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This 24-floor hotel near the skyscraper businesses of Philadelphia was renovated in 2000. Rooms feature mobile executive workstations with an extra outlet and two phones with data ports, while guests on the floors 20-24 receive high-speed internet access. In the lobby, guests can access the internet through a wireless connection. The Crown Plaza offers more than 16,800 square feet of meeting space that can accommodate up to 700 people. An English-style pub, The Elephant and Castle, greets guests in the lobby.

 

While the Four Seasons never comes up short on awards, it carries an understated and refined sense of elegance. The rooms are elegantly furnished in Federal style with Victorian colour schemes, and all rooms feature top-notch tech capabilities.The guestrooms boast marvellous views of Logan Circle or the interior courtyard. The facility also features 10,349 square feet of meeting and function space, including the city’s only luxury-class outdoor reception and dining area. One of Philadelphia’s top restaurants, the Fountain Restaurant, serves American cuisine, and the Swann Lounge, decorated in warms woods and marbles, has been cited as one of the top bars in the world by Gourmet magazine.

 

With its proximity to cultural attractions and the plethora of upscale shopping, dining and entertainment options within the Bellevue, the Park Hyatt Philadelphia has been an institution in the city for 100 years. Guests are treated to a Champagne toast at check-in. In 2002, the hotel completed a lavish renovation that redecorated each guestroom at a cost of $30,000 each. The hotel’s 30,000 square feet of meeting space includes The Barrymore Room with a 30- foot stained glass dome and the seven- storey Conservatory atrium. The 19th floor Founders offers panoramic views of the city, and guests can work out at The Sporting Club, the best health club in the city.

 

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Radisson Plaza-Warwick Hotel was originally constructed in 1926 and features fashionable English Renaissance architecture. Interestingly enough in this National Register of Historic Places building, no two rooms are exactly the same size. The top four floors of the hotel were converted to a new Plaza Club section. Meeting rooms serve from 4 to 400 guests take up two floors of the building. Guests can dine at one of three restaurants including The Prime Rib, an upscale steakhouse.

 

Guests have come to associate the Ritz- Carlton with ritzy living. Located in a spectacular historic landmark building that was completed in 2000, the Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia couples the gracious ambience of the past with the comfort of the present from its 120-foot neoclassical rotunda entrance to its preserved bank teller desk and marble flooring. Rooms feature a technology butler and high-speed internet access. Executive chef Philippe Reininger oversees The Grill, which has been receiving rave reviews. More than 20,000 square feet of meeting space also is available, from a 6,300 square foot grand ballroom to six state-of-the-art meeting rooms.

 
 
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