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Atlantic Stars Hospitality Group Opening a 143 room Boutique Hotel in Manhattan’s Rose Hill Neighborhood NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2000 – The Park South Hotel, located in Manhattan’s emerging “Rose Hill” neighborhood, will open in January 2001, announced Don Glassie, head of Atlantic Stars Hospitality Group, owner and operator of the hotel. The 143-room hotel, housed in a historic building built in 1907, will feature elegant, stylish guestrooms and public spaces designed in a classic-contemporary motif, along with state-of-the-art amenities, personalized services and a fine-dining restaurant. Park South will provide discriminating business and leisure travelers with a warm, refined and intimate hotel experience in the heart of Manhattan’s Silicon Alley. Rates will range from $250.00 to $450.00 per night.
Situated between Park Avenue South and Lexington Avenue on 28th Street, the Park South is convenient to both midtown business areas and downtown cultural attractions and is within walking distance of the trendy Flatiron District, the Empire State Building, Gramercy Park, Greenwich Village, the newly restored Grand Central Station and the Green Market of Union Square. Park South’s careful restoration will evoke the classic era of independent New York hotels, amidst the comfort and convenience of an ultra high-tech, full service property. The hotel’s amenities will include high-speed Internet access, in-room printer/fax/copiers, high-tech conference facilities, business and fitness centers, concierge services and fine linens and bath products.
“Our vision for Atlantic Stars’ first Manhattan hotel is an ambitious one: a distinctive property that serves as a home away from home for discriminating travelers, one that combines the latest amenities with the comfortable appeal of a boutique hotel,” said Glassie. “A contemporary take on the classic New York hotel, Park South will offer an antidote to the ultra-minimalist approach so prevalent these days. Park South will be a warm, lively and reliable New York institution from the day it opens.”
Park South’s eclectic, upscale restaurant, The Black Duck, will also open in January 2001 under the direction of Gerry Quinn, executive chef of A Fish Called Avalon, Atlantic Stars’ highly-rated seafood grill in Miami’s South Beach. Nestled in a newly restored brownstone adjacent to the hotel, The Black Duck bar and restaurant takes its name from the rum running boat known for its involvement in an incident that helped end prohibition in the U.S. in the 1920s. The restaurant will feature a cocktail lounge—which will offer the hotel’s signature Black Duck Rum—and a New American menu developed by Quinn.
Park South Hotel is part of the Newport-based Atlantic Stars Hospitality Group. Other Atlantic Stars properties include: The Avalon Hotel, Majestic Hotel and South Seas Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida; the Harborside Inn, Jailhouse Inn, Yankee Peddler Inn and Newport Gateway Hotel in Newport, Rhode Island; and the Pequot Hotel on Martha’s Vineyard. Atlantic Stars also operates several cruise vessels, including the schooner Madeleine and motor yacht Rum Runner II, which offer classic day cruises in Newport Harbor and Narragansett Bay. Beginning in January 2001, the company will also launch the Arabella, a 160-foot sailing vessel providing week-long cruises throughout the U.S. and British Virgin Islands and three-, four- and seven-day summer cruises in New England.
Contact: Rebecca Widness 212-517-4834 or [email protected] http://www.atlanticstars.com/ Also See Success (or Survival) of Boutique Hotels and Resorts / Rick Swig / RSBA Associates / 1998 Unique Hotels & Resorts Completes $11 Million in Renovations at Shoreham and Mansfield Hotels in NYC / July 1999