UNPRECEDENTED INTERNET ACCESS FOR MEETING AND CONFERENCE ROOMS
19 September 2008
New York, September 19, 2008 - Upgrade of bandwidth to 100 megabytes per second makes it possible for meeting guests to download Internet content 60 times faster than with a traditional T1-line.
In response to the growing trend of incorporating individual internet access and video-streaming into meeting and conference agendas, The New York Palace hotel today announced the installation of a 100 megabytes per second (Mbps) internet connection. Meeting planners working with The Palace now have the option of providing classroom settings with unobstructed individual internet, video and presentation access to as many as 400 attendees simultaneously. This upgrade of bandwidth from 1.5Mbps to 100Mbps marks a major enhancement of the hotel's internet access for its meeting and conference rooms. This initiative began in 2006 with a comprehensive upgrade in wiring and the installation of a portal system to allocate bandwidth. The completed installation of this 100Mbps TLS (Transparent Local Area Network Service) line ensures that meeting attendees at The Palace are able to access the internet without concern for speed, capacity or security.
"With this enhanced capability, meetings at The Palace are now able to accommodate 200 Sling Box sessions, 400 YouTube downloads, 400 presentation downloads, or 1,500 web-radio streams at a single time," said Jeffery S. Wolf, Director of Information Technology for The New York Palace. "Most hotels offer a common T1-line for internet access, which has the capacity to download a maximum of 1.5 Megabytes per second from the internet. Since many of these T1-lines are shared connections, speeds can often be even slower depending on volume of online traffic. The 100Mbps TLS line we now have at The Palace is 60 times faster than a traditional T1-line. In order to best serve a wide range of groups and budgets, access to this 100Mbps internet connection can also be reserved in secured increments of 5Mbps."
For more information on The Palace's information technology services or to schedule a tour of the property, please contact the catering office at +1 212 303 7766.
The New York Palace
With 811 rooms and 88 suites, The New York Palace hotel is known for spectacular views, sumptuous rooms and exquisite service. Located in the heart of Manhattan on the corner of 50th & Madison, the hotel's world-renowned courtyard incorporates motifs from several 15th-century Italian cathedrals and has served as the entranceway to the historic Villard Mansion since 1882. Today, The New York Palace Hotel gracefully blends the landmark Villard Mansion with a contemporary 55-story tower for the guestrooms that was completed in 1980. In 2007, The Palace announced the completion of The Mansion Rooms, a 17-month, USD 12 million public space renovation project. The 13,000 square-foot venue, luxuriously situated over the fourth and fifth floors of The Villard Mansion, includes seven classically designed rooms with natural light and spacious foyers overlooking The Madison Avenue Courtyard.
The new space, developed for social and corporate events such as weddings and investor conferences, is located directly upstairs from GILT, The New York Palace Hotel's critically acclaimed Modern American restaurant. With the completion of The Mansion Rooms renovation, The Palace has 24 venues for meetings and special events. These venues include The Library, The Drawing Room, The Chairman's Office, The Reid Salon, and The Villard Ballroom. In August of 2008, The New York Palace was proud to become one of The Dorchester Collection.
Dorchester Collection
With seven of the world's foremost five-star addresses, the Dorchester Collection celebrates luxury with hotels of original character and the most modern amenities. Established as the Dorchester Group by the Brunei Investment Agency in 1996, Dorchester Collection was rebranded in 2006 to develop an impeccable portfolio of traditional and contemporary properties in Europe and the United States.
The current portfolio of owned and managed properties includes The Dorchester, a 244-room hotel long favored by the cream of society in the heart of Mayfair in London; The Beverly Hills Hotel, a glamorous and celebrity-friendly 204-room property on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles; the elegant Le Meurice, a centuries-old, 120-room property located between Place de la Concorde and the Louvre on rue de Rivoli in Paris; Hôtel Plaza Athénée, a 188-room embodiment of Parisian luxury set between Avenue des Champs Elysées and the Eiffel Tower; and Hotel Principe di Savoia, a cosmopolitan, 401-room property on the Piazza della Repubblica in Milan.
The Dorchester Collection's newest properties joined in August 2008, including The New York Palace, an icon of Manhattan with the landmark Villard Mansion and a contemporary 55-story tower; and Hotel Bel-Air, a shining star of Los Angeles set on 12 acres in Stone Canyon with 91 guest rooms and the renowned "Swan Lake" inhabited by its own resident swans. With unrivaled experience and capability, cross-property values of the highest order, and strong company branding that expresses universally high regard for its portfolio, Dorchester Collection assures a consistently exceptional guest experience at all of its hotels. US reservations: +1 800 650 1842 or www.dorchestercollection.com.
Media Contact
Teresa Delaney
Director - Communications
The New York Palace
Telephone: +1 212 303 6075
E-mail: tdelaney@nypalace.com
