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Terry Trucco

The Merriest New York City Hotel Decorations of 2020 — Holiday Cheer in a Challenging Year

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By Terry Trucco

It’s the holiday season, albeit a weird one.

Hotels, we’re happy to say, have kept up their end of the holiday bargain, adorning their lobbies, festooning their walls and lighting up their buildings inside and out. Unfortunately, there are fewer hotel halls — and walls and bannisters and lobbies — to deck this season. Among the super-decorators missing-in-action for Holidays 2020 are The Plaza, Four Seasons New York, St. Regis New York, Loews Regency and Dream Downtown, all closed temporarily due to Covid-19. Read more

Terry Trucco

Snooze News at the Benjamin Hotel, Just in Time for National Sleep Awareness Week

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In case you didn’t know, we just wrapped up National Sleep Awareness Week, which culminated at 2 am on March 13th.   That’s the day we “spring forward” and return to Daylight Savings Time, one hour blearier (but oh, those long evenings). Read more

Terry Trucco

The Merriest Hotel Trees in New York City, Dressed Up For Holidays 2010

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Note: Apparently, not everything lives forever on the internet. Nearly all the photos disappeared from this item, save one. Weird. But not the copy, so here it is.

The tree at Rockefeller Center isn’t the only show in town that rocks this month.  Here’s a look at some of our favorite holiday trees at Midtown hotels. Read more