Nostalgic nods to the glamourous period of journey set within the iconic, cosmopolitan attract of New York City’s most well-known avenue. Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts – a part of Marriott Bonvoy’s® portfolio of 30 extraordinary manufacturers – introduces its latest outpost in New York City 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 lodge is a 21-story architectural masterpiece that includes 165 superbly styled visitor rooms and 17 apartment-style residences for longer stays.
“Le Méridien has always inspired travelers to explore the world in style and savor the good life through the lens of its European spirit, and what better city to continue this legacy than in Manhattan, with our second hotel in the destination,” mentioned Jennifer Connell, Global Brand Leader, Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts and Vice President, Distinctive Premium Brands, Marriott International. “As we continue to celebrate the brand’s momentous 50th anniversary this year, we’re delighted to expand on our global footprint and bring a distinct stay experience and chic signature programs to creative-minded travelers visiting New York City.”
Designed by Gene Kaufman Architect, the lodge’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. Bold geometric patterns, contrasting colours, and textured materials are woven into the lodge’s design scheme and infused with iconic New York City cultural components and fashionable, mid-century design particulars. Signature design particulars embrace curated paintings all through the foyer, together with a luminous acrylic wall sculpture, a textile column that merges models of shade and patchwork to create a patterned discipline, and a scale map printed on wooden acoustic partitions.
Within 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. Featuring 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 – embrace the Le Méridien signature mattress, MALIN+GOETZ tub merchandise, 4K good TVs, an elevated desk impressed by greater surfaces utilized by inventive people, and extra.
Serving as a focus of the lodge’s public areas, the Le Méridien Hub is a gathering place and fashionable reinterpretation of the standard lodge foyer, serving custom-brewed, barista-crafted espresso drinks through the day and glowing cocktails within the night on the signature Latitude/Longitude Bar. The property’s all-day ristorante, Allora, makes a speciality of seasonally impressed, regional Italian aperitivi and fare together with its signature Miller’s Wife Pasta. Additional facilities and providers embrace a complimentary 24-hour well being membership with Life Fitness gear, in-room eating, and extra.
Located on Fifth Avenue between West thirtieth and West thirty first, the brand new lodge is close to a few of the metropolis’s most notable sights together with Empire State and Flatiron buildings, NoMad district, Herald Square, and to not overlook, the famed Fifth Avenue buying, and plenty of extra must-see, can’t-miss sights.
Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts participates in Marriott Bonvoy, the award-winning journey program from Marriott International. Marriott Bonvoy Members will earn factors for his or her keep on the new lodge, and at different properties throughout Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of 30 extraordinary manufacturers, together with all-inclusive resorts and premium residence leases, in addition to by means 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 means of companions for luxurious merchandise from Marriott Bonvoy Boutiques. With the Marriott Bonvoy app, members take pleasure in a degree of personalization and a contactless expertise that permits them to journey with peace of thoughts.