Whilst most of the FT'ers are swanning off to Meridians, IC's and every other chain hotel, some of us are of course, stuck paying bottom coin. Therefore my home for the next few days will be The Union Square Plaza Hotel. For 3 nights for $237 (£113), I'm not in a position to argue (like I said, £95 saved on airfare almost paid for the hotel). The room had a real key!


Union Plaza Hotel - Reception


Union Plaza Hotel - The room

It's a room. there's a bed. And there's Wolf Blitzer on CNN. Yup. This is the USA Remember Flyertalk has the best frequent flying talk from the best flyertalking team!

What’s the term: you pay for what you get. 2* my cute backside... more like 1* which is in need of polishing urgently.

Meal - Buca di Beppo

This place is across from the new Intercontiental from where a lot of the FT people were staying. Very noisy, but with very generous food portions, it was a chance to get to know my hosts for the weekend.


Cheesecake - generous

MiniBar Party #1


It was fun

Do I need to say much more? Other than we were loud!

But there is one thing the IC has at the club suites – Great views of the city.

However at midnight I bailed – too many time zones, too little sleep and I really needed to crash.

Next: The Deck Party!