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UNITE HERE, Hyatt workers, and supporters protest Hyatt across continent
NYHTC, August 24, 2010 -
As reported in BeyondChron, July 22, 2010, was an international day of action against Hyatt Hotels by UNITE HERE, Hyatt workers and their supporters.
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UNITE HERE, Hyatt
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Chicago's Hyatt workers authorize strike
NYHTC, August 24, 2010 -
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, UNITE HERE Local 1 members from the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Park Hyatt, Hyatt McCormick Place, and Hyatt O'Hare voted July 29 to authorize a strike.
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UNITE HERE, Local 1, Hyatt
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2010 to be a big year in NYC for Starwood Hotels
NYHTC, August 24, 2010 -
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Starwood Hotels and Resorts is poised to add seven more hotels to its significant roster of NYC properties by the end of 2010.
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New Development, Starwood
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A hotel boom grows in Brooklyn
NYHTC, August 24, 2010 -
The New York Times recently reported that Brooklyn is experiencing a boom in new hotel development, with an estimated 40 hotels currently being constructed or planned.
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New Development, Brooklyn
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New law cracks down on illegal hotels; mayor thanks HTC for support
NYHTC, August 24, 2010 -
On July 23, 2010, a bill that will help the city shut down illegal hotels was signed into law by Governor David Paterson.
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Illegal Hotels, Politics, Mike Bloomberg, David Paterson
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Japanese "no frills" hotel to break ground in Queens
NYHTC, August 24, 2010 -
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Japan-based Toyoko Inn Co. is set on bringing its own brand of no-frills, economy hotels to the United States, starting with New York City.
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New Development, Toyoko Hotel, Jimmy Van Bramer, Queens
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Sofitel security guards ratify their first NYHTC contract
NYHTC, July 27, 2010 -
On July 1, 2010, the security guards at the Sofitel New York ratified their first union contract. With this contract, they join the rest of the bargaining unit employees at the Sofitel and will now have the wages, benefits and protections that come with being members of the New York Hotel Trades Council.
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Sofitel Hotel, Contract Ratification, Security
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NYC unions and Comptroller John Liu pressure banks over foreclosures
NYHTC, July 27, 2010 -
As reported in the New York Times and The Nation, the New York Hotel Trades Council is joining New York City Comptroller John Liu and several other major unions in pressuring large banks to do more to help homeowners threatened with foreclosure.
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John Liu
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Hotel worker turns in $50,000 guest left behind
NYHTC, July 27, 2010 -
Both the BBC and the Daily Telegraph carried stories on Essa Khan, a 20-year employee of the Gilgit Serena Hotel in Pakistan who discovered $50,000 in $100 bills while conducting a routine inspection of a recently-vacated guest room.
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2010 a banner year for new hotels in NYC
NYHTC, July 17, 2010 -
According to the Wall Street Journal, a total of 44 new hotels will open this year in the city, the largest number in several decades, with almost 80% in Manhattan alone. New hotel development is just one indication that the city's hotel industry is clearly on the road to economic recovery.
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New Development, Hotel Industry
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NLRB ruling does little to reassure after employer threatens union activist with death
NYHTC, July 17, 2010 -
Newsday.com has reported that the Matrix Realty Group, a real estate investment company based in Smithtown, NY, was required by the National Labor Relations Board to post a notice in its office complex in Danbury, CT that stated: "We will not threaten to kill you or to cause you bodily harm because you engage in activities in support of SEIU, Local 32BJ."
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NLRB, 32BJ
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Best Western Arena hotel opens in Brooklyn
NYHTC, July 17, 2010 -
As reported in the Brooklyn Eagle, a new 56-room Best Western hotel has opened on Atlantic Avenue in Bed Stuy Brooklyn.
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New Development, Best Western Arena, Brooklyn
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Sam Chang opens new Holiday Inn Express Wall Street
NYHTC, July 17, 2010 -
Focus on Travel News reported on the recent opening of Sam Chang's new Holiday Inn Express Wall Street hotel in the downtown financial district.
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New Development, Sam Chang, Holiday Inn Express Wall Street
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Hotel development in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn
NYHTC, July 17, 2010 -
The Brownstoner reported spotting a new hotel called the Condor under construction in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn.
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New Development, Condor Hotel
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Tavern bankruptcy trustee appealing restaurant name ruling
NYHTC, July 17, 2010 -
According to Crain's New York, the bankruptcy trustee overseeing the sale of the Tavern on the Green's assets is appealing the March 2010 District Court ruling that handed ownership of the name "Tavern on the Green" to New York City.
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Tavern On The Green
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Judge orders Chicago Blackstone Hotel to rehire 14 workers
NYHTC, July 17, 2010 -
As reported by Crain's Chicago, a federal judge has ruled that management at the Chicago Blackstone Hotel has violated federal labor laws, and must reinstate 14 workers who had been unlawfully terminated.
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UNITE HERE, NLRB, Chicago Blackstone Hotel, UNITE HERE Local 1
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Senate finally confirms two NLRB nominees
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 -
According to the Associated Press, the Senate confirmed President Obama's nominations to the National Labor Relations Board of union-side labor lawyer Mark Pearce and Brian Hayes, Republican Labor Policy Director of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
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NLRB
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Cassa Hotel set to open August 1st
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 -
In a press-release published by Marketwire, the Cassa Hotel and Residences announced last week that it will open its doors to guests on August 1st.
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New Development, Cassa Hotel
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Toronto Novotel workers halt strike for G20
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 -
The Toronto Star reported that the 80 striking workers from the Novotel hotel in Toronto decided to go back to work on Friday afternoon, on the occasion of the G20 summit that was held in the city over the weekend.
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Toronto Novotel, UNITE HERE, UNITE HERE Local 75
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New York State Legislature cracks down on illegal hotels
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 -
The New York Times and Empire State News reported that on July 1, 2010, the New York State Legislature passed a bill clarifying the laws against using residential apartments as hotel rooms.
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Illegal Hotels, Liz Krueger, Richard Gottfried
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Brooklyn Marriott management learns the meaning of "willful" contract violations
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 -
In May, the union caught Brooklyn Marriott management stealing from employees. The hotel had been paying the wrong uniform laundering allowance, the wrong vacation pay rate, the wrong sick pay rate, and the wrong extra room attendant pay rate.
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Marriott Brooklyn Bridge, Employer Theft, Contract Enforcement
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Lower Manhattan booming with hotel development
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 -
Crain's New York reported last week that the number of hotels south of Chambers Street has tripled since September 11, 2001, now totaling 17 hotels with approximately 3,693 rooms.
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New Development
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114-room James hotel opening in Soho this summer
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 -
CurbedNY reports that work continues at the future site of the James New York hotel in Soho, which is expected to be open by September.
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New Development, James Hotel
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Four luxury hotels opening this summer
NYHTC, July 9, 2010 -
The Los Angeles Daily Times reported that hotel development in New York City shows littles sign of slowing. Four new luxury hotels will open in Manhattan this summer.
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New Development
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Labor unrest in China
NYHTC, July 6, 2010 -
The New York Times, Associated Press and China Daily recently reported that workers in four Chinese Honda plants walked off the job in May in an organized effort to demand democratic union representation and an immediate increase in wages.
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3 more boutique hotels to open in Manhattan
NYHTC, June 30, 2010 -
NY.Curbed.com reported recently that construction on the Nolitan (30 Kenmore St), the Aloft (8th Ave & 124th St), and Dream Downtown (346 W. 17th St) hotels will soon be completed, with the Nolitan and Aloft slated for August openings.
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New Development
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ITUC finds violence against unionists on the rise; 101 murdered in 2009
NYHTC, June 28, 2010 -
According to an annual survey conducted by the International Trade Union Confederation, 101 union organizers were murdered around the world in 2009 for their union activity.
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Supreme Court: illegal for NLRB to decide cases when only two of its five seats filled
NYHTC
, June 28, 2010 -
A story by Washington Post reporters Peter Whorisky and Sonia Ryst discussed the Supreme Court's recent 5-4 decision on the legality of NLRB decisions rendered by a depleted National Labor Relations Board.
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LeRoys lost Tavern deal, despite highest bid
NYHTC, June 28, 2010 -
According to Annie Karni in the New York Post, financial documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Law show that the LeRoy family, who had operated Tavern on the Green since 1974, submitted the highest proposed fee payment to the city as part of its bid to operate the famed restaurant for the next 20-year contractual term.
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Tavern On The Green, Jennifer LeRoy, Dean Poll, Seth Greenburg
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Disneyland hotel workers walk off job
NYHTC, June 28, 2010 -
Barbara De Lollis in USA Today reported that 350 members of UNITE HERE Local 11 in California walked off the job the morning of June 11, picketing three Disneyland hotels all day.
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UNITE HERE, UNITE HERE Local 11, Disneyland Hotel
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NYHTC wins accountability for hotel developments in Tribeca
NYHTC, June 28, 2010 -
As reported in the New York Observer, the New York Hotel Trades Council has scored another political victory in its battle against anti-union hotel developers. According to the article, developers desiring to build a hotel larger than 100 rooms in northern Tribeca are going to have to secure a special permit before proceeding.
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New Development, Politics
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Local 2 members walkout at Hyatt Regency, San Francisco
NYHTC, June 22, 2010 -
As reported in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, about 400 Hyatt Regency workers represented by Unite Here Local 2 staged a three-day strike last week to pressure Hyatt hotels to negotiate a fair contract, stop unilaterally increasing workloads, and lower health care costs.
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Hyatt, UNITE HERE, UNITE HERE Local 2
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UNITE HERE starts national Hyatt campaign
NYHTC, June 22, 2010 -
As reported by BeyondChron, UNITE HERE has initiated a campaign of national actions against the Hyatt Hotels Corporation.
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Hyatt, UNITE HERE
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East Harlem development project breaks ground, includes hotel
NYHTC, June 18, 2010 -
According to GlobeSt.com, construction on the $700 million East Harlem Media, Entertainment and Cultural Center finally got underway in May.
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New Development
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InterContinental joins the expanding boutique hotel market in NYC
NYHTC, June 18, 2010 -
Bloomberg news reports that InterContinental Hotel Group plans to join the wave of boutique hotel development in NYC.
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New Development, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Indigo
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Funding approved for major Harlem hotel project
NYHTC, June 18, 2010 -
The Wall Street Journal reports that $20 million in federal tax-exempt financing for NFL star Emmitt Smith's proposed hotel and retail project in Harlem has been approved.
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New Development
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World Center Hotel opens
NYHTC, June 18, 2010 -
As reported in the Daily Mail, the World Center Hotel had its grand opening June 9, 2010, in lower Manhattan. The hotel is part of a wave of new, non-union hotel development that poses a threat to our union's density and our strength in future contract fights.
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New Development
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Signs of recovery in the hotel industry
NYHTC, June 18, 2010 -
According to these articles from Reuters and Hospitality Hotel and Travel News, at the New York University Hospitality Conference on June 8, 2010, hotel industry experts reported that the hospitality industry is recovering from the recession more quickly than expected, particularly in New York City.
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Barnett plans massive new skyscraper for hotel and apartments
New York Times, June 14, 2010 -
As reported in the New York TImes, real estate developer Gary Barnett is seeking to build the tallest residential skyscraper in New York City. The developer hopes to include a new Hyatt hotel as part of the building.
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New Development
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Strikers at Chicago's Congress Hotel celebrate 7th anniversary
NYHTC, June 13, 2010 -
According to In These Times, strikers at Chicago's Congress Plaza Hotel celebrated their 7th anniversary on the picket line on Monday.
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UNITE HERE, UNITE HERE Local 1, Chicago Congress Hotel
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Six developers submit bids to operate Aqueduct racino
NYHTC, June 9, 2010 -
Casino and racino development in New York State is a high-profile issue, as their introduction to the state would generate both significant numbers of jobs and substantial revenue for the state.
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Aqueduct Race Track, New Development, Casino
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Peter Ward named one of NYC's most effective labor leaders
NYHTC, June 9, 2010 -
City Hall News has named NYHTC President Peter Ward one of New York City's 12 most effective labor leaders.
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Peter Ward
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John Lam's new Sheraton Brooklyn opens its doors
NYHTC, June 8, 2010 -
As reported in the Wall Street Journal, hotel developer John Lam opened a new, full-service Sheraton hotel in downtown Brooklyn on May 20, 2010. The non-union Sheraton Brooklyn, one of the many new hotels currently planned for Brooklyn, threatens our union's density and our ability to negotiate strong contracts in the future.
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New Development, John Lam, Sheraton Brooklyn, Sheraton Four Points Chelsea
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Toronto Novotel workers threaten to strike during G20
National Post, June 4, 2010 -
As reported in the National Post, workers at the Hotel Novotel Toronto Centre have threatened to strike during the upcoming G20 meeting.
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Toronto Novotel, UNITE HERE, UNITE HERE Local 75
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How union prevailed at Tavern on the Green
Crain's New York, May 30, 2010 -
The collapse in the negotiations between restaurateur Dean Poll, whom the city chose to run Tavern on the Green, and union boss Peter Ward may have surprised a lot of people - but the breakdown was a long time in the making.
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Tavern On The Green, Dean Poll, Peter Ward
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Bidding revs up for right to operate Aqueduct
racino
NYHTC, May 28, 2010 -
Casino and racino development in New York State is a high-profile issue, as their introduction to the state would generate both significant numbers of jobs and substantial revenue for the state.
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Aqueduct Race Track, New Development, Casino
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New Giants stadium failing to rehire union workers
New York Daily News, May 28, 2010 -
The Giants and Jets have snared our city's first Super Bowl for their new Meadowlands Stadium, but hundreds of unionized workers from the old stadium are being left out in the cold.
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UNITE HERE, UNITE HERE Local 100, Meadowlands Stadium
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Chicago Hyatt Regency workers stage brief walkout
Chicago Tribune, May 26, 2010 -
An estimated 400 workers at the Hyatt Regency on East Wacker Drive had formed a picket line and took part in a three-hour "spontaneous work stoppage."
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UNITE HERE, UNITE HERE Local 1, Chicago Hyatt Regency
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Tavern staff hold out hope for jobs
Wall Street Journal, May 25, 2010 -
For six months, the restaurant's 400 former employees - and their wages and pensions, among other issues - were the subject of negotiations between their union and the restaurateur who won the license to operate Tavern. Last week, those talks broke down, casting into doubt not only the Central Park institution's future as a restaurant but also an employer.
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Tavern On The Green
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Show Business Weekly reviews Aching Dogs production
New York Show Business Weekly, May 25, 2010 -
With great humor, writer and director Don Creedon captures all the lows of looking for a long-term relationship in the comedy Guy Walks Into a Bar. The action centers on Joe, a 30-something Everyman whose confidence has been badly shaken by the breakup of his marriage, as he attempts to get back into the game.
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Aching Dogs
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Times Square a hotbed of activity for new hotels
NYHTC, May 25, 2010 -
Hotel development in and around Times Square abounds.
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New Development
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Union remains a key factor in Tavern on the Green's future
New York Times, May 24, 2010 -
As the New York Times reports, the New York Hotel Trades Council continues to be an important factor at Tavern on the Green as prominent restaurateurs announce their interest in operating the restaurant.
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Tavern On The Green, Donald Trump, Cipriani, Dean Poll, Michael Bloomberg
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Suite success at St. Regis
Crain's New York, May 23, 2010 -
The St. Regis New York hotel is sprucing up its most expensive rooms - and apparently, it can afford to.
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St. Regis
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Tavern draws interest of two more operators
Wall Street Journal, May 21, 2010 -
Two more restaurateurs, Alan Stillman and Seth Greenberg, have each expressed interest in Tavern on the Green.
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Tavern On The Green, Alan Stillman, Seth Greenberg, Donald Trump, Cipriani, David Emil
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40 hotel projects in development in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 28, 2010 -
The Brooklyn Eagle has learned that there are 40 hotel projects in the pipeline for Brooklyn.
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New Development
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