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The weekend stay will go down in my history books as one to remember! Since 1995, the Plaza has been owned by one of the world's wealthiest men, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud of Saudi Arabia, and Millennium & Copthorne, a London-based company that runs hotels in 16 countries. The prince, a nephew of King Fahd, made headlines after the Sept. 11 attacks when he offered to donate $10 million to the City of New York, and Rudolph W. Giuliani, the mayor at the time, accepted but then returned the check. Mr. Giuliani sent the check back after learning that in a news release, the prince had criticized the American government's policies in the Middle East. The prince and Millennium & Copthorne paid Donald J. Trump $325 million and spent $40 million on renovations. But based on figures from Millennium & Copthorne, the Plaza had a pretax loss of $1.8 million last year. "It's an icon, but the price is too good to refuse," Kwek Leng Beng, the chairman of Millennium & Copthorne, said at a news conference in Singapore, according to Bloomberg News. "The prince is very happy - he's invited me to Paris, where he wants to give me a big dinner." Miki Naftali, president and chief executive of Elad Properties, issued a statement through a spokesman, who declined to discuss Elad's plans for the Plaza. A real estate executive who had been briefed on the deal said Elad was considering turning some of the Plaza's 805 rooms into condominiums. Mr. Trump talked about the same idea when he controlled the Plaza in the early 1990's. He said at the time that condominiums would not turn the turreted French Renaissance landmark into the Manhattan version of a time-share in the Catskills, though some architectural historians called the plan heresy. "The flavor of the project is similar to what Trump had in mind, " the executive who had been briefed on the deal said. "It's going to be a high-end condominium with hotel services."
h "This is a landmark with international recognition. You'd go there because it's a place you'd seen in a movie." Visitors might remember it from "Plaza Suite," "North by Northwest," "The Great Gatsby" or "The Way We Were." Little girls still clamor to have tea in the Palm Court like the fictional Eloise who lived in the hotel. Theme: HotelComparison: most expensivePhone: 1-212-546-5493Website: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/221954p-190746c.html
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I arrived back to my room after a wild night in several clubs and an incredible rooftop penthouse party ovelooking Central Park. I captured some local wildlife I managed to bag at the rooftop. I got all the services I needed after a very long night. The bed was very comfy and full marks for bouncy bouncy action. HISTORY The Plaza was originally built in 1900 and then was rebuilt in 1907 to the tune of twelve million dollars when the new Ritz Carlton joined the other hotels at the turn of the century. The hotel brought elegance east of Fifth street. "The opening of the Plaza Hotel was accompanied by the sure sign of the automobile on Fifth avenue in New York." "The Plaza has been able to maintain its standings over the years. The Plaza's various public rooms have undergone numerous incarnations. The large room on the corner of Forty-ninth Street and the Plaza, which was called simply the "restaurant," assumed various decors as the Edwardian Room and the Green Tulop, and the Fifty-ninth Street dining room that served as the office of Jules Bache has become, and Remains, the Oak Room." "Finally, the Plaza houses New York's one functioning Palm Court, and it has a busy day. Breakfasts and salad lunches are served, and no sooner are the last leaves of lettuce carried away than a violinist and pianist turn up and a flame is put under the tea kittles and cocoa in the kitchens. This does not mean, however, that the Plaza has not plugged ahead into the future. Not only does it provide its guests with closed circuit television and choice of two movies daily, but troubleshooting hostesses called "service coordinators," together speaking all of fifteen languages, patrol the lobby and halls where once private maids and lackies scurried obediently." h
The man at the desk did give me exceptional room service and even left a fresh rose on my last night. ARCHITECTURE The Plaza Hotel, one of New York city's finest hotels, was architecturally designed imitating the style of a late medieval French chateaux. The elegant lobby contains ornamented archways, pillars, and marble floors. This combined with a usage of the color gold give the hotel a wealthy, upper-class appearance. August 14, 2004 Eloise Gets a New Landlord: Plaza Sells for $675 Million The Plaza's new owner (and thus the new landlord of Eloise, the fictional 6-year-old heroine of the children's books by Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight) is Elad Properties. While the price is not a record for a hotel in New York, the per-room price - a measure analysts routinely calculate - is, said Sean Hennessey, who follows the New York hotel market for Lodging Investment Advisers, a consulting firm. Elad is paying $838,509 a room, a sign, Mr. Hennessey said, that the hotel market is rebounding from the Sept. 11 terror attacks. He said that room rates for hotels in New York had risen 9 percent this year, far outpacing inflation. PLAZA TO SHUT FOR MAKEOVER January 17, 2005 -- Better call the Waldorf, Eloise! — The Plaza will be shut down this May for extensive renovations, a new report says. "Inquiries about booking special events at the hotel after April are answered with a cautionary warning," according to Crain's New York Business. "The catering department is advising people not to plan parties at The Plaza for May and beyond." Theme: HotelComparison: most expensivePhone: 1-212-546-5493Directions: Grand Army Plaza, Fifth Ave at 59th St.
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Though I unfortunately have never been able to stay here I have always loved to gawk and and visit the Plaza hotel whenever I visit New York. Even if I just stop in to pick up acopy of the Times a visit to the Plaza Hotel should not be missed as to me it epitimozes New York City class and elegence. I am told it has hosted more than its share of U.S Presidents, the Beatles, even Kevin stayed here in Home Alone 2 the hotel has a nice gift shop on the ground floor were even if you can't stay here you make people think you did. Leave a Comment Theme: HotelPhone: 1-212-546-5493
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Unfortunately I did not stay in this hotel. Maybe one day... Leave a Comment Theme: HotelPrice: US$120-180 » Currency ConverterComparison: most expensivePhone: 1-212-546-5493
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Theme: HotelPrice: US$180 and up » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averagePhone: 1-212-546-5493Directions: Central Park/Museum District
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we loved the helpful concierge, the room was excellent and the breakfast simply another world. fresh fruit...great slices of cakes...tea served like in London.. I really loved to stay there. well, don't use the telephone as they are not cheap but it was not my fault, I had to use it because the mobile company did a mess with me!
gym whirpool, when working! concierge..people that really know! Leave a Comment Theme: HotelPrice: US$180 and up » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averagePhone: 1-212-546-5493Directions: central park!!! everybody knows the Plaza!!!
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The Plaza is known as the best hotel in New York. I have never stayed here so I can't give specific info, but I'm sure its reputation doesn't come out of nowhere. You've probably seen it in many movies, from "Breakfast at Tiffany's" to "Home Alone 2". Kings and presidents from all parts of the world have stayed here since the Plaza opened in 1907. Leave a Comment Theme: HotelPrice: US$180 and up » Currency ConverterComparison: most expensivePhone: 1-212-546-5493
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