President Herbert Hoover meets with the press on his 86th Birthday, Waldorf Towers, August 1960
Hoover, Herbert; 1874-1964
Presidents - United States
Black and white photograph depicting a Herbert Hoover press event at the Waldorf Towers on his 86th birthday, August 1960.
Waldorf Astoria Archive
August 10, 1960
Photographs | Biographical | Political
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English
StillImage
Frank Sinatra Receives Friar's Club Award from Buddy Howe, Milton Berle, and Cary Grant
Friar's Club
Black and white photograph of Buddy Howe, Milton Berle, and Cary Grant presenting Frank Sinatra with the Friar's Club "entertainer of the year" award at 1976 testimonial dinner.
Associated Press
1976
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English
StillImage
06.06.077
Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner
Cary Grant and Barbara Harris Receiving Friar's Club Award
Grant, Cary, 1904-1986
Black and white photograph showing Cary Grant, Barbara Harris, and unidentified individuals at the awards presentation of the Friar's Club, 1982.
Schumach, Paul
1982
Photographs | Biographical | Guests / Entertainers
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StillImage
06.06.034
Friar's Club Testimonial Dinner
“In the City's Power Suite†in The Wall Street Journal, 2012
Presidents' Day
United States. President.
Marketing
The Waldorf=Astoria’s Presidential Suite was explored by “Urban Gardner” Ralph Gardner in <em>The Wall Street Journal</em> (which had a circulation of 2,096,169 in February 2012). This article featured quotes by Jim Blauvelt and highlighted the Suite’s place within New York City and United States history. Images of the living room and JFK’s rocking chair supplemented the piece, which also appeared to 7,526,220 unique monthly visitors on <em>WSJ.com</em>.
Blauvelt, Jim
2012-02-29
Digital Acquisition
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Text
Press.Clippings.201202
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
Presidential Suite
The Presidential Suite on Presidents' Day on MSNBC.com, 2012
Presidents' Day
United States. President.
Marketing
<em>MSNBC.com</em> highlighted The Waldorf’s Presidential Suite as a place to sleep like a president for those wondering “Where to celebrate Presidents’ Day”. The “Itineraries” section article (which reached 31,769,600 unique monthly visitors in February 2012) emphasized the Suite’s history of presidential visits and donations of artifacts.
Zolbe, Matt
2012-02-16
Digital Acquisition
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Text
Press.Clippings.201203
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
Presidential Suite
60th Anniversary Couple Returns to the Waldorf, 2012
Wedding anniversaries
Marketing
<em>The Daily News</em> featured the return of Joan and Isidore Schwartz to The Waldorf=Astoria for their 60th wedding anniversary. The Hotel hosted the celebratory couple for the second time at the very rate paid on March 2, 1952 (a reproduction of the bill totaling $17.10 appeared as part of this full-page article). In addition to <em>The Daily News</em>’ circulation of 605,677, this piece appeared to 4,827,280 unique monthly visitors on <em>NYDailyNews.com</em>, where it was the tenth most-read and fourth most-shared item on the newspaper’s website.
Zolbe, Matt
2012-03
Digital Acquisition
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Text
Press.Clippings.201203
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
"Let's talk about...cooking in a hotel kitchen" with Chef David Garcelon, 2012
Marketing
<em>National Culinary Review</em> spoke with Waldorf Chef David Garcelon about cooking in a hotel kitchen. Chef Garcelon addressed special challenges facing a luxury hotel (including volume and diversity of special requests), compared his kitchen to an orchestra, and identified passion, people skills, and work ethic as the three skills most vital to success in the culinary industry. This Q&A reached a circulation of 20,000 in the magazine’s February 2012 issue.
Zolbe, Matt
2012-02
Digital Acquisition
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Text
Press.Clippings.201202
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
The Waldorf=Astoria's Presidential Suite in The Daily News, 2012
Presidents' Day
United States. President.
Marketing
The Presidential Suite was featured in <em>The Daily News </em>(with a circulation of 514,920) in anticipation of Presidents’ Day. An article entitled “Commander in Suite” highlighted the four-bedroom apartment’s luxurious history and discussed past presidential visits and donations from presidential guests. A video tour and interview with Director of Sales & Marketing Matt Zolbe completed the version that appeared on <em>NYDailyNews.com</em> (the newspaper’s website which reached 4,419,962 unique monthly visitors in early 2012). The video component was also brought to 27,661,591 unique monthly visitors by <em>The Huffington Post</em> and 211,613 unique monthly visitors by <em>HotelChatter.com</em>.
Zolbe, Matt
2012-02
Digital Acquisition
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Text
Press.Clippings.201202
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel -- 1931-present
Presidential Suite