Boutique hotels are small-capacity hotels that provide more personalized service than typical hotels. They typically have fewer than a hundred rooms, and are considered more "trendy" and "intimate", often due to their location in urban areas. They will usually also display a strong sense of aesthetic, and have a unique, un-homogenized character. They may be themed too, such as by having a focus on nature, environment, cuisine, history, community and cultural immersion, attentive service, or well-being.
7-733: The Hudson New York was a boutique hotel located along West 58th Street (at Ninth Avenue ), in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan , New York City. The hotel closed in November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . It is slated to be converted into 438 below-market apartments by a co-living firm. The Hudson New York was constructed in 1928 by Anne Morgan , daughter of J. P. Morgan , as the American Women's Association clubhouse and residence for young women in New York. It
14-449: A boutique as opposed to a department store , to which chain hotels were compared. In recent times, boutique hotels have grown in popularity, corresponding with the general public's increased interest in individualized service. Many hotel chains have begun to focus on creating subsidiary hotels to establish smaller, boutique-style hotels, or in acquiring previously independent boutique hotels. Boutique hotels are typically furnished in
21-575: The Royalton Hotel , the Hudson Hotel was also renovated by Ian Schrager , co-owner of Studio 54 and designer Philippe Starck . When their rechristened Hudson opened, it was the team's second hotel collaboration in New York, following the Paramount Hotel by 10 years. They made over the hotel to be relatively affordable but trendier, with the goal described as 'Cheap Chic'. In compensation for
28-577: The 1980s in major cities such as London , New York , and San Francisco . There is debate about who started the boutique hotel concept. Blakes Hotel in South Kensington, London , designed by Anouska Hempel , and the Bedford by Bill Kimptom in Union Square, San Francisco, both founded in 1981, may have started the trend. The term "boutique hotel" was coined by Steve Rubell, who compared Morgans Hotel to
35-514: The constraints of the private spaces, the designers decided to focus their efforts on creating large and dramatic public spaces. Hudson Bar, with its glowing yellow glass floor by Mison Concepts and ceiling fresco by Francesco Clemente , hosts events such as dance parties, movie premieres, book launches, and has been featured in several TV shows such as Gossip Girl and Sex and the City . Boutique hotel Boutique hotels first began appearing in
42-488: The second through ninth floors served as the headquarters for public television station WNET ; the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour was broadcast from the building. WNET has since relocated to Lincoln Center . In 1997, the building was purchased by Morgans Hotel Group and underwent a three-year renovation at the cost of $ 125 million. The hotel's name was changed from The Henry Hudson Hotel to simply The Hudson. As with
49-416: Was completed in 1929. The building contained 1,250 rooms, along with a swimming pool, restaurant, gymnasium and music rooms along with a multitude of specialized meeting rooms. The American Women's Association went bankrupt in 1941 and the clubhouse building was converted into The Henry Hudson Hotel , open to both men and women. During World War II the building housed Dutch soldiers. More recently, until 1997
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