Jumeirah Essex House Hotel New York

The prestigious Central Park South address is within walking distance of Fifth Avenue shopping, Broadway, Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall. Elegantly appointed at every turn Jumeirah Essex House offers outstanding service, exquisite furnishings and unlimited pampering to all its guests. Recipient of the AAA Four-Diamond Award for 2007 and 2010, as well as North America’s Leading Hotel at the 2007 World Travel Awards , the Jumeirah Essex House is dedicated to providing you with a memorable New York Experience.

Enjoy afternoon tea in the intimate new Lobby Lounge, lunch in South Gate, the hotel's striking Modern American restaurant or enjoy the historic art display as you are escorted through the grand entrance. Relax in the luxurious spa complete with steam room and sauna or take advantage of the equipment in the state of the art fitness center. Guest rooms and suites provide sophisticated art deco surroundings and offer high speed internet access, premium-channel flat-screen televisions, dual line speaker telephone with data port and voice mail, mini bars, hairdryers, iron/ ironing boards, plush robes and slippers, lap-top compatible safes and 24hours room service.

Business and leisure travelers alike will find the many new high-tech guestroom features appealing from both a comfort and functionality aspect. All of the new guestrooms at the Jumeirah Essex House are designed to offer guests an integrated experience when it comes to the comfort of their stay, using only the most advanced state-of-the-art technology such as:

• In-room technology is designed and developed with the guest in mind keeping it guest-centric and provides guests with the opportunity to control their room features either through the LCD controls or through traditional switches (e.g. lights) if they prefer to do so
• Guestrooms feature Plug and Play Internet and other devices, making it effortless for guests to use the in-room technology and use their own devices seamlessly
• All guestrooms feature High Definition on demand in-room entertainment
• All guestrooms and suites feature mood settings with touch-screen control pad for lighting, background music, environmental controls and temperature settings in which guests can selects the best level that suits them, as well as easy contact for the hotel’s guest services
• LCD TVs and the latest mini-bar system designed within the contemporary wood cabinetry, which also conceals a snack tray, personal safe, and a red leather-lined compartment for the hotel’s stationary and compendium
• In-room television sets offer guests round-the-clock “real-time” views of both Central Park and scenes looking towards Times Square courtesy of live feeds transmitted from rooftop cameras
• The unique ostrich-print upholstered headboard features a horizontal niche for colorful artwork, which is up-lit with a custom-programmed color-changing LED fixture that modulates on a continual basis to create a variety of different moods in the room.

In redesigning the guestroom interiors, Hirsch Bedner focused on the hotel’s original Art Deco design concept by updating the rooms with the following elements:

• Sumptuous finishes include lush golden carpets, deep red velvets, alligator-print leather accents, and exotic honey-toned wood veneers. The luxurious custom-designed furniture for the guestrooms is modern with a refined state of elegance.
• Beautifully-appointed wall-to-wall wood cabinetry units offering both desk and drawer space, allow ample work space for guests to use their notebooks and spread out with their other electronic equipment and work in a relaxed atmosphere without being confined
• Comfortable desk chairs in red leather and a pull-out desk unit allow for easy access for business tasking
• Hand-stitched, leather-wrapped handles enhance the custom cabinetry and hammered nail studs on the white leather ottomans gracing the front of the beds are reminiscent of the elegant steamship trunks of the 1920s and 30s when people traveled in style.
• Rich red leather-wrapped mirrors reflect breathtaking views of Central Park
• Accordion-fashioned blinds adorn the windows featuring a “leaf” pattern design evocative of the trees in Central Park
• Bathrooms sport rich pearlescent wall coverings and feature jewel-toned amber-colored glass vessel sinks sitting on rich marble and wood cabinets. Contemporary polished chrome faucets and fittings add a special touch.
• Guestroom high-tech enhancements include the addition of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) phones, wireless and cell phone repeaters.