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LOOK: Bill Cunningham Honored With Carnegie Hall Medal Of Excellence

Posted 04.24.2012

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Fashion's elite including the almighty Anna Wintour and Oscar de la Renta were at hand to honor the legendary street photography of Bill Cunningham on...

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Global Hotel Exchange (GHX) Fights For What's Right in Online Hotel Booking

Bill_Robinson | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Expedia, Online Hotel Room Booking, Orbitz, Hunt Brothers, Wallace, Otas, Waldorf Astoria, Hotwire, Global Hotel Exchange, Priceline, Idaho, Ghx, Opodo, Travel News
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Just like Rockefeller was doing to small gas stations, these gigantic, well-entrenched online creatures can put smaller, independent travel businesses right out of business if they don't want to pay 35% of their revenues to these avaricious OTAs.

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OWS: Romney Is 'Mr. 1 Percent'

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.14.2012

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NEW YORK -- On Wednesday afternoon, about one hundred Occupy protesters gathered outside the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, where former ...

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PHOTOS: Occupy Wall Street Holds 'One Percenters For Romney' Protest

Posted 03.15.2012

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A Mitt Romney fundraiser brought Occupy Wall Street protestors back from the depths of winter for a protest outside the Waldorf-Astoria, where the pre...

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Couple Returns To Waldorf-Astoria Hotel At $16.80/Night

AP | Posted 03.01.2012

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NEW YORK -- A Connecticut couple will mark their 60th wedding anniversary at New York's Waldorf-Astoria for the same $16.80 per night they paid on the...

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WATCH: Inside The $10,000 Per Night Presidential Suite At The Waldorf

Posted 02.06.2012

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Until years ago, The Waldorf-Astoria did not allow photography inside its $10,000 a night presidential suite. Realizing that the policy was made moot ...

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Bedbugs Found At The Ritz!

Posted 03.27.2012

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One of New York's swankiest hotels had some very unwelcome guests Sunday. The New York Times reports The Ritz-Carlton Hotel found bedbugs in one o...

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PHOTOS: Utah's Canyons: The Next Great Ski Resort?

Jill Fergus | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Skiing, Park City, Ski Resorts, Utah, Waldorf Astoria, Mountains, Salt Lake, Slidepollajax, Travel News
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Though I'm a city kid through and through, while in the mountains, I was definitely game for an action-packed, high-altitude weekend -- but first, a pot of fondue and glass of red on the deck of Lookout Cabin was in order.

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Winning Old Post Office Redevelopment Plan May Be Accounced This Week

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Donal Trump, General Services Administration, Jack Abramoff, Video, Old Post Office Pavilion, Old Post Office, Waldorf Astoria, DC Real Estate, Ivanka Trump, Hilton Worldwide, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The Old Post Office Pavilion and its clock tower on Pennsylvania Avenue NW were nearly demolished a handful of times in the past century...

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How I Became a New York Celebrity 75 Years Ago

Al Eisele | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Walter Winchell, New York Times, Franklin Roosevelt, Waldorf Astoria, Fiorello LaGuardia, Jazz Age, Rural Journalism, Susan Frawley Eisele, Journalism, New York News
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Seventy-five years ago, my mother found herself a celebrity after being named the nation's best rural correspondent of 1936. Her star treatment is chronicled in yellowed clippings from the New York newspapers.

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Waldorf Astoria Waiter Named 'Mohamed' Forced to Change Name, Sues Hotel

AOL Travel News | Posted 07.03.2011

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A North African waiter at New York's Waldorf Astoria was forced by hotel management to change his name multiple times to keep him from scaring guests....

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9 Cool Things To Do in Rome (PHOTOS)

Karen Schaler | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Hotels, Best Restaurants, Rome, Waldorf Astoria, Slidepollajax, Food, Rome Cavalieri, Tours, Spas, Europe, Top Chefs, Summer Vacations, Karen Schaler, Travel News
Karen Schaler

When in Rome, get off the regular tourist track and try some things some real Romans would do. Like gladiator training, driving a Ferrari, taking a secret tour and getting a reservation at the top restaurant in the city.

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Last Minute Spring Skiing? Head to The Canyons in Park City

Marie Elena Martinez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spring Skiing, Social Media, Park City, Ski Resorts, Waldorf Astoria, Talisker Management Group, Chef John Murcko, How Do You Mountain, The Canyons, Social Media Marketing, Travel Blogs, Utah, Travel News
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10 Best NYC Restaurants of the Last Two Centuries

Fork in the Road | Posted 05.25.2011

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The modern restaurant as we know it was invented in 1831 south of Wall Street at Delmonico's, based on Swiss and French models. The previous sort of e...

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Svetlana Tendler Sues Waldorf-Astoria For Bedbug Trauma

AOL Travel News | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a story that just won't go away, the famed Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York City is facing a third lawsuit over bedbugs, according to The Gothamis...

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Black Tie Protesters at Waldorf Greet Pa. Governor-Elect

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alison Rose Levy

Usually the Pennsylvania Society weekend retreat passes un-noticed by most New York residents, but this time New Yorkers and Pennsylvanians came out in force to protest the gathering, at which the Energy Association and the Marcellus Shale Coalition hosted after-parties.

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Saudi Royals Rent Waldorf Apartment For $210K A MONTH

Crain's New York Business | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York Rental Market, Royals, NY Real Estate, Rental Market, Saudi Royal Family, Waldorf Astoria, Rent, Saudi Arabia, New York News

In the priciest sign to date that the luxury rental market is on fire, last week seven apartments at the Waldorf-Astoria were rented to the Saudi roya...

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Waldorf SUED Over Bedbugs

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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MANHATTAN -- Park Avenue's Waldorf Astoria was sued for $13,000 last week by a Nassau County mother who alleged that her 6-year-old daughter picked up...

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Zach Galifianakis Gets Recognized

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

"Why is it," Galifianakis asks, "that people always say, 'Oh, you're the fat guy from The Hangover. Why does it have go to that -- why couldn't I just be 'the guy from The Hangover?'"

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Jew vs. Jew? Protests, Threats Reach Fever Pitch over Israel

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Politics, Kach, Jewish Community, West Bank, American Jews for a Just Peace, Kahane Movement, Jews Say No, Stand With US, Jewish Voice for Peace, Israel Defense Forces, New York Jews, Americans for Peace Now, Meir Kahane, Zionism, Iran, Gaza, Camp Jabotinsky, Middle East, New Israel Fund, Saeb Erekat, Hebron, Gabi Ashkenazi, New York News, Violence, Friends of the IDF, Goldstone Report, Negotiations, Bibi Netanyahu, Protest, Diaspora, Palestine, Americans for a Safe Israel, Joe Biden, Idf, Waldorf-Astoria, Settlements, Palestinians, Palestinian Authority, J Street, Jews Against the Occupation, Settlers, East Jerusalem, Jewish Defense Organization, Israel, Israeli Apartheid Week, New York News
Michael Gould-Wartofsky

This week, New York City's Jewish community is riven by protests, counterprotests, and now, threats of Jew-on-Jew intimidation over the question of Israel and the Palestinians.

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Waldorf-Astoria Sued By Workers For Tips Owed

Yahoo! Finance | Posted 05.25.2011

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A group of banquet workers is suing The Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan, claiming the luxury hotel failed to pay them the tips they were owed. The nine ...

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Waldorf-Astoria Shooter Pleads Guilty

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK � With his still-wounded victim looking on, a man admitted Tuesday to shooting a security guard accidentally during a brazen attempt to rob...

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The Waldorf Astoria Presidential Suite: President Obama's Hotel Room In New York (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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The presidential suite at the Waldorf Astoria hotel is really living up to its name this week. President Obama checked in Monday and will be there ...

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Bette Midler's Hulaween Ball: A Great Investment

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrea Chalupa

Last night, at Bette Midler's annual Hulaween Ball in the Waldorf Astoria, the eco-diva raised $2-3 million for New York's Restoration Project. Ticket...

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