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Corporate Rate Gets You More at the Park Central New YorkHotel Sets Precedent By Offering Upscale Amenities To Deserving Business TravelersEdited by Madelyn MillerBusiness travel can be an arduous chore, one that often goes unrewarded by hospitality outlets. The Park Central New York understands the plight of the business traveler all too well. That is why the midtown Manhattan hotel has chosen to honor its corporate guests with improved amenities and services, providing them a small slice of home in the heart of the big city. Thanks to thick walls and floors, all Park Central New York guests will experience a peaceful, undisturbed work environment as well as a quiet night's sleep. Each of the hotel’s 935 guestrooms is tastefully furnished and comes complete with such business essentials as a spacious writing desk and two-line direct dial speakerphones with voice-mail and data port. Guests who take advantage of the Park Central New York’s "corporate rate" Sunday through Thursday nights will receive several additional amenities to make their stay more comfortable and their business travel experience that much more pleasurable: Lodging on the 20-22 floors, offering spectacular views of Central Park, Times Square and bustling 57th Street Nightly turndown service with chocolates Additional bathroom amenities Plush, terrycloth bathrobes In-room safes Late cancellation policy (up to 4:00 p.m. on the arrival day) Frequent flyer miles through the Park Central New York's SRS reservation system
About the Park Central New YorkThe Park Central New York is a superior first-class hotel, formerly the Omni Park Central, located in the heart of midtown Manhattan directly across from Carnegie Hall. The Park Central New York has raised travel accommodations to meet new levels of expectation. A $60 million renovation completed in 2000 places the Park Central New York at the top of the list of preferred accommodations for business and leisure travelers. The hotel is minutes from fine dining, shopping and entertainment as well as Times Square, Central Park and subway stations. The Park Central New York is located at 870 Seventh Avenue at 56th Street, New York, NY 10019-4038. For reservations and information, call 1-800-346-1359 or visit the Web site at www.parkcentralny.com. Other Tips for Road WarriorsHelpful Websites:
www.nycvisit.com Interested in New York Theatre?
www.livebroadway.com Great Deals:
New York City Pass www.citypass.com
NEW YORK PASS is www.newyorkpass.com
Save on meals www.cityshuffle.com Most Unusual Thing for Women To See in New York:
Ticklebomb’s Mantasia
www.mantasia.net
135 West 41st St.
212-278-0988 Madelyn's Favorite Chocolate Experiences: Madelyn's Favorite Restaurants: DavidBurke and Donatelle. Their prix-fixed lunch is a tremendous value
133 east 61st at Lexington Town
15 West 56th
212-582-4445
Extraordinary food, setting and service. Try the tasting menu.. L’ecole. The restaurant of the New York Culinary Institute
Best Way to Understand New York Restaurants:
See the film Eat This New York. It is the story of a few restaurateurs who have made it, and two hopefuls trying to beat the odds. From the outset, viewers are warned that over 1,000 New York restaurants open every year and only one in five survives. DVD is available from www.organicpictures.com Great Guidebooks:
ZAGAT Survey
They have so many wonderful guidebooks to New York
Very focused and detailed and since they are based on the input of locals, very accurate and helpful
New York Nightlife
New York City Theatre Guide
New York City Restaurants
New York City Marketplace
New York Shopping
Brooklyn (which is now some people’s favorite part of New York City)
You can even vote at www.zagat.com Native's Guide to New York:
Advice with attitude for People who live here—and visitors we like
By Richard Laermer
W.W. Norton
www.wwnorton.com
I love this book. I feel like a native when I read it. And this is a man who really understands shopping, my favorite sport in New York The Girlshop Guide to NYC Shopping
By Laura Eisman and Lara Ewen
www.girlshop.com
They also do shopping tours 888-450-shop ext 303
tours@girlshop.com Museums and Galleries of New York City:
Insight Guides
www.insightguides.com Nosh New York
By Myra Alperson
The food lover’s gude to New York City’s most delicious neighborhoods.
St. Martin’s Griffin
www.stmartins.com Fodor's See It New York
Colorful with lots of detailed maps
www .fodors.com Eyewitness Travel Guide New York
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
www.dk.com
This well-organized guide combines facts with helpful interpretation. Moon Metro
New York City
www.moon.com
compact size combines maps organized by sections of the city Knopf City Guides
New York
www.aaknopf.com
Map references identify the corresponding area in the detailed map section New York City
Insight Guide
www.insightguides.com
Great , well-organized and all the practical stuff is summarized at the end New York City
Fodor’s
www.fodors.com
The guide for all budgets, updated every year, with a pullout map and color New York from A to Z
The Traveler’s Look-Up
Source for THE BIG APPLE
Capital Books, Inc
www.capital-books.com New York City
Berlitz Pocket Guide
www.berlitzpublishing.com
small, but jam packed with info
you really can carry it in your pocket Official NYC Guide
Published by NYC & Company—the Convention and Visitors Bureau
This freebie book also includes coupons for stores like Bloomingdale’s and FAO
Schwartz as well as discounts on museums.
The first freebie you should get in the Big Apple The New York Times Guide to New York City
St Martin's Press
www.stmartins.com
As you would expect, exceptional sections on restaurants and hotels. And I love any guidebook that has over 40 pages about shopping. No maps, no pictures, just pure information. Sleep Cheap in New York: High-Quality Lodgings at Rock-Bottom Rates by Lisa Mullenneaux, The Penington Press, 2002, $15.95
www.peningtonpress.com Manhattan
By residents Gil Reavill and Jean Zimmerman
Compass American Guides
www.fodors.com New York with Kids
By Ellen Shapiro
Prima Publishing
www.primalifestyles.com Where to Go
A guide to Manhattan’s Toilets
By Vicki Rovere If You Want to Venture Further:
Where to Weekend Around New York City
Fodor’s
www.fodors.com Long Island Alive
By Francine Silverman
Hunter Travel Guides New York State
By Christiane Bird
MOON HANDBOOKS
www.moon.com The Thirteen Colonies
Travel Historic America
Fodor’s
www.fodors.com Taste of New York At Home Cookbooks:
The New York Restaurant Cookbook
By Florence Fabricant
Recipes from the Dining Capital of the World
Rizzoli International Publications
www.rizzoliusa.com Balthazar Cookbook
By Keith McNally, Riad Nasr and Lee Hanson
Clarkson Potter Publishers
www.clarksonpotter.com Lobster Rolls & Blueberry Pie
Three generations of stories and recipes
Rebecca Charles of Pearl Oyster Bar
And Deborah Diclimenti
Regan Books
An Imprint of Harper Collins Publisher
www.reganbooks.com Little Italy Cookbook
By David Ruggerio
Artisan Books Welcome to Juniors
By Marvin and Walter Rosen with Beth Allen
William Morrow & Company
www.williammorrow.com Second Helpings from Union Square
Danny Meyer and Michael Romano
140 New Favorites from New York’s acclaimed Restaurant
Harper Collins Publishers
www.harpercollins.com High Heat
By Waldy Malouf with Melissa Clark
Powerhouse Chef Waldy Malouf turns up the heat on contemporary cuising
Broadway Books
www.randomhouse.com Best Way to Find Your Way Around:
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