Bespoke Fashion, Beauty And Luxury Amenities Enhance New York City's Newest Luxury Lifestyle Hotel For Discerning Travelers

NEW YORK, April 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Situated on 55^th Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue, just steps away from Central Park and Carnegie Hall, WestHouse Hotel New York is more than a new luxury lifestyle property; it's a brand presenting an innovative approach to Manhattan hospitality.  Recently opened in December 2013, WestHouse invites guests to live like residents in a luxuriously intimate 'house away from home' concept.  It's the first hotel in New York to provide an assortment of luxury inclusive benefits such as delectable culinary offerings, expertly-curated beverage selections, in-room lifestyle amenities, and more to guests via a Residents Fee. To further complement these gracious conveniences, WestHouse has meticulously crafted bespoke services in partnership with leading fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands.  From personal shopping assistance accessible with the click of a button, to state-of-the-art styling accessories furnishing each guestroom vanity, WestHouse offers privileges that simply cannot be found elsewhere to enjoy in their second home in New York.

Designed by award-winning firm Jeffrey Beers International, WestHouse blends the elegant residential comforts of an upscale New York City townhouse from the 1920s with the lavish ambience of a refined boutique hotel.  Ensuring guests can truly live effortlessly, a curated portfolio of upscale amenities, exclusive offerings and thoughtful touches are built into the WestHouse experience.

Shop Til' You Drop:  NET-A-PORTER
In partnership with stylish e-commerce site NET-A-PORTER, the world's premier online luxury fashion retailer, WestHouse debuts the first online shopping experience in a U.S. hotel that brings exclusive shopping options to guests. On the elegant touch-screen tablets featured in each guestroom which connect seamlessly to hotel services, Residents can browse NET-A-PORTER's unparalleled selection of the season's chicest fashions without leaving their beds. WestHouse provides guests with an easy way to keep tabs on cutting-edge fashion from labels such as Ksubi, R13, and Erdem, as well as highly coveted styles by Stella McCartney, Marni, Helmut Lang and Alexander McQueen, among others. The superb service and customer care from NET-A-PORTER, includes:

• A dedicated phone line providing direct access from WestHouse's 172 guestrooms and suites to NET-A-PORTER's Personal Shoppers from 9AM to 5PM each weekday, and to Customer Care available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Whether a guest is in need of the perfect gown for a black tie wedding, or searching for ready-to-wear that will be the precise fit for their body-type and personal style, NET-A-PORTER's experts can direct each to the fashions and items that best meet their needs
• Seamless direct connect to NET-A-PORTER 's website via in-room tablets that feature a highly visible "just tap" NET-A-PORTER icon on the home screen
• Complimentary same-day delivery directly to the WestHouse in NET-A-PORTER's beautiful signature black boxes

Highlighting the new partnership will be a specialty Suite Shopping Package whereby guests who book a stay of three or more nights in one of WestHouse's suites will receive a $500 NET-A-PORTER gift card to spend on their site.

The Best of In-Room Beauty:  ghd
WestHouse has partnered with ghd, the high-end and high-performance worldwide leading hair tool brand, to provide the ultimate in-room styling experience.  Sophisticated travelers who expect five-star treatment no longer have to step outside the hotel for a blowout appointment. Instead, guests can achieve salon quality looks in the comfort of their guestroom.  All WestHouse guestrooms and suites feature the award-winning ghd air Professional Performance Hairdryer and best-selling ghd Gold 1" Professional Styler. In addition, select ghd items are available for purchase at WestHouse, including the ghd Paddle Brush, ghd Heat Protect Spray, ghd Quilted Roll Bag and ghd air Dust Bag, allowing guests who fall in love with their styling tools to take them home.

Fall in Love with Sleep:  Sleep│Studio
WestHouse's three Terrace Suites are outfitted by the premier specialty sleep innovator, Sleep│Studio.  Each Terrace Suite, which has a private alfresco terrace, is furnished with Sleep Studio's unique bedding system that allows mattresses to adjust to different body zones to provide maximum support and comfort. Guests are also able to tailor their own night's rest through a series of options available in the in-room pantry such as sleep masks*, aromatherapy oils*, and other touches such as a specially created turndown chocolate that guarantee deep, restorative sleep. 

Whether choosing a guestroom or a suite, WestHouse Residents will find extreme comfort as every room features bespoke, hypoallergenic 400 thread-count SFERRA® Venetian bed linens, and large leather-tufted headboards. Edged by custom sconces on both sides with pull-down switches, these beds lend themselves unwinding with a book, or turning on the Samsung 46" high-definition LED televisions. Hotel residents can even utilize their bedside tablets to personalize climate, listen to music, and select their preferred news outlets for daily reading.

Olfactory Excellence:  DayNa Decker and 12.29
All WestHouse guestrooms and suites feature luxurious home and bath items from DayNa Decker, the couture line of candles, bath, body and home ambiance products.  As the brand's first hospitality partnership, DayNa Decker developed opulently scented candles, diffusers, shower and bath products exclusively for the hotel.  Each offers stylish, Art Deco designs coupled with sensual, eco-chic fragrances to create a luxurious and multi-sensory experience for WestHouse residents.

A distinctly alluring essence infuses all of WestHouse's public spaces and guest rooms thanks to 12.29, the celebrated fragrance designers who created "Guests Only," a scent fashioned exclusively for WestHouse.  The WestHouse team worked with the fragrance designers of 12.29, who have also created "olfactive identities" for clients including Jason Wu, Rodarte, and Mercedes Benz, to make the hotel's truly memorable fragrance, which flawlessly compliments the hotels sexy, chic atmosphere with notes of sophisticated warm spices, deep smoky woods, and hints of subtle tobacco and amber resins.

Elevated Concierge Service: WestHouse Attache
Through its exclusive agreement with one of the world's leading bespoke concierge firms, Luxury Attache, WestHouse offers an in-house team of expert lifestyle curators, aptly named WestHouse Attaches, tasked with creating highly curated personalized itineraries for residents. Whether scheduling a private gown fitting at a renowned fashion designer's atelier or providing premium access to a "sold-out" event at Carnegie Hall, WestHouse Attaches ensure that guests receive a level of individualized service and attention to detail that addresses their every desire and need prior to arrival and throughout their stay.  WestHouse Attaches also coordinate a range of creative packages exclusive to WestHouse that offer distinctively original and memorable New York City experiences.

In addition to this collection of exclusive amenities, WestHouse also offers a delectable array of food and beverage offerings to its guests daily. In The Den, the hotel's handsome entry-level lounge and bar area, alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic refreshments, Barista crafted coffees, and European-Style breakfast and international lite-fare options served throughout the day. The Terrace, opening in Spring 2014, will offer a lavish dining and lounge area replete with an alfresco terrace, where guests will find an assortment of breakfast presentations, afternoon teas, hors d'oeuvres and evening canapes. All of these luxuries are included in WestHouse's daily Resident's fee.

For guests who cannot part with the amenities and accessories they encounter during their stay, WestHouse offers a variety of their custom-curated amenities, as well as its own bespoke items such as the in-room plush robes, available for children and adults, and its elegant WestHouse-branded corkscrews, for retail purchase.  To learn more, please visit www.westhousehotelnewyork.com or send an email to [email protected].  Rates start from $499 per room, per night, exclusive of taxes and fees.

About WestHouse Hotel New York
Newly opened in December 2013, WestHouse Hotel New York is more than just a new luxury lifestyle hotel; it is an entirely new hospitality concept providing a curated portfolio of upscale services and amenities and an elevated level of intuitive service designed to satisfy the world's most discerning guests. Designed by Jeffrey Beers International, WestHouse provides a one-of-a-kind "house away from home" experience, blending the refined elements of an upscale New York City townhouse with the amenities and services of a five-star luxury boutique hotel.  It is the first New York hotel to offer a comprehensive selection of luxury inclusive benefits, exclusive amenities and elite experiences to hotel guests through its Residents Fee, an unprecedented fee of just $30 per person, per night.  This tax-inclusive fee provides for daily European-style breakfast presentations, afternoon tea, hors d'oeuvres, evening canapes, beverages (alcoholic  & non-alcoholic), and Barista crafted coffees, WiFi and local calls, 24-hour business center services, in-room water selection, and choice of daily digital newspapers and magazines.  A member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World™, WestHouse is ideally located just steps away from Central Park and within walking distance to the finest art and culture with Carnegie Hall and MoMA on the doorstep, Broadway Shows, fine dining, and other New York City landmarks and attractions. 

* Items are available for purchase

SOURCE WestHouse Hotel New York