This is a fact-packed, beautifully illustrated and profusely photographed, history-based guide of 254 pages that provides a fresh and intriguing look at New York City and the surrounding areas of the Hudson Valley, New Jersey, the Delaware River and Delaware.

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The Courtyard by Marriott New York Manhattan/Herald Square, to be located on the northeast corner of 6th Avenue and 35th Street, will occupy the former Atlantic Bank of New York building, constructed in 1928.

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Designed by architect Nobutaka Ashihara, the building will rise to a height of 752 feet, 9 inches. According to Marriott International, this will make it the tallest stand-alone hotel building (without office or residential space) in New York.

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Located at the corner of Kenmare and Elizabeth Streets in Manhattan, The Nolitan Hotel is the first boutique hotel in what is labeled as the ‘Nolita’ district. The Nolitan has 55 rooms and is aiming to provide personalized attention and intuitive service.

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Air-touring company Mauiva has launched two U.S. ‘AirCruise’ tours which it believes will revolutionize the concept of guide-escorted sightseeing packages both in the United States and internationally.

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Rather than touting the amenities of its hotel interiors, as do most other hotels, boutique-hotel group Affinia Hotels is promoting the rooftop bars, pool decks, and terraces of its properties in New York City, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. for the summer of 2011.

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The Empire State Building celebrates its 80th anniversary on Sunday, May 1, 2011. The tip of its lightning mast/antenna reaches 1,454 feet (443.179 meters) above Midtown Manhattan.

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The oneworld alliance is relocating its headquarters to New York City under new leadership, the latest move in oneworld’s bid to establish itself as the world’s premier airline alliance.

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Marriott International has opened the newly built Courtyard New York Manhattan/SoHo in SoHo’s Hudson Square area on Varick Street.

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The Park Hyatt New York will be located at 157 West 57th Street between Avenue of the Americas and Seventh Avenue, across from Carnegie Hall.

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Located at 59 West 44th Street in Manhattan, The Algonquin Hotel is the first New York City hotel to join the Autograph Collection.

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Every festive-holiday season, the five boroughs of New York City offer an astonishing variety of performances, shopping, dining, museum exhibitions, cultural tours and other activities.

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Set to open in July, the InterContinental New York Times Square will join the historic InterContinental New York Barclay and according to IHG will be the biggest new hotel to open in Manhattan for some eight years.

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Denihan Hospitality Group has officially reopened The Surrey, a luxury hotel on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, after a major renovation.

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New York’s first Hotel Indigo has opened in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, in an area where the city’s art, fashion and flower districts all meet.

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New York’s Hotel Pennsylvania has created triple-bed and quadruple-bed (quad) guestrooms for families, tour groups, and sporting teams looking to share accommodations while in New York City.

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The renovation of The Mark hotel in New York, overseen by designer Jacques Grange, will include the first complete hotel installation of Bang & Olufsen televisions in Manhattan.

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