New York, NY Showcase locationA favorite with the fashion-forward, this ultra-stylish hotel is just off Fifth Avenue and less than two blocks from Madison Avenue’s designer boutiques. Broadway Theater District and Times Square are 2 blocks west.
Ocean-liner glamourInspired by the luxury ocean liners of old, this Ian Schrager hotel has a block-long lobby aisle carpeted in royal blue; the circular Round Bar is one of Manhattan’s hottest gathering places.
Showers or round tubsSexy rooms include wall-to-wall banquettes, low-slung beds with Italian cotton sheets, high-speed Web access, and stereo TV. Slate bathrooms have glass-walled showers or five-foot round custom tubs.