Hudson Hotel New York

** The Talk of the Town ** When the Hudson opened in 2000 it was the talk of the town and featured in just about every travel and lifestyle magazine as 'the place' to stay, to drink, to party or to just hang around looking unbelievably cool and bored. All the big name stars were being reported hanging out in the bar posing on uncomfortable seating and standing on the oddly lit disco-style floor admiring the over the top chandeliers. It was desperately aspirational. I first learned of the Hudson when we had to arrange accommodation for some important customers who were visiting our business in New Jersey and wanted to spend a weekend in Manhattan. ...  Read the complete review

This was my 14th visit to New York and my second stay in the Hudson hotel. Since I had gone to Australia for 2 weeks last year I didn't have enough holiday left to fit in another trip so I thought it would be wise to slip in a visit this year before I start my new job. Location We flew BA to JFK airport, a 7 hour 35 minute trip getting us into JFK in the early evening - the best way, I find, so you can stay up late to try and counter the effects of jet-lag (NY is 5 hours behind so the first day is rather a long one). The Hotel is on west 58th street which is at the bottom left corner of Central Park, handy for the subway station (red ...  Read the complete review