Mandarin Oriental offers New York's costliest hotel suite
AFP, December, 2003
NEW YORK (AFP) — The new Mandarin Oriental hotel that just opened amid great fanfare in New York boasts a presidential suite priced high enough to give most major heads of state pause for thought.
At 12,595 dollars a night, the suite can lay claim to the title of the most expensive hotel room in a city that has never been particularly friendly to the budget traveller.
The 3,000-square-foot, two-bedroom, art-laden retreat, which offers panoramic views of Central Park and the Hudson River, edges out the Royal Suite at The Ritz-Carlton by almost 100 dollars.
The foyer, with floors of French marble milled in Italy, leads to a large living room that features a black-lacquered grand ...