Frequent Business Traveler magazine (which I serve as ed.dir.) published a review on the magazine's website of the property. While I didn't stay there (the review is by a colleague), I did attend the grand opening celebration and look at the rooms, including his. Photos from the opening and of the hotel are part of the review.
Holiday Inn Manhattan-Financial District – Hotel Review
The first Holiday Inn opened its doors in 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee, the brainchild of Kemmons Wilson, who had the idea to build his own motel after a string of encounters with inconsistent and poor quality roadside lodging on a family trip to Washington, D.C. The name, a reference to the 1942 film of the same name, was originally given to the hotel by architect Eddie Bluestein as a joke, but the title was forever solidified in the hotel industry. The chain grew rapidly, and by 1968, the 1,000th Holiday Inn had opened, in San Antonio, Texas.
Fast-forward to 2015, and another milestone in the company’s history: the grand opening of the world’s tallest Holiday Inn hotel, which formally opened in January with the appropriate festivities including ribbon cutting and red-velvet cake. The sliver-like Holiday Inn Manhattan – Financial District stands 50 stories high, and is located just two blocks from Wall Street, in the heart of New York City’s Financial District.
Upon arrival, while there was a slight wait for the room to be readied, I busied myself on my computer, connected to the Internet via the hotel’s complimentary Wi-Fi. After a very short wait, the room was ready, and I was off to the 46th floor....
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