Nostalgic nods to the glamourous period of journey set within the iconic, cosmopolitan attract of New York Metropolis’s most well-known avenue. Le Méridien Lodges & Resorts – a part of Marriott Bonvoy’s® portfolio of 30 extraordinary manufacturers – introduces its latest outpost in New York Metropolis with the opening of Le Méridien New York, Fifth Avenue. Taking cues from the European-born model’s mid-century fashionable design aesthetic, the stylish resort is a 21-story architectural masterpiece that includes 165 fantastically styled visitor rooms and 17 apartment-style residences for longer stays.
“Le Méridien has at all times impressed vacationers to discover the world in type and savor the great life by way of the lens of its European spirit, and what higher metropolis to proceed this legacy than in Manhattan, with our second resort within the vacation spot,” stated Jennifer Connell, World Model Chief, Le Méridien Lodges & Resorts and Vice President, Distinctive Premium Manufacturers, Marriott Worldwide. “As we proceed to rejoice the model’s momentous fiftieth anniversary this 12 months, we’re delighted to develop on our world footprint and produce a definite keep expertise and stylish signature packages to creative-minded vacationers visiting New York Metropolis.”
Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect, the resort’s light-colored masonry façade and grid of home windows with darkish railings mix conventional components with a contemporary aptitude. The timeless stylish interiors, designed by Paul Vega and Vennie Lau of New Jersey-based design studio VLDG, pay homage to the neighborhood that was dominated by the textile mercantile commerce within the twentieth century. Daring geometric patterns, contrasting colours, and textured materials are woven into the resort’s design scheme and infused with iconic New York Metropolis cultural components and fashionable, mid-century design particulars. Signature design particulars embody curated art work all through the foyer, together with a luminous acrylic wall sculpture, a textile column that merges items of shade and patchwork to create a patterned discipline, and a scale map printed on wooden acoustic partitions.
Inside the New York-inspired visitor rooms, design takes form with the model’s signature mid-century modernism together with {custom} murals that depict a map of Manhattan, with connecting waterways. That includes a shade palette with shades of gray and blue with pink accents for a cohesive aesthetic, the rooms – six of which have walk-out terraces – embody the Le Méridien signature mattress, MALIN+GOETZ bathtub merchandise, 4K good TVs, an elevated desk impressed by greater surfaces utilized by inventive people, and extra.
Serving as a focus of the resort’s public areas, the Le Méridien Hub is a gathering place and fashionable reinterpretation of the standard resort foyer, serving custom-brewed, barista-crafted espresso drinks throughout the day and glowing cocktails within the night on the signature Latitude/Longitude Bar. The property’s all-day ristorante, Allora, focuses on seasonally impressed, regional Italian aperitivi and fare together with its signature Miller’s Spouse Pasta. Further facilities and providers embody a complimentary 24-hour well being membership with Life Health gear, in-room eating, and extra.
Positioned on Fifth Avenue between West thirtieth and West thirty first, the brand new resort is close to a number of the metropolis’s most notable sights together with Empire State and Flatiron buildings, NoMad district, Herald Sq., and to not neglect, the famed Fifth Avenue buying, and lots of extra must-see, can’t-miss sights.
Le Méridien Lodges & Resorts participates in Marriott Bonvoy, the award-winning journey program from Marriott Worldwide. Marriott Bonvoy Members will earn factors for his or her keep on the new resort, and at different properties throughout Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of 30 extraordinary manufacturers, together with all-inclusive resorts and premium house leases, in addition to by way of on a regular basis purchases with co-branded bank cards. Members can redeem their factors for experiences together with future stays, Marriott Bonvoy Moments, or by way of companions for luxurious merchandise from Marriott Bonvoy Boutiques. With the Marriott Bonvoy app, members get pleasure from a degree of personalization and a contactless expertise that permits them to journey with peace of thoughts.
