| Adirondack Mountains |
| Point, The |
Adirondack Mountains |
Five-star Relais & Chateaux resort property with a main lodge and 11 rooms in log cabins on a small peninsula jutting out into Lake Saranak in the Adirondack Park. It was built in the 1890's as a retreat for one of the Rockefellers. |
| Porcupine, The |
Adirondack Mountains |
Luxury historic inn at Saranac Lakes. |
| Sagamore, The |
Bolton Landing, Lake George |
Historic and rather glamorous resort in a lakeside setting on the eastern borders of NY state. |
| Hudson Valley/ Catskills |
| Union Street Guesthouse |
Hudson |
Swanky guesthouse in Hudson |
| Inn at Green River |
Hudson Valley |
Cosy B&B in the Berkshire hills. |
| Inn at Silver Maple Farm |
Hudson Valley |
Seven-room inn in the Berkshires. |
| Mohonk Mountain House |
Hudson Valley |
Grand heritage property perched dramatically on the edge of a lake in the Catskill mountains. (One of the more memorable locations I've ever stayed! - Ed). They have recently (Sept 05) opened an eco-friendly spa with geothermal heating & a/c and a turf roof. The spa an indoor pool, gym, outdoor mineral pool, and 16 treatment rooms. |
| New York City |
| Carlton Arms |
New York |
An 'art hotel' with a style all of its own. |
| Crosby Street Hotel |
New York |
Kit and Tim Kemp's (Firmdale Hotels) first luxury boutique hotel in New York (they have six of them in London), opened in late 2009. |
| Hotel Gansevoort |
New York |
Trendy luxury boutique hotel which opened in April 2004 in West Village. |
| Hotel le Bleu |
New York |
New (Oct 07) minimalist boutique hotel in Brooklyn with spectacular views from the cocktail bar and restaurant on the 8th and 9th floor of Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. |
| Hotel on Rivington |
New York |
Stylish new 110-room high-rise design hotel in Manhattan, scheduled to open in late Sept 05. |
| Hotel Roger Williams |
New York |
Colourful, contemporary mid-town New York hotel. |
| Ink48 |
New York |
Formerly the VU Hotel, this 222-room, 17-story hotel with colossal windows, soaring ceilings and unobstructed panoramic views of Times Square & the Hudson River, is now part of the Kimpton group of hotels and is re-named to reflect the building's printing press history back in the 1930's. |
| Jane, The |
New York |
Historic hotel on the waterfront, originally a seamans' mission. It was here the survivors of the Titanic stayed. Now it's a refurbished and exhilaratingly anarchic budget hotel for younger travellers...but the small cabins are still small cabins without bathrooms. |
| Kitano, The |
New York |
New York’s first Japanese hotel, opened in 1973 on Park Avenue, Murray Hill, Manhattan. The hotel has 149 guestrooms, including 17 contemporary suites, a "one-of-a-kind" Japanese Tatami Suite, and the Michelin-rated Hakubai Restaurant. |
| Nu Hotel |
Brooklyn |
Newly built (July 08) 93-room, minimalist design hotel with three guest room styles: Nu Standard, Nu Friends Suite (with bunk beds), and Nu Urban Suite. |
| Standard, The |
New York |
Not much to look at from the outside, but stunning views from luxurious rooms with floor to ceiling windows, make up for it. This is a new (2009) sister hotel to hotelier Andre Balazs' Standard in Los Angeles. It's located in the suddenly-trendy Meatpacking District (once meat warehouses, now art galleries & restaurants), and that walkway under the hotel is urban parkland created on the old High Line elevated rail track. |
| Strand, The |
Manhattan |
Modern design tower hotel (opened 1st Dec 2009) with 177 hi-tech rooms on 20 floors at 33 W. 37th St. Its signature feature is the rooftop lounge, Top of the Strand, which features a retractable glass ceiling and walls. |