically largest and most successful hotel[citation needed] in St. Moritz, with decades of experience in catering to the needs of royalty, the nouveau riche, and idle rich, artists, dignitaries, and performers, it has likely played a key role in the development of other alpine sports such as skiing, snow boarding, situated as it is in one of the world's premiere ski regions—most runs of which end within a few hundred meters of its many doors in the small town.
Its founder undoubtedly built the first half-pipe luge/skeleton/bobsled run to support his guest's interests — and as a community service to prevent further injuries from sledding in the narrow streets of the village. This historic track in St Moritz is still one of the best in the world, and one of the few all-natural weather runs of its kin

Grand Hotel Dolder

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The Grand Hotel Dolder (also called The Dolder Grand) is a 5 star hotel inZürich opened in 1899. The hotel is located on 40.000 m², with 173 rooms that cost between 850 und 14.000 Swiss Francs per night.

Madison Hotel

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The Madison Hotel is a luxury boutique hotel inDowntown Memphis, Tennessee, that is housed in the historic former Tennessee Trust Bank building.

Apartment hotel

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An Apartment Hotel (also ApartHotel, Apart Hotel and Apart-Hotel) is a type ofaccommodation, described as "a serviced apartment complexthat uses a hotel style booking system". It is similar to renting an apartment, but with no fixed contracts and occupants can 'check-out' whenever they wish.
Apartment hotels are flexible types of accommodation; instead of the rigid format of a hotel room, an apartment hotel complex usually offers a complete fully fitted apartment. These complexes are usually custom built, and similar to a hotel complex containing a varied amount of apartments. The length of stay in these apartment hotels is varied with anywhere from a few days to months or even years. Prices tend to be cheaper than hotels. The people that stay in apartment hotels use them as a home away from home, therefore they are usually fitted with everything the average home would require.

Residence Inn by Marriott

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Residence Inn by Marriott is a brand of extended stay hotels. The chain was launched in 1977 inWichita, Kansas by Jack DeBoer, and acquired by Marriott International in 1987. As of April 2005, there were over 450 Residence Inn hotels in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The brand's slogan is Your home away from home.
The usual appearance of a Residence Inn is a Main Building housing the front desk, a common area for meal service, an on-site coin operated laundry, a swimming pool and exercise room and often several out buildings similar to condo complexes. Residence Inns typically feature a complimentary hot breakfast in the morning and a free light dinner or snack on weekday evenings, Monday through Thursday. In contrast to Marriott's low-cost TownePlace Suites brand, Residence Inn competes in the upper moderate to low upscale segment, along with InterContinental's Staybridge Suites, Hyatt'sSummerfield Suites, and Homewood Suites by Hilton.

InterContinental Hotels Group

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InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (IHG) (LSE: IHG NYSE: IHG) is a multinational company which operates several hotel brands. It is the largest hotel company by number of rooms (601,964 as of September 2008[1]), and is headquartered in Denham, Buckinghamshire just outside Greater London. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100

Holiday Inn

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The original Holiday Inn chain of hotels was created in 1952 inMemphis, Tennessee, by homebuilder Kemmons Wilson to provide inexpensive family accommodation for travelers within the USA. Wilson opened the first Holiday Inn in September 1952 at 4941 Summer Avenue in theBerclair district of Memphis on the main road to and from Nashville. Though the actual hotel does not exist anymore, a historical sign marks where it once stood. In 1954, Wilson incorporated the chain with Wallace E. Johnson.
Wilson initially came up with the idea after a family road trip toWashington, DC, during which he was disappointed by the quality and consistency provided by the roadside motels of that era. The name Holiday Inn was given to the original hotel by his architect Eddie Bluestein as a joke, in reference to the Bing Crosby movie.

'Holiday Inn' of Beirut.

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Although originally called Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza,Crowne Plaza split to form a distinctive brand from Holiday Inn in 1994.
During the 1960s, there were two Holiday Inn Jr. motels; one in Rantoul, Illinois and the other in Missouri. Motel rooms were located in portables although the Rantoul location also had one small section in a traditionally-constructed building.