“Will it or won’t it reopen?” hotel cynics have been wondering about Waldorf Astoria New York for years. (Not me<\/em>, of course. I’m an eternal optimist who always thought it was coming back. Cough.) But now, the Waldorf Astoria New York finally has a clear path to reopening day.<\/p>\n The storied, ultraluxury hotel is now taking reservations for Dec. 10, 2025, after being closed for a multiyear, more than $1 billion renovation. The reopening comes with 375 overhauled guest rooms and suites, a signature restaurant overseen by chef Michael Anthony and the return of the hotel’s famous Peacock Alley cocktail lounge.<\/p>\n But it’s also a major feather in the cap of Hilton and its expansion at the luxury end<\/a> of the hotel food chain.<\/p>\n “It’s been a labor of love,” Dino Michael, senior vice president and global head of Hilton’s luxury brands, said of the Waldorf renovation in an interview with TPG this month at the International Luxury Travel Market in Cannes, France. “I think when people go, they’ll realize why it took so long. They’ll see the detail, the silver leaf, the gold leaf, the renovated mosaics, the marble, the paintings, and they’ll be like, ‘Okay, we get it now.'”<\/p>\n
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