HAVE AN AMENITY KIT Consider carrying an amenity kit with a few essentials to make your flight more comfortable.
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The only amenity the middle row lacks is a fridge.
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It's really viewed as a tremendous amenity to the residential.
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Instead, they'll offer Pillow Residential as an amenity to renters.
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"This space is not just an amenity deck," he said.
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There goes another amenity that first-class passengers continue to enjoy.
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Like millennials, many boomers want amenity-rich apartments in good neighborhoods.
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The amenity building is really a place for people to congregate.
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There's generally a premium associated with these convenient, amenity-filled hotels.
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Another amenity I found useful was the Resort Airline Check-in.
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Hyatt says it's been testing amenity dispensers for the last year.
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Butler service is an amenity for all rooms at the hotel.
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The condo's common amenity area will be situated below the subbasement.
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If there is any public amenity nearby that causes the property to be worth more than similar properties without the amenity, then that higher value is in the assessment and you pay higher taxes because of it.
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It's a reversal from the idea that the food is an amenity.
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You can read more about the amenity kit and see photos here.
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That compares with 53% who cited privacy, the second-most desirable amenity.
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It is not listed as either an amenity or a neighborhood highlight.
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One amenity, pheasant shooting, piqued the interest of Judge William H. Walls.
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The resort fees — sometimes called amenity or destination fees — vary by hotel.
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Read more: "A Jamaica Trip With the Ultimate Travel Amenity: A Nanny"
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Others, including Air Canada, offer amenity or activity kits for kid flyers.
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The house had every amenity you could imagine — and some you couldn't.
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The resort fees — sometimes called amenity or destination fees — vary by hotel.
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This amenity-laden shift can be traced straight to dealers' bottom lines.
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I found an amenity kit and a set of noise-cancelling headphones here.
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In the amenity kit: lip cream, moisture mask, hair brush, and eye mask.
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For decades, a rug has been a desired amenity for early-childhood classrooms.
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You can even find a vacation rental promising the occasional wedding-themed amenity.
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"I believe easy access is gaining popularity as an amenity," Mr. Taylor said.
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Hammams and wine cellars top many amenity lists for new developments, but staircases?
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The flexibility of renting, however, might be the most appealing amenity of all.
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Many hotels tack on an "amenity fee" ostensibly to cover the little extras.
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The sign, now lit with LED lights, is mounted in an amenity area.
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On its premium transcontinental routes, United gives out abridged business class amenity kits.
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There was even a Bosch dishwasher, a coveted amenity in New York apartments.
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Landlords are increasingly offering such space as an amenity alongside cafeterias and gyms.
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Apparently they even offer you snacks — not a popular amenity at most dermatologist offices.
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We like: The self-serve check-in kiosks and amenity closets for instant gratification.
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In many cases, having in-unit laundry is an amenity reserved for suburban homes.
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Hilton Gold members receive a complimentary bottle of wine and fruit amenity upon arrival.
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Both NYC apartments and tiny houses are notoriously small and involve amenity trade-offs.
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The other, Zo, is an amenity app that all Tishman Speyer tenants can access.
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Through this homage to modernity and amenity, we lose touch with what came before.
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The flight attendants also handed out amenity kits — men and women got different ones.
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The best amenity by far is the concierge team, which has extensive local knowledge.
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They wanted a new, amenity-filled building for themselves and Andiamo, their Italian greyhound.
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The asking price was $799,000, with maintenance of around $1,100 plus assorted amenity fees.
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I was not expecting the amenity kit, so thought it was a nice touch.
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Test Run The St. Regis New York has butlers as an amenity for guests.
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Here are Delta's amenity kits: Delta One, premium economy, "comfort plus," and main cabin.
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The unrehabbed four-story red brick building had a freight elevator, its only amenity.
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It's a large, amenity-rich city whose metro area population is well over 2000 million.
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Either option would be a big deal in terms of both human amenity and biodiversity.
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Once an amenity found on every corner, these miracles of modern life lapsed into disrepair.
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Crowded bookshelves, a couch, a large coffee table, chairs, and kitchen accessories furnish rough amenity.
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The company says it's been testing amenity dispensers in some rooms for the last year.
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The Coachella music festival in California has added glamping as an amenity for wealthy attendees.
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Amenity kits are by Ferragamo and meals are served on specially-designed Wedgewood bone china.
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Resort fees, sometimes called destination or amenity fees, are displayed separately from hotel room prices.
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"In the luxury market, garaged parking spaces are still a sought-after amenity," he said.
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Access to all amenity floors is $43,200 a person a year, with discounts for families.
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They&aposre comfortable, amenity-rich, and glamorous, but not historically distinguished in the same way.
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It was clear Kudadoo gave a lot of thought to every amenity in the residence.
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A deck on the roof of the addition would be an enviable parlor-level amenity.
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Plus, Tong was kind and helpful and made the butler amenity useful instead of gimmicky.
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There was also an amenity kit in the same pattern as the pillow and blanket.
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The new amenity space is over 31,000 square feet at Google's Mountain View, California headquarters.
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With existing buildings, the roof is often the only place to create an outdoor amenity.
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"Gorgeous and serene lakeside cabin with wrap around porch and every conceivable amenity," said one reviewer.
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Too often the burden of civility and amenity falls on the backs of those enduring oppression.
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They had plenty of amenity-filled condominium towers to choose among, many dating from the 1980s.
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The popularity of this single bedroom shows that for tech workers, location trumps every other amenity.
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There's also a lighted vanity mirror for freshening up with items from the Lalique amenity kit.
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The Palace penthouse suites also have huge outdoor spaces, a coveted amenity in New York City.
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There's a 10,000-square-foot amenity building that we're adding as part of the second phase.
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Flight attendants also distributed small amenity kits with a sleep mask, earplugs, and a cleaning wipe.
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Any change that would make the site more than a local amenity would require congressional action.
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Moving along to Delta, the airline offers amenity kits in every cabin — even regular old coach.
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Retail "almost becomes an amenity," Mr. Maglio said, though he cautioned that the retail isn't forgotten.
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The complex near Second and I streets NE has the chess pieces as an amenity for residents.
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"This is a public amenity, in which the community and its representatives have an interest," he said.
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"The second most requested amenity was board games," said Minute Suites co-founder and CEO Daniel Solomon.
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The Secret Service is being touted as a new "amenity" for Trump Tower residents, according to Politico.
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The stadium has instant replays in high definition on the scoreboard, a rare amenity for independent baseball.
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It still has a tub, an amenity sought by Japanese and other Asian guests, Mr. Houdré said.
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" Looking at this worksheet, Komanoff pointed to one of the bars in the chart labelled "Travelers' Amenity.
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As fitness centers have moved up in buildings to so-called amenity floors, so too have pools.
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The renovation will also add a terrace on the roof, the amenity du jour in New York.
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The changes helped round out the building's amenity package, which includes lounges, restaurants and a fitness facility.
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The rooftop bar impresses with sweeping city views and an indoor pool makes for a nice amenity.
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A hospital was the most critical amenity for a mill where a single misstep could be fatal.
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Dr. Cutforth liked the amenity-filled Winston Churchill in Spuyten Duyvil, at the southern end of Riverdale.
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In hotels, I had grown accustomed to a fairly standard amenity: a small safe for important documents.
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The bathroom, though average-sized, featured an amenity of increasing rarity in New York hotels — a bathtub.
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United's premium economy amenity kit comes in a similar but smaller pouch which opens on one side.
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Most airlines give their first and business class passengers amenity kits at the beginning of a flight.
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Most airlines give their first and business class passengers amenity kits at the beginning of a flight.
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Delta banned straws, turned to compostable stir sticks, and stopped swaddling its utensils and amenity kits in plastic.
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The best amenity is the free use of an electric car, a BMW i3, for exploring Burgundy's vineyards.
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But the amenity that most impressed me was the 75-foot indoor lap pool overlooking the Hudson River.
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Update Onboard amenity kits for first- and business-class passengers on international flights are becoming hot-ticket items.
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This amenity is costly, and merchants do not discriminate in their prices based on who uses the lot.
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Their rent is $2,550; with pet, amenity and parking fees, their monthly payment comes to just under $2,900.
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They also found application, amenity, parking and administration fees, as well as fees for water and sewer use.
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But on that visit, his agent suggested a newer, amenity-filled development up the hill — One Steamboat Place.
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Downtown Denver is crawling with cranes, many of them erecting amenity-filled apartment complexes aimed at young professionals.
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The hotel also charges a $15 amenity fee, which includes things like Wi-Fi, water, and gym access.
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So has interest in air-conditioning, an amenity that generations of people in the Pacific Northwest proudly shunned.
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There is no salon, which is the only amenity I felt was missing from this otherwise luxury hotel.
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"That's one amenity we didn't want to give up — we do like to watch movies," Mr. Preidel said.
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Sometimes, it can lead to upgrades or amenity kits that help make your stay all the more special.
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"It's evolved more into an everyday amenity," Todd Lewin, an associate broker with CORE, said of the ferry.
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"We'd love it if we had a lazy river," Dr. DeBate says, referring to the ultimate student amenity.
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By 2030, flexible space and shared amenity areas will account for 30 percent of office space, the report forecast.
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Richard Branson's cruise line Virgin Voyages has announced another exciting amenity on board their new ship: a karaoke room!
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Since its transfer to the City of New York, the island has always been envisioned as a public amenity.
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The transportation and "walkability" amenity gaps between midsize urban cores and America's superstar transit-rich cities would shrink further.
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Donnell was also that increasingly precious thing: a free civic amenity in one of the poshest areas of Manhattan.
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The Knick's greatest amenity is its doorstep onto Times Square, but there's certainly much worth staying inside for too.
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Another unique amenity was the "house car," a Mercedes-Benz E350, which chauffeurs guests within a 20-block radius.
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Free copies and unprofitable hotel "amenity deals", where hotels buy bulk copies at a discount, are also being scrapped.
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They liked the conveniences offered by the amenity-filled building, though they moved on because the neighborhood seemed desolate.
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Companies that provide simple concierge service and amenity maintenance, like pool cleaning, have added event "curation" to their duties.
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In New York City, one of the biggest is LIVunltd, an amenity-servicing company overseeing more than 203 buildings.
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It would make good use of the amenity fee, and would be a fun way to see the city.
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The Thruway Authority categorized the doghouses as a "vending amenity," which is allowed under the agency's contract with HMSHost.
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Each twin received three months free on a 27-month lease, with the $500-a-year amenity fee waived.
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But they tend to praise one crucial neighborhood amenity: Crawling with Secret Service agents, Kalorama is really — really — safe.
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Experts said employers are increasingly installing charging units as they realize it's an amenity that helps keep workers happy.
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You'll also be given an amenity kit full of Bulgari toiletries — there's one for men and another for women.
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Barcelona, Spain This Barcelona hostel with pod-style bunk beds is known for one very important amenity: free dinners.
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American Airlines plans to upgrade its amenity kits doled out for free in first and business classes beginning in March.
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Recently, Gross moved to her dream home, a place in the woods that has nearly every modern amenity—except broadband.
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A Brookfield spokesperson told CNBC the mall operator will "soon" announce a new "amenity-focused" tenant to fill the space.
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Waiting at my seat, in a nifty storage compartment, were a water bottle and a Star Wars promotional amenity kit.
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WeWork's IPO would mark the first time a brand-forward and amenity-focused office provider has gone to public markets.
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"As long as people keep making news, I guess Big Noggins will still be a popular fan amenity for us."
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Now the terminal's latest amenity, the word "latest" implying that there is more than one, is a baby grand piano.
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There were a few things waiting for me at my seat, including a water bottle, an amenity kit, a menu ...
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And to get to reception, your room, and every amenity, you have to skirt or cross the smoky casino floor.
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Inside, the facets will frame dynamic views of the Hudson River and add interesting bumps to office or amenity spaces.
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TFLiving signs partnerships with property managers of buildings that don't currently offer amenities, or want to complement existing amenity offerings.
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My wife and I handpicked each amenity so you'll live in style when missiles rain hellfire on the unholy sinners.
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He thinks counseling is seen as an "amenity" ... a luxury for which they either can't or don't want to pay.
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The home's most extraordinary amenity is six levels down by elevator, built into the rock below: a massive subterranean spa.
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No, not every carrier has these, but on longer flights it's a standard amenity, along with USB and power ports.
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United is also offering special Star Wars-themed amenity kits to coincide with The Rise of Skywalker's opening in December.
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"Wi-Fi is becoming part of a carrier's amenity package," said Don Buchman, vice president for ViaSat's commercial mobility division.
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I also appreciated the complimentary shoeshine amenity and actually took advantage of it for the first time in my life.
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That leads to a lobby, paneled in walnut, designed by Pembrooke & Ives, which was also responsible for the amenity spaces.
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Trump Tower's hottest new "amenity" is currently costing the city hundreds of thousands of dollars each day, by the way.
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At amenity-loaded 70 Pine, "the whole idea is that you don't ever have to leave the building," Mr. Rose said.
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That sale included 211 hotel units, 74 residential units and most of the commercial, retail and amenity space in the property.
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"I wasn't sure if, amenity-wise, that was going to accommodate two high-rise towers without being overcrowded," Mr. Vagell said.
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I used a pair of earplugs from the provided amenity closet and slept soundly (the duvet and pillows were SO soft).
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These kinds of thoughtful touches, combined with the amenity closet, water stations, sauna, and more, really made the hotel stand out.
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I was determined to try out every single amenity in the suite before I had to check out at 1 p.m.
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Seipler: The industry very rapidly is going away from the small amenity bottles and that does have a revenue reduction potentially.
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Seipler: The industry very rapidly is going away from the small amenity bottles and that does have a revenue reduction potentially.
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At the en-suite media room — an amenity most Chinatown shops don't offer — Mr. Rosso was celebrating a return to Diesel.
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Trilobites Some researchers think mechanical brushes aren't just some spa amenity for dairy cows — they're important to the animal's well-being.
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Yet it is lacking one critical amenity, an absence that has become a deal breaker for some prospective clients: Wi-Fi.
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Bedding was provided, and there was also a free amenity kit waiting for me, which included an eye mask and earplugs.
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Fees can be levied either for entrance to a site or for use of an amenity such as a developed campground.
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The staircase leads to amenity spaces on the second floor, which include a library, game room, catering kitchen and fitness center.
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On the lower level, amenity spaces include a gym and a music room equipped with drums, guitar amplifiers and recording equipment.
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Eventually, after taking all of these photos, I settled into my seat, where there was an amenity kit waiting for me.
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Airlines also give amenity kits to their premium economy passengers, and some even give out versions of the kits in coach.
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Little details shine here, from amenity closets available to guests on each floor to the tranquil terrace, and great breakfast buffet.
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The bathroom was also quite similar to the suite, though it did not have a tub and features different amenity products.
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She preferred to pay a few hundred dollars more to secure what she really wanted, which was an amenity-filled high-rise.
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AMERICAN AIRLINES CEO MEETS WITH NAACP OVER BIAS COMPLAINTS In fact, another must-have amenity has eclipsed the sacred text: Wi-Fi.
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Another model shifts the cost (about $30 a year per unit) to residents, allowing landlords to pitch it as an optional amenity.
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"It's a user-friendly product so it knows you when you go to the bathroom," she explains of the high-tech amenity.
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And even in economy class, where amenity kits are a rarity nowadays, even on long-haul journeys, we found one worth mentioning.
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Chase Garbarino, cofounder and CEO of HqO, told the story of one amenity provider that brings massage chairs to a building's lobby.
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The Surpass card also comes with Hilton Honors Gold elite status, which gets you a welcome amenity consisting of champagne and snacks.
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Many tiny houses have a compost toilet, but this one was a regular toilet — considered a luxury amenity in a tiny house.
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And some researchers think these mechanical brushes aren't just some spa amenity for dairy cows — they're important to the animal's well-being.
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In the dedicated cabins there is usually a special amenity kit, too, with things like socks, an eye patch and a toothbrush.
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We like: Vegan and Paraben-free Pharmacopia toiletries are provided in eco-friendly, refillable bottles, which was a welcome amenity in bathrooms.
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Meaning that not only are two abodes included in the offer but so is privacy, another coveted amenity in the bustling city.
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Included are a suite with a fireplace, a welcome amenity of cookies, tea and hot chocolate, breakfast, parking and a late checkout.
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And some researchers think these mechanical brushes aren't just some spa amenity for dairy cows — they're important to the animal's well-being.
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The fifth floor houses the condominium's amenity spaces, including a gym, a yoga studio, an entertaining space and a common outdoor space.
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For a growing number of luxury properties that have butlers as an amenity for their guests, the answer is a resounding yes.
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That's not to mention the world-class dining and amenity kit filled with Bose headphones, luxury, full-size toiletries, and designer pajamas.
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The Googleplex added 31,276 square feet of themed amenity space that includes three cafes, a fitness center, and seating areas in 2019.
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Most all rooms have a plush loveseat that transforms into a twin-sized pullout couch, which is a great amenity for families.
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We asked the three big US legacy carriers — American Airlines, Delta, and United — for their amenity kits so we could compare them.
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The largest and most noticeable amenity in the hotel was the 14,000 square foot Casino Del Sol, open 24 hours a day.
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The 80-acre property includes an adjacent shopping center, an amenity-laden clubhouse, two heated pools, tennis courts and a walking trail.
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We also got special 747-themed amenity kits to celebrate the fact that United was retiring the famous jumbo jet from its fleet.
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The Lieu, founded in 2018, pitched their subscription service as another amenity that employers could offer to compete in a tight labor market.
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"While football is a great amenity and something we want, we will persevere," Mayor Francis Slay said during a news conference on Wednesday.
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There's a slight possibility the unit was purchased to use as an amenity space, such as a library, sources told the Real Deal.
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Of course, the Green New Deal advocate couldn't resist getting political about discovering her newfound amenity ... and reminding everyone where she came from.
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It also intends to work on improving the mobile experience, location mapping, user travel reviews, bus amenity info, and adding more payment options.
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Another amenity for residents is the 50-foot lap pool, which was originally commissioned by F. W. Woolworth and reimagined by Thierry Despont.
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The amenity kit was stocked with the normal goodies — plus a small vial of cologne — and was higher quality than you normally see.
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Stewart & Company built a similar amenity for workers in Baltimore and stocked it with newspapers, magazines and inspirational books — and a sewing machine.
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Mr. Diller said in an interview that he had grown discouraged after a park he considers a public amenity was mischaracterized by opponents.
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But the briefing room has one amenity that Donald Trump, suddenly without rallies and travel appearances amid a pandemic, cannot resist: a camera.
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But the briefing room has one amenity that Donald Trump, suddenly without rallies and travel appearances amid a pandemic, cannot resist: a camera.
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Maybe it's just a good way to make the most of that hefty $700 amenity fee and get enough apples for a pie.
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"A lot of buildings have beautiful amenity spaces, but they don't get used," which is why creative programming is key, Ms. Wittich said.
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The fitness chain Equinox is building its first hotel in New York, but already other hotels have made expansive gyms their key amenity.
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"With the rise of Airbnb, luxury hotels have been upping the amenity quotient to differentiate themselves," said Jack Ezon, president of Ovation Vacations.
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The $587 million project, targeted for completion in 2035, won't produce another terminal, runway, or amenity for the airport's 55 million annual passengers.
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The amenity is an extension of the hotel's "roombar" service that includes Rhone women's and men's wear available for purchase (prices from $88).
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The menu better reflects the change in concepts and the reality that Amity & Commerce is an amenity for people who bought beds upstairs.
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Common is meant to appeal to young startup workers, so the addition of Slack as an amenity makes a certain kind of sense.
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The property, known simply as Opus, has every amenity a luxury buyer would expect, and several they couldn't have dreamed up if they tried.
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At 20,000 square feet, the Playboy pad features 12 bedrooms, 21 baths and "every amenity imaginable," as the Agency and Hilton & Hyland listings state.
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Help is on the way for travelers frustrated with great hotel rates that disappear once mandatory resort, amenity or "urban convenience" fees are added.
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Inmarsat's latest Inflight Connectivity Survey found that more than half (55%) of all airline passengers considered inflight Wi-Fi to be a crucial amenity.
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FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS While this move may seem sudden, bedside Bibles are a relatively new standard hotel amenity.
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And at Casa Velas in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, guests are given a complimentary vial of the hotel's citrus-lavender scent as a checkout amenity.
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"I want to make sure that people know that this is not just another thing that's an amenity for the rich," Mr. O'Brien said.
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From the amenity closet to the Peloton in the gym, unlimited water, and impressive breakfast bounty, these little touches made the hotel really special.
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The pillow and amenity kits — stocked with essentials like a toothbrush, sleep mask, and ear plugs — are waiting on the seats when passengers board.
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It has left the more amenity-heavy applications to venture capital fund JLL Spark, which invested in tenant engagement company HqO's 2018 seed round.
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Property managers pay hOM a subscription fee, from $2,100 to $30,000 a month, to plan events for residents in amenity spaces and unused apartments.
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The apartment also has access to a rooftop terrace, a coveted amenity in a neighborhood where many apartments do not have balconies, she said.
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A more unexpected amenity was the stunning two-level, guests-only library, with volumes from writers as varied as Marilynne Robinson and Salman Rushdie.
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The bulk of the building stretched out backward and included, from a tired parent's point of view, every possible amenity you could think of.
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Not only was it comfortable, but I was also given a free amenity kit, breakfast, plenty of snacks, and even a bottle of Prosecco.
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The assumption is that tenants will spend most of their time holed up in their bedrooms, or else out in the communal amenity spaces.
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The procession came to a halt facing the village's prized amenity: two brand-new public toilets, housed in a hut painted yellow and green.
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Here are United's amenity kits: Premium economy is on the left, transcontinental business class is on the right, and Polaris business class is center.
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We think you should know: Yes, there is a daily resort/amenity fee at Hotel Figueroa — which is generally not a positive for travelers.
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Trending Forget lounging around in your hotel room while donning a bathrobe, the standard in-room amenity at many midlevel and high-end properties.
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Flip also partners with property managers who can offer Flip as an amenity to clients who want to be in a more flexible lease situation.
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But one "amenity" you can't control has the potential to increase the value of your home, and you can see it clearly on Google Maps.
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"It's nice to see an airline offering a desired amenity on a complimentary basis," said travel industry analyst and Atmosphere Research Group founder Henry Harteveldt.
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The award-winning airport also has a special amenity that can't be seen: a bespoke fragrance that's diffused into many areas of the sprawling terminals.
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It's chasing high-paying travelers with the expansion of its successful Mint premium class, which features lie-flat beds, suites with doors and amenity kits.
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In first or business class, passengers often get a free a amenity kit that usually includes travel-size products and sundries from a luxurious brand.
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Perks of the flight include tastings of limited-edition brews, food and beer pairings, onboard cocktails, and amenity kits complete with eye masks and blankets.
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At 20,000 square feet, it features 12 bedrooms, 21 baths and "every amenity imaginable," according to the Agency and Hilton & Hyland's 2016 real estate listing.
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United said it would fly two 777 jets loaded with water, blankets and donated amenity kits to Houston from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Tuesday.
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In addition to the goodies stocked in my room, I was free to grab anything from an amenity closet, available to guests on every floor.
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With the upgraded amenities in the bathroom, it was time to check out the amenity kit that was waiting for me back at my seat.
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If free breakfast is such a winning amenity, why aren't luxury hotels in the United States also throwing it in as part of a stay?
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Every room comes with a private bathroom, a portable food and drink cooler, electric blankets on the bed, a coffee maker, and an amenity basket.
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Square Feet With foosball tables, TV lounges and golf simulators, amenity-rich office buildings can often seem more like a place to live than work.
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WeWork's IPO would be the first time that this new type of flexible-office provider — brand-forward and amenity-focused — has gone to public market.
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Amenity spaces include a lower-level spa with a steam room and a plunge pool, a common roof lounge, a bicycle room and a gym.
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One is south Baton Rouge: a prosperous and amenity-filled, predominantly white and middle-class network of cul-de-sac neighborhoods and upscale shopping centers.
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Get a top-rated Wi-Fi range extender for just $20Wi-Fi has gone from an obscure, nice-to-have amenity to a borderline necessity.
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She travels about once a month for her job developing clinical trials for cancer research and views seatback entertainment as something of a redundant amenity.
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How to line-jump: Flyers purchasing amenity bundles known as the Works or the Perks get priority boarding and free checked and carry-on bags.
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So it was perhaps just a matter of time before it worked its way into the amenity offerings in New York City's luxury housing market.
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A pillow and blanket, headphones, and a bottle of water were left on the seat for passengers to use in lieu of an amenity kit.
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But you have to manage the real estate markets, because markets left to themselves, when you put in an amenity, are going to generate development.
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It also offers changing rooms with hot showers, a welcome amenity for members after they have stumbled, goosefleshed and wind-whipped, up the shingled shore.
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In the airline's Flagship (international) first and business classes, you'll get a stylish amenity kit in a bag from the leather company This is Ground.
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JLL, for example, runs Chicago&aposs largest amenity space in the Aon Tower, with a café, games, conference rooms, and more on the 70th floor.
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"It's just the sort of amenity people move to Brooklyn for," said Betsy Sand, who had been buying books at the store since it opened.
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Though it's best known for cramped terminals and perpetual traffic jams, New York City's smallest air travel hub will soon boast a rather unique amenity.
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LIHTC developments should be targeted in amenity-rich communities and buildable by-right, not subject to local veto from exclusionary NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) groups.
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Airport observation decks seem like an amenity of the past, but in February 2019, San Francisco International Airport debuted an outdoor terrace in the international terminal.
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Amenity enhancements at select suburban office properties should allow CLI to take leasing market share and help stabilize portfolio occupancy, resulting in higher property operating income.
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One could imagine it as a new workplace amenity: a way for accountants and creative types to resolve the squabbles going on in the offices below.
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The ongoing amenity wars across America's hottest luxury housing markets have resulted in the creation of extravagent features such as rooftop gyms and even dog spas.
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In fact, data shared by the company suggests that Aces has become a bonafide amenity that actually influences whether or not guests will book with HotelTonight.
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Anyone booking a Vdara suite for the use of a kitchen will most certainly end up paying extra to take advantage of this otherwise unusable amenity.
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In late January, the Legislature rejected S.B. 50, a bill that would have pushed cities to accept four- to five-story buildings in amenity-laden areas.
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Offering on-site shops, a 1.5-acre private park and a 50,000-square-foot, amenity-laden clubhouse, the complex is expected to be completed by 2019.
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As we explained in Environmental Research Letters, an academic journal, we identified Chicago's most vulnerable, heat-stressed neighborhoods – communities that would benefit most from this amenity.
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At a previous meeting, Ms. Pfoser Darby denounced proposed bike lanes as a taxpayer-financed amenity for the undocumented immigrants she claims are their main users.
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A local phone call costs 25 cents, but Mr. Goldsmith said that within a few days those calls would become free, as an amenity at the booths.
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Aside from sports, it's rare I get a chance to watch anything when it originally airs, making DVR something I rely on, rather than an added amenity.
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"The slide's significant structure is also at odds with the amenity of the residential area due to its excessive height," Joondalup Mayor Albert Jacob told the newspaper.
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That turn towards agriculture is especially prevalent in housing developments purposefully designed around golf courses – and which used that amenity as a key selling point, said McMahon.
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The five-bedroom, six-bath triplex apartment has every amenity imaginable, from 4,400 square feet of outdoor terraces to water views to a rooftop pool and sauna.
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However, Fitch expects the company's AFFO payout ratio to exceed 100% during 2016, due to elevated maintenance and leasing capex, including the company's planned building amenity enhancements.
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But the laundry room isn't the only old-school amenity that is vanishing from New York City apartment buildings, according to developers and building owners and managers.
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Free breakfast isn't a new amenity, said Adam Weissenberg, the head of travel, hospitality and leisure at the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche, but a better one is.
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The amenity fee, which includes access to the rooftop, the gym and an elevated park that wraps around the fourth floor, is $1,000 a year for two.
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The bag is probably the most substantial I've seen in a coach amenity kit before, and it was filled with the standard essentials for a long flight.
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The building is currently offering two months free on a 14-month or 26-month lease, and waiving the amenity fee of $80 a month per person.
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Of course, the school is the amenity that may be of greatest interest to families in the building, not to mention the neighborhood, which is increasingly residential.
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A $10 million amenity deck, including a "lazy river" water feature in the shape of Texas, was built on the podium's rooftop specifically to attract local residents.
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And at $2,180 a month, he estimates his rent is about half of what he would pay in a similar amenity-filled building in New York City.
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But perhaps the most coveted amenity the home offers is the serenity of 160 private acres and unbeatable views of the Gallatin Mountain Range and Spanish Peaks.
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All guests receive a welcome amenity of a white chocolate Christmas tree, and children receive a personalized Christmas gift and a turndown dessert of milk and cookies.
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Broker: Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, White Plains Office Next up, a three-bedroom, two-bath condo overlooking Madison Square Park in a full-service, amenity-rich building.
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The amenity spaces, often placed on a building's lower levels, are instead at the very top of the 912-foot-tall structure, on floors 86 through 2752.
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Low cost airlines from Frontier and JetBlue to the international Ryanair have democratized flying with their lower cost, lower amenity services built around fees for premium amenities.
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"Squibb Bridge was a great amenity the first time around, and it's good to see it bounce back for Round 2," Mr. Squadron said in an interview.
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"It's not quite an essential amenity or legally required to open, but it's nice, it makes customers happy, and makes your space feel more like their space."
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"We have not seen, in the experience of this industry, a negative impact when it comes to tourism, commercial fishing and these amenity-type economies," he said.
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Delta has amenity kits for its Delta One business class passengers, but it also gives them out in premium economy, extra-legroom coach, and even main cabin.
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Rents on the high end flattened in the last year, and landlords are starting to offer concessions, like high-end amenity packages or a month's free rent.
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Passengers receive a personalized pair as a turndown amenity on the first night of their trip, and they've been a hit, said the company's president, Bob Lepisto.
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It's a huge time saver for busy people, and it's an amenity available nationally to owners of 443 or later Lincolns as part of their warranty coverage.
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For those intent on avoiding amenity fees, travel experts note that some brands skip these fees for loyalty club members, while others waive them for those redeeming points.
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The survey also found that internet and WiFi is the most important amenity for American travelers of all ages when considering lodging, beating out TV and air-conditioning.
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When it's complete, the building will offer virtually every amenity residents can get east of the Hudson River, minus the high prices: Unit prices start under $1 million.
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All buyers will receive a membership to the M Club, a 44,000-square-foot spread of amenity spaces on the third floor and cellar level managed by Related.
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It also can be seen as an amenity for other tenants, who can put up their visitors at a discount on a different floor in their very building.
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As a special amenity, guests of the Delano have access to a Lincoln house car with a driver that can take them anywhere within a five-mile radius.
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The building's 32,000-square-foot amenity package, covering indoor and outdoor spaces, includes a 20-seat movie theater, a 60-foot indoor pool and a 2,000-book library.
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Those with parking permits, a fiercely sought-after campus amenity, tended to overestimate active-commuting times significantly; the closer someone lived to the workplace, the better the guesses.
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The amenity spaces, which include a 50-foot-long lap pool, spa, fitness center, yoga studio, media room and dining and conference room, aim for a convivial atmosphere.
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Beyond dining and entertainment, the only other on-site amenity is the gym, which is a bright and airy space with Times Square views and an outdoor terrace.
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In Castillogrande, where a number of amenity-laden Miami-style buildings have gone up in the past decade, more residential units continue to be built, Ms. Dávila said.
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Where developers previously battled over big-name architects and all-out amenity spaces, from pet spas to hamams, many are now turning their attention to outsize art projects.
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Ray White Sherwood even helpfully included a photo of an extra-looking feta-topped slice of avocado toast in its online listings, because this is A GODDAMN AMENITY.
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Doris Huang, the owner (with a silent partner), worked on the corporate side at Godiva Chocolatier, and considers a food hall a necessary amenity in the garment district.
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Bragging rights include 40,000 square feet of amenity space with a landscaped rooftop with cabanas, barbecue pits and a bar area with a sweeping view of the Manhattan skyline.
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Related: This Tropical Island Is Filled With Puppies You Can Adopt For its dog amenity kits, Canopy has partnered with Planet Dog, a manufacturer of environmentally friendly pet products.
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Young professionals "want to walk and be close to work," he said, and have "amenity-rich neighborhoods," meaning good grocery stores, shops, music venues, and eventually schools and parks.
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It's also worth noting that an additional $25 amenity fee is tacked on for each night, which takes care of Wi-Fi and two bottles of water per day.
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Your new addition will likely bring new buyers into the fold, but you need to figure out how much more they would be willing to pay for the amenity.
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Wellness, in other words, is now being treated as a necessary corporate amenity, even for those passengers for whom $3,000 retreats or $30 barre classes would break the bank.
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Beyond the consumer-facing service, the startup also offers a service for businesses who want to offer car washes as an amenity for employees, customers, or others on-site.
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Both United and American Airlines are winning praise from fliers who believed the small but key amenity had all but disappeared forever, along with pillows, blankets and added legroom.
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That's because, according to The Times, a lot of the defining features of luxury buildings — tall ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, and amenity-filled rooms — are not energy efficient.
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Kalanick, who helped found Uber, in 2009, built the company into an indispensable amenity in many urban areas and one of the most highly valued private companies in history.
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Even with every conceivable amenity, the eight- and nine-digit prices attached to trophy homes with helicopter views and high-end finishes never bore much relation to actual value.
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Cushions swing upward to create a space large enough to lock up a saddle or big-screen TV. Also lockable is Ridgeline's trunk, an unusual amenity for a pickup.
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First-class flyers on most Emirates A353 and Boeing 777 flights get privates suites, Bulgari amenity kits and on-demand, gourmet meals served on Royal Doulton bone china plates.
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It was the kind of amenity — like the promise of new schools and open space — that is often added to proposed real estate projects to help them win approval.
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While we brought our luggage with us from the airport, we later took advantage of Disney's luggage transfer program, an amenity to all guests staying at multiple Disney hotels.
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The group predicted that relief areas would be the second-fastest growing passenger amenity at its airports in the next three to five years, after accommodations for nursing mothers.
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Mr. Wiener's measure, Senate Bill 50, would have overridden local zoning rules to allow high-density housing near transit lines, high-performing school districts and other amenity-laden areas.
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There's also an amenity kit — one for men and another for women — full of Bulgari toiletries to get you ready for bed and feeling fresh again when you wake.
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It is not uncommon, brokers say, for one roommate to get stuck on a specific neighborhood or amenity that the other roommates are more than willing to do without.
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The Taj Cape Town is closing down steam rooms and hot tubs in its spa and has stopped offering a standard honeymoon amenity of a rose-petal laden bath.
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The upper levels are being transformed into modern offices with oversized floor plans, 24-foot-high ceilings in certain areas and a 12,000-square-foot rooftop amenity, according to Georgetown.
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We spent $1.25 million on renovations that included a new HVAC and roof, LED lights, and upgrades to the amenity areas like the laundry room, fitness room, and leasing office.
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I did not get to use this amenity, but it seemed to be a great perk that can help visitors save money, and also take advantage of luxury amenities provided.
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"If you added it all up, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a $2 million amenity," said David Brickman, the director at Onex Real Estate Partners, the project's developer.
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They arrived in the summer, paying just under $5,900 a month, with one month free on a 13-month lease and an amenity fee of $75 a month per person.
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"There is one void and everything else is truly necessary mechanical space, amenity space and high-ceiling retail space for the first Nordstrom in New York City," Mr. Barnett said.
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"This quality of amenity was a product of creating a price point that had never been seen before: $3,603 a foot to as high as $10,000 a foot," he said.
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While some developers see a grocery store as a valuable amenity, others are wary of leasing space to a business that generates trash and needs space for endless delivery trucks.
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But the nation's largest bike-share system is now confronting a larger question: Is it an amenity for mostly affluent neighborhoods, or a public transportation system for all New Yorkers?
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Winston C. Fisher, a partner at Fisher Brothers, said he saw a market for an amenity-rich residential tower as the Midtown South office market took off in recent years.
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A few of the early stars moved into this contemporary, amenity-rich complex, above a Trader Joe's and between Jimmy Durante and Clark Gable on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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The right ones could increase a home&aposs value by 10 percent over comparable listings, and one extra-special amenity is worth a 97 percent premium, according to a recent Realtor.
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On your way over, refresh yourself with Korean Air's inflight amenity kit, which offers cosmetics like face cream and eye gel, so you can hit the ground running once you land.
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What you get: Early check-in and room upgrades when available, complimentary daily breakfast for up to two guests, a "unique amenity" valued at $100, guaranteed late checkout at 4 p.m.
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"Today, the amenity war between hotel brands is being fought in the configuration of the guest rooms," said Chekitan Dev, a marketing professor at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration.
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We'll update as and when we learn more: Amenity Analytics (New York, U.S.): text analytics platform to identify actionable signals from unstructured data using machine learning, sentiment analysis and predictive analytics.
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Or is it a Hudson Yards amenity — another bit of bragging rights in a glossy new amalgam of office towers, condos and a luxury mall where $800 haircuts are on offer?
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They receive a sack of three sustainably-made wooden figurines like pandas and soldiers, and a backpack amenity kit that includes a child-sized headset, a dental kit, socks and slippers.
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In Mykonos, rates at Grace Mykonos start at 343 euros (about $13) a night and include airport transfers and a welcome amenity of a bottle of sparkling wine and handmade chocolates.
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Finally, if you do plan to eat at the hotel, enjoy drinks at the bar, or partake of an activity or spa session, the $100 amenity might come in handy, too.
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It includes accommodations, a spa treatment a day per person for a total of three treatments for each guest, a welcome amenity of a bottle of Champagne and daily yoga classes.
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At a time when niche workouts have become a trendy hotel amenity, some properties are embracing something a bit more minimalist: the pound of the pavement under your own two feet.
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On our afternoon by the pool (the one day of our four-day stay that weather permitted), we were offered a tray of margaritas, passed complimentary as a 3 p.m. amenity.
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An unusual amenity: a nursery that so far has provided some 623,262 trees and shrubs as part of the company's reforestation effort to protect and preserve the silverbacks and their families.
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"The hotel serves as an extension of the airport's goal to provide the best 'Orlando Experience' possible and is a wonderful amenity for all airport customers," said airport spokeswoman Carolyn Fennell.
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The longer I travel, the more I keep an eye out for one particular amenity when booking a hotel: a spa, or, at the very least, a steam room and sauna.
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For example, free soap — a legally-required amenity — used to be a rare commodity, and it wasn't until the 1950s that hotel executives considered adding miniature toiletries to rooms, Slate reported.
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That contradiction defines the Brooklyn brand — you know, distressed furniture and hanging Edison bulbs in the lounge area, but, paradoxically, a pet spa and a golf simulator on the amenity floor.
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Since Mr. Trump's victory in November, Mar-a-Lago has been stuffed with guests attracted by an amenity unique to this club: the chance to rub shoulders with the next president.
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The amenity is a key weapon in Gary Barnett's quest to woo the world's wealthiest figures to the most ambitious condominium project in the country, the $4 billion Central Park Tower.
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"Public libraries are a unique and irreplaceable amenity at the foundation of our democracy of informed citizens," Christopher Platt, Chief Branch Library Officer, New York Public Library, told me by email.
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Beginning in March, Delta will add light gray cotton loungewear to the amenities it offers in the cabin, including lie-flat seats each with aisle access, premium bedding and Tumi amenity kits.
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Aside from the Voom Wi-Fi and the Royal iQ app, the one elaborate amenity unique to the Anthem of the Seas that remained functional after the storm was the Bionic Bar.
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The couple visited the small Kichwa village in the Amazon rainforest where thirteen families were trying to raise money to bring bathrooms to the town—an amenity they had never had before.
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The building will also have a 24-hour doorman and an array of amenity spaces, including a fitness center, a children's playroom, a residents' lounge, a rooftop lounge and a bike room.
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Table service, an amenity nobody asked for, is already available in Australia, France, the United Kingdom and, weirdly enough, at its ginormous, 500-seat mega-McD's in the Frankfurt Airport in Germany.
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Experts said that if airliners are going to rely on consumer electronics for in-flight entertainment, the carriers should be prepared to offer another amenity: outlets for passengers to charge their devices.
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Sports betting is not the most lucrative game for casinos — slot machines, for example, generate far more profits — but they do offer an amenity to get bettors to come and spend time.
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The village boasts some great perks — such as the on-site spa offering complimentary manicures — but this year's home away from home for the world's top athletes is lacking one vital amenity: coffee.
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Yet the reality for many is that in cities where a tiny home may work best — high density, amenity-rich areas — it may not be economical because high land costs limit resale potential.
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But, the introduction of boutique hotels and other amenity-driven listings such as those on Airbnb Plus are paving the way for business travelers to lean toward Airbnb instead of a business hotel.
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While there's a place for short-term letting, the government will review and consider safeguards to ensure it does not negatively affect the "amenity" of residential estates, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said.
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The dwindling down of Buddhism into another life-style choice will doubtless irritate many, and Wright will likely be sneered at for reducing Buddhism to another bourgeois amenity, like yoga or green juice.
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Also, spas tend to be a big amenity at ski resorts, and there's no better way to unwind than by booking a massage or enjoying the resort hot tub, sauna and steam room.
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HOTEL PERKS Up to $2300 of amenities at hotels, including daily breakfast for two, an extra amenity such as a $2550 dining credit, room upgrades and early check-in and checkout, when available.
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CreditCreditDaniel Arnold for The New York Times Way up in the northwest stretches of the Bronx, tucked between two major thoroughfares, you'll find 21 acres of a precious New York City amenity: quiet.
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Residents who sign up for the building's $700-a-year amenity package have access to an endless social calendar with events like movie nights, mixology classes, cider tastings and a Halloween costume party.
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I was a little surprised that there was no bathroom amenity kit with cotton swabs, shower cap, and the like, but I'm sure if I called down, one would arrive in a jiffy.
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And unlike the old wing, all of the new building's 368 rooms will be single occupancy, a crucial amenity for hospitals competing to attract elite patients from across the United States and overseas.
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He had lived alongside people from different cultures, and he had learned to adapt as a host; he now put a kettle in the room for Chinese visitors, who appreciated such an amenity.
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In his day job as an architectural designer, he works with design teams on luxury residential developments, designing palatial amenity floors and selecting quartz countertops, lacquered cabinets and fancy faucets for the kitchens.
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One amenity that was no doubt important to the athlete is the outdoor sports court, accessed via glass pocket doors and surrounded by a patio for entertaining, an outdoor kitchen, a pool and spa.
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At check-in, four-legged guests of 1 Hotel in New York as well as Miami Beach receive a BarkBox amenity kit from Bark & Co. that includes a water bowl, treats and a toy.
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Passengers will also be able to enjoy onboard cocktails and amenity kits that come with eye masks and blankets before landing in Columbus to enjoy a four-night stay in a downtown Columbus hotel.
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The company anticipates selling in two ways, either direct to tenants as an upsell subscription service on top of rent, or as amenity that residents can access without a subscription at a higher price.
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And Hotel Preston, a 196-room property in Nashville, where nightly rates start at $139, a free breakfast of cage-free eggs, seasonal fruit salad and assorted pastries is an amenity for all guests.
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In addition to amenity basics that include various toiletries, the kit contains commemorative items like a pair of 747-themed socks, a padded eye-mask and a pack of five 747-themed trading cards.
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Passengers on Delta One classes are now served meals created by notable chefs like Linton Hopkins from Atlanta, can choose from wine pairings courtesy of master sommelier Andrea Robinson and receive Tumi amenity kits.
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Even in a libertine city like New Orleans, this was a standout amenity, so much so that this "neighborhood secret," as its website claims, eventually began to draw a dedicated straight clientele as well.
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"It's the equivalent of [having] wheelchair ramps, " says Donnie Gibbons, who has interpreted shows for Phish and several iterations of The Grateful Dead, meaning he sees his job as a basic and essential amenity.
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While saying there was space for short-term accommodation in Singapore, the URA told Reuters the government will review and consider safeguards to ensure it does not negatively affect the "amenity" of residential estates.
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The hotel also has Hard Rock's signature "Sound of Your Stay" amenity, where guests can borrow a guitar and headphones and learn to play guitar through digital instruction in the comfort of their room.
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The property has a four-night Culinary Journey package that includes accommodations, a three-course dinner for two at its restaurant, breakfast, airport transfers and a welcome amenity of a bottle of sparkling wine.
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Today's trendiest hotel amenity is an operational brewery or distillery on site, and it means guests won't have to worry about a designated driver after a flight of craft beers or carefully-distilled whiskey.
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Travelers in these seats will have up to 38 inches of pitch; blankets and pillows; seasonal menus; a Tumi amenity kit with Malin + Goetz products; power ports; and priority check-in, security and boarding.
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The Willard InterContinental has a Cherry Blossom package that includes a space-available room upgrade, a $50 daily food and beverage credit, valet parking and a welcome amenity of a cherry-themed Japanese dessert.
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Here's how it all went down: "Our trip started when we boarded the Crystal Skye, which is an over-the-top private charter plane with every amenity you can imagine," Cindy DeSantis tells CNBC.
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A staircase leads down to 8,000 square feet of new amenity spaces, including a large gym, screening room, lounge, playroom and spa with a lap pool that was carefully dug out between existing footings.
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The company asked travelers to rank the importance of six "indoor amenities," including a full kitchen, washer/dryer, high-speed internet and Wi-Fi and air-conditioning and heat (Is heat really an amenity?).
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Travelers willing to pay more than the regular coach-class fare will get bigger seats with deeper reclines than those in regular economy, amenity kits, free alcoholic beverages and noise-reducing headphones, among other perks.
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The closest resorts with that amenity are in the Caribbean, but they were all sold out, so McCreery literally had to go to the ends of the earth: the South Pacific island of Bora Bora.
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Fitch expects CLI's fixed-charge coverage (FCC) will weaken to the mid-13x range, largely driven by elevated recurring maintenance and leasing capex, including amenity capex related to the company's portfolio repositioning and stabilization efforts.
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"There is this great historic legacy of the lakefront as a public amenity, which really is deeply embedded in the consciousness of Chicago," said Philip Bess, an architecture professor at the University of Notre Dame.
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The ship has everything from an ice-skating rink to a casino, as well as a zip line and a mini golf course, but somehow the Starbucks feels like the most surprising amenity on board.
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It is because of America's bipartisan belief in North Korea's potential amenity in a political settlement, captured in the 2008 delisting, that North Korea can now marry a miniaturized warhead to an intercontinental ballistic missile.
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To spotlight the best affordable hotels in LA, we rounded up amenity-rich hotels with desirable locations all around the city, with a starting price point topping out under $200 for an entry-level room.
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Cons: There is an additional $25 amenity fee tacked on for each night, which takes care of Wi-Fi, two bottles of water per day, and a one-time $25 food credit at Vistal restaurant.
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Last December, W Hotels teamed up with the subscription fashion service Rent the Runway to launch a closet concierge amenity at select hotels, including W Aspen, W South Beach, W Washington D.C. and W Hollywood.
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Yet the developers have spent nearly a year trying to lease the building's 50 market-rate units, despite offers of a month or two of free rent and waivers of the $60 monthly amenity fee.
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To lease these units, the developer offered three months' free rent on a two-year lease, offered a gift card for dry-cleaning and waived the $110 monthly storage fee along with the amenity fee.
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In 2015, they expanded to the United States by buying a 200-room former Hilton hotel in Woodbridge, N.J. Right-wing literature has long been a staple, if odd, amenity at APA hotels in Japan.
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At Via by the West Side Highway, for instance, the 30,000 square feet of indoor amenity space will include a 75-foot swimming pool, a half basketball court and a leather-walled room designated for poker.
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Meanwhile in Brooklyn, at 365 Bond Street, a 2000-unit, 220-231 building from the Lightstone Group next to the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site, residents will avail themselves of 2500,230 square feet of amenity space.
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Storage space abounds, so if you're not using any of your amenity kit items such as face moisturizer or body lotion, they can be stored here along with whatever jewelry or watch could interrupt your sleep.
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Old warehouses and factories have been converted into condos, and amenity-filled apartment towers with postcard views of Manhattan form a mini skyline near the East River (to the runners' left as they arrive in Queens).
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Some are expanding their kitchens or are creating separate areas within existing ones where chefs prepare dishes, long an amenity on airlines, that adhere to various food plans such as kosher, vegan, Halal, and soy-free.
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To "take the edge" off of dental procedures, some dentist offices in cities like Houston and New York have been offering pre-treatment drinks to patients as a sort of spa-like amenity in recent years.
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"I'm trying to be fair and true," he said of the Travelers' Amenity calculation, since these are the people who stand to lose the most with a congestion charge, but also about the BTA in general.
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Lauren Witkoff, executive vice president of Witkoff, one of the developers of 111 Murray Street (another Kohn Pedersen Fox tower on the edge of TriBeCa), has invited the blowout chain Drybar into the amenity spaces there.
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HOTEL PERKS Benefits include daily breakfast, room upgrades upon availability or at the time of booking and an additional amenity valued at $100 that varies by property — examples include a dining credit or a cooking class.
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The rectilinear base of the building includes retail space — no tenants have signed on yet, but Algin is hoping for a restaurant — and the lengthy list of amenity spaces that has become requisite in luxury buildings.
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A unique feature of the aircraft is the ability for passengers to control the cabin's amenities, such as lighting and temperature, via a touchscreen device, though it's unclear whether the Air Force opted for that amenity.
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The play is about a small-town doctor who discovers that the public baths are contaminated, but is then run out of town for potentially damaging an amenity that is essential to the town's tourism business.
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According to a 20193 Los Angeles Times article, Hyatt Hotels started offering $20 amenity packages in the 1960s; decades later, shampoos, conditioners, and bath gels are considered the bare minimum when it comes to guest expectations.
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By the time Ms. Savitt heard about the building's planned 10,14 square feet of new amenity spaces, including a fitness center, yoga room, games room, media room, wine room and library, there was no turning back.
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The thick exterior walls, beefy floor slabs and lavishly detailed facade are original, but most of the rest — many interior walls and floors; the heating, cooling, plumbing and electrical systems; the extensive amenity spaces — is new.
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As the owners and other interested parties look to improve the area around 140 Broadway as a public amenity, we hope that some consideration might be given to the restoration of this once great sculpted space.
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This year, the State Legislature effectively reinstated it, slipping a clause into a new elections law that requires all early-voting sites to offer "sufficient non-permitted parking" — an amenity in short supply on densely packed campuses.
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The sleeping cabins are tiny but perfectly designed, with seats that convert to bunk beds, a diminutive sink behind sliding doors, original coal heating, and an amenity kit that includes plenty of scented lotions and dry shampoo.
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It's safe to assume, though, that if all you can afford is a small apartment while living in a big city, you ironically won't be able to afford an amenity that seems designed specifically for your demographic.
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New York City makes deals with developers to allow them to construct larger buildings in exchange for adding a public amenity, like a plaza or an expanded sidewalk, said Deborah B. Koplovitz, a Manhattan real estate lawyer.
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She is also the top real-estate agent in sales in Beverly Hills, California, and she recently told Business Insider that one amenity in particular was likely to push her buyers away: overly sophisticated smart-home systems.
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Passengers will be welcomed on the plane with the movie's iconic soundtrack playing as they board and will be given a themed amenity kit featuring tissues, ear plugs, a toothbrush, and products by skincare company Sunday Riley.
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Today, as apartments have become the domain of even the superrich, with a penthouse in Midtown recently selling for $100 million, the ultimate amenity is the view offered by a building that soars above everything around it.
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On U.S.-bound flights from Asia, the Atlanta-based airline is washing linens and sanitizing headsets separately and said it is providing amenity kits to all passengers on long-haul international flights with hand sanitizer or towelettes.
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If over-ear headphones are more your speed, Wirecutter suggests the Bose QuietComfort 35 Series II. You could, if you want to go the really budget route, just use earplugs (which many airlines provide in amenity kits).
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Christine Blackburn, an associate broker at Compass real estate, said that for a woman to whom she recently sold a condo at 144 North Eighth Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the roof garden was the most important amenity.
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Included are a two-night stay, a welcome amenity of a bottle of wine and a baked-goods basket, a Christmas Eve dinner at the property's Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, Covina, and breakfast at Covina on Christmas morning.
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"Dining, hosting, and entertaining can all be offered to a high standard, enhanced by the ever-present sights and sounds of the world outside," HAV said on its website describing the amenity options of the Airlander 10.
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Long an amenity for business- and first-class airline passengers, pajamas are a creative marketing tool and a way to encourage brand affiliation, said Chad Clark, the owner of the Phoenix travel consultancy Chad Clark Travel Ventures.
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Instead, she is careful to use less provocative terms, such as a "flood-protection measure," and emphasizes that a wall could double as an "amenity," such as a bench or planter, that would fit into the urban landscape.
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"It's only fair that foreign buyers of residential real estate, who enjoy the capital growth as a result of Victoria's liveability and the amenity of our cities, contribute to the maintenance of government services and infrastructure," he said.
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The court-run sale of the tower, which includes 211 hotel rooms, 74 residential units, as well as commercial, retail and amenity space, had received no bids apart from JCF Capital's stalking horse offer of C$298 million.
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For many Chipotle customers who have sampled the restaurant's menu and have a go-to order, the experience of walking down the line and picking out burrito toppings is no longer an amenity, but an obstacle, Garner said.
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"After about two weeks of looking, it gave me a really realistic idea of the search," Mr. Brathwaite said, describing how he discovered that a bathtub — as opposed to a shower stall — was something of a luxury amenity.
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But they were enthralled by the pool at the new and amenity-packed EVGB on East 14th Street, near Avenue A. "This is a level of nice apartment that I have never had in my life," Jaime said.
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But under city code, about three percent of a building's total indoor amenity space does not count when calculating a total zoning footprint, meaning that space is essentially extra, so developers can do whatever they want with it.
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"We are bolting onto the Watters Creek amenity for the City of Allen to create a destination for entertainment, sports bookings, conventions and business meetings," said Mike Kennedy, a principal with Altera Development in Dallas, the project's developer.
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I'd gotten used to the desert that is most hotel rooms (buy this $8 bottle or drink coldish tap water, fool!) and so this simple amenity made me feel like they really did care about guests' health and wellbeing.
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Editorial The community of Elmont, on Long Island, may soon be getting a neighborhood amenity that's high-class and exciting, if you think a big carpeted box filled with a thousand video gambling machines is high-class and exciting.
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But the well-trafficked major thoroughfare, about 26 minutes from downtown, is becoming a hot spot in this fast-growing city, with sleek, amenity-filled condos and sparkling new outposts for up-and-coming and already proven Austin restaurants.
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But for those who board the Crystal Esprit — a 20153-passenger expedition yacht that travels to the Adriatic and the West Indies — there's an extra special amenity: a once-in-a-lifetime ride on a high-tech personal submarine.
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At 53W53, developed by Hines, the Pontiac Land Group and Goldman Sachs, the 0003th-floor amenity "pavilion" will include a pool in a high-ceilinged space with a wall of south-facing windows and two walls of vertical gardens.
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"I think that what we're finding is, in the ecosystem of this whole area, we have to look at things like newsstands in part as a revenue source, but also as an amenity for the riders," Mr. Lieber said.
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"To continue to minimize one over the other creates this impression to New Yorkers that parks and open space are an amenity as opposed to critical city infrastructure, just like a school and just like affordable housing," she said.
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That's according to real-estate website PropertyShark, which surveyed more than 2,100 U.S. renters, owners and people living with family, "about savings, home-ownership, amenity and community preferences," to better understand Gen Z, millennial, and Gen X attitudes toward home-buying.
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"The community said this amenity is great, but what are ways that we can make sure that residents who have been here can continue to stay and thrive here?" said Vaughn Perry, equitable development manager for the 11th Street Bridge Park.
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Though the neighborhood, near Herald Square, can still feel more commercial than homey, the terrace and other amenity areas are set back and also sit five stories above the street to help ensure quiet, said Kenneth S. Horn, Alchemy's president.
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Only a year old, the Park Terrace is an amenity-rich, sophisticated hotel with many perks that help offset a starting price of $300 per night, such as free breakfast, complimentary amenities and water, and great health and wellness options.
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Many buildings consider the perk "an amenity that actually enhances the value of the apartments and fosters good relations between the shareholders and building staff," said Andrew J. Wagner, a real estate lawyer in the New York office of Anderson Kill.
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In Grymes Hill, on the north shore of Staten Island near Wagner College, a three-bedroom Cape at 32 Cunard Place offers an amenity that might be more popular: an in-ground swimming pool in a small, neatly landscaped yard.
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Scremin said "Obviously these hillavators are an alternative to an elevator as sometimes people don't have the space for an elevator and they can be prohibitively expensive," although this hillavator is a high-end amenity to an already luxurious house.
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Its Hollywood property begins a collaboration in January with the celebrity personal trainer Gunnar Peterson, who is designing a series of seven-minute workouts that will be illustrated on a card and delivered to guests as a turndown amenity each night.
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It is quite beautiful — with arched windows that are a little bit Gaudí, a little bit Romanesque, a respite from all the glass towers — but its size and vast amenity spaces will create yet another enormous gated community, another urban suburb.
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"It's a different kind of amenity," said Lisa Switkin, a senior principal at James Corner Field Operations, the landscape design firm behind several new parks, including Domino Park, which is opening this month in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, at a former sugar factory.
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Last year, the owner of 1735 Market Street in Philadelphia cut the ribbon on a 23,000-square-foot amenity floor that features a tabletop shuffleboard game, gas fireplaces and 18 wine lockers, plus a conference center lined with tables and screens.
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Successful hotels also do a good job of making guests overlook smallish rooms, he added, and ARC, which stands for "Arrive, Renew, Create," has created its own 50,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space with that strategy in mind.
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On the ground floor, amenity spaces including a library lounge, an event suite with catering kitchen, a co-working lounge and a game room are organized around a private garden designed by Hollander Design Landscape Architects under the High Line.
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"In reducing the chances of a customer posting a negative review, Meriton created a more positive or favourable impression of the quality or amenity of the Meriton properties on the TripAdvisor website," ACCC Commisioner Sarah Court said in a statement.
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In addition to more personal space, travelers in United Premium Plus will receive free alcoholic beverages, a Saks Fifth Avenue blanket and pillow and an amenity kit, according to a note from the company to employees, which was seen by CNBC.
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It includes accommodations in a studio room; a bottle of Champagne as a welcome amenity; an in-room breakfast with Champagne; a dinner for two at the resort's restaurant, Passions on the Beach; a private sunset cruise; and two bath robes.
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There were two large flat screen TVs, one in the living room and one in the bedroom, though I was surprised they were not equipped to stream Netflix or other apps, an amenity I've observed increasingly in high-end hotels.
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"For a major international hub like MIA, with about 40 percent of our passengers connecting - and many of them with long layovers - an on-site hotel is an appealing customer amenity and significant revenue generator," said airport spokesman Greg Chin.
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Kimpton Hotel Allegro, in Chicago, is offering "Tax-Cation," which includes accommodations without the city's 17.4 percent accommodation tax (the hotel covers the fee), a $25 daily food and beverage credit and a welcome amenity of prosecco and chocolate gold coins.
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The Splurge: Kimpton Seafire Resort + Spa has the Five Diamonds for Fall package: guests who book a five-night stay in a one-bedroom suite receive five amenities including a welcome amenity of a bottle of sparkling wine and macarons; an hourlong massage at the property's spa; a three-course dinner for two, along with a bottle of wine, at the property's main restaurant, Ave; a poolside cabana for a half-day with a bucket of five local craft brews; and a turndown amenity on the last night of a sting ray pendant and five truffles.
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These days, regardless of the home's overall style, Burdge says, it seems that many of his clients are looking to add the same amenity, one that would make their new house more like a five-star hotel: a spa and health club.
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According to Delta, guests arrived in Memphis with Tumi amenity kits that are given out in Delta's first class cabin and the wedding party wore navy blue bridesmaids' dresses and while the groomsmen's yarmulkes were blue right red accents – the airlines' colors.
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Wi-Fi is the shelter's most important amenity, as it allows people to communicate with family back in Haiti, check in with the family members who are will receive them in the US, and any friends embarking on the perilous South American journey.
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When you book participating hotels through Amex Travel — there are nearly 1,000 worldwide — you'll enjoy perks including room upgrades, free breakfast, late checkout, free WiFi, and a unique amenity at each hotel, like a credit to use at on-property spas or restaurants.
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I next noticed a bespoke amenity right as I entered: a tiny silver shelf, just big enough to hold the Granny Smith apple sitting on top of it, with the words "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" engraved beneath it.
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GET PERSONAL Sure, there are the standard rose petals on your bed at turndown and requesting a bottle of Champagne as a welcome amenity, but tailoring romantic gestures during your trip to what your partner appreciates will make it that much more special.
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Nightly rates for a suite with a plunge pool start at $600, and when travelers book through Ms. Fox, they receive breakfast, a $100 food and beverage credit, a space available upgrade and a welcome amenity such as a bottle of local wine.
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Meanwhile, the staircase designed by Jeffrey Beers International to connect amenity spaces on the third and fourth floors at 277 Fifth Avenue, a condominium tower from Victor Group and Lendlease now under construction in the NoMad area of Manhattan, will be decidedly elegant.
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The resort, which will open in summer 2020, has every amenity imaginable: a dedicated staff, private chefs, food and beverage, wellness and spa, hotel activities such as diving and marine safari, and electric vehicles and e-bikes to navigate the 750-acre property.
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At the Hollywood Roosevelt, the "Love in La La Land" package includes accommodations, a welcome amenity of a dessert, two cocktails, breakfast, a $25 Uber credit and a $50 voucher for Pacific Theaters, where guests can catch a showing of the movie.
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The worst kinds of tubs are the afterthoughts: No pasture to look at — just some peeling duct tape, an amenity that my grimy Brooklyn bathtub, installed in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, sometime between the settling of New Amsterdam and World War II, already provides me.
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The 278-unit rental, completed in 103 in Battery Park City, did not offer enough space to open refrigerator doors, had light switches that were too high off the ground and was missing Braille on amenity-area signs, according to court documents.
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While you might already be familiar with the bowling alley, an amenity added by avid bowler Nixon in 1969, the White House basement hall is full of other treasures, including a carpenter's shop, a florist, chocolate shop, paint shop, and even a dentist's office. 11.
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Their main gripe (as with Paris, which finished two places lower, sandwiched between Riyadh and Jeddah) was not a sudden collapse in the city's charm, safety or amenity but its high cost of living, and in particular the difficulty of finding somewhere to stay.
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Even the settings are configured for the amenity-sensitive consumer—users can choose, from within the app, what radio station they'd like their driver to tune into, what temperature they'd like their car to be, and whether they'd like to be in "quiet time" mode.
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Guests at Las Ventanas al Paraiso, a Rosewood Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico, are treated to a 10-minute neck and foot massage at check-in, and the welcome amenity at Halekulani in Oahu, Hawaii, is a 15-minute free foot or scalp massage.
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Perched above the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, the four-bedroom, four-bathroom home's most enviable amenity might be outside: It boasts vistas over the Los Angeles cityscape, including a spectacular nightly show with plenty of large windows to let the colorful light flood in.
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Brooke Hollis, an associate director of Cornell's Sloan Program in Health Administration, noted that hospitals also look for "low-cost, high-impact ideas" like the University of Rochester's Strong Memorial Hospital amenity kits with eye masks and ear plugs for patients in semiprivate rooms.
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When you book participating hotels through Amex Travel (there are nearly 1,000 worldwide), you'll enjoy valuable perks including room upgrades, free breakfast, late checkout, free Wi-Fi, and a unique amenity at each hotel, like a credit to use at on-property spas or restaurants.
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If you're cynical like me, you might wonder what kind of an amenity it is to do what you damn well please with the apartment you're renting out, but in many cases short-term rentals would be a lease or HOA violation, so ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
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The spokesperson also confirmed that laid-off employees would get one month of health insurance, at least one month of severance, and one month of access to Eden Health, a primary-care startup that Convene has offered as an amenity in some of their locations.
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Access to the gym, as well as to a fleet of Shinola bikes for tooling around the city, morning coffee and tea service in the lobby, bottled water, premium Wi-Fi and priority admission to Charmaine's require an additional $30 per day amenity fee.
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There's also a "privacy please" button on either side of the bed, which struck me as a nice amenity since it eliminated the pain point of scrambling to the front door after remembering you neglected to turn it on, right as you're falling asleep.
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The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, but the lobby and amenity spaces were designed by Rockwell Group, the outdoor spaces were designed by Hollander Design Landscape Architects and the individual apartments were designed by David Mann, the founder of MR Architecture + Decor.
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Whether rock 'n' roll rehearsal rooms, Imax theaters, bike-repair stations, stargazing sessions, woodworking shops, greenhouses for growing herbs, or those doga classes, out-there amenities are in some ways an attempt to compensate for shrinking apartments, according to amenity planners, developers and brokers.
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Instead of opting for one of the many amenity-rich new developments, Alhadeff and his partner, Jason Duzansky, who is the art director at the studio of the photographer Steven Meisel, gut-renovated a 1,300-square foot co-op on the Lower East Side.
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Two options for luxury seekers include The Ritz-Carlton Georgetown's cherry blossom Package with accommodations, breakfast, a private tour of the cherry blossoms via pedicab followed by a picnic, parking and a welcome amenity of dried and fresh cherries and a cherry-blossom iced tea.
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As consumer demand shifts away from the concept of in-studio luxury spin classes — opting for the convenience of at-home cycling programs like Peloton and cheaper, less amenity-laden classes — Flywheel and SoulCycle are being forced to do some soul-searching of their own.
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Each floor has an amenity closet filled with necessities for guests to take and use as they please, plus unlimited filtered water, a thoughtful wellness program, and an excellent breakfast buffet included for all guests, where all items are sourced from local favorite bakers and cafes.
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And I believe more and more households will regard in-home commerce not as an unwelcome incursion but an organically integrated amenity that ensures that groceries go directly into the fridge, dry cleaning into the closet and toiletries are replenished without having to think about them.
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On Manhattan's Far West Side, Via 7503West, a 709-unit rental designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group, where the amenity space and courtyard are still under construction, is offering two free months of rent on a 14-month lease and three months on a 27-month lease.
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When you book a stay at a participating hotel through Amex Travel, you'll get benefits like even earlier check-in, a priority room upgrade, free breakfast during your entire stay, and a special amenity, such as a credit to use at the hotel bar or spa.
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Check In From about 1,755 Hong Kong dollars (or about $225, at 7.8 Hong Kong dollars to the dollar) Opened last year, the 32-room Olympian Hong Kong offers a rare amenity in one of the densest, most property-crunched cities in the world: breathing space.
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Ms. Maguire, who estimates that she travels about 40 percent of the year, uses the socks from airplane amenity kits to hold her necklaces, and organizes her earrings and rings in the compartments of a small box that originally held a set of artificial press-on nails.
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The banner amenity of the hotel, where rooms start at $449 a night (including breakfast and the tasting menu), is half a mile of private river; waders, rods and reels are all available for rental for $1013 per day in the Tackle Room near the pool.
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For less than 150 euro, I was able to get my own cabin, which included comfortable bedding, plenty of storage space, an amenity kit that included an eye mask and earplugs (among other free toiletries), free breakfast, free snacks, and even a free bottle of Prosecco.
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The High End Over the last decade, Long Island City, Queens, has become a refuge for Manhattan professionals who want a short commute and an apartment in an amenity-laden high-rise, but don't want to split a Murray Hill two-bedroom three ways to get it.
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We think you should know: Every guest pays a non-optional $20 per night amenity fee, which covers things like Wi-Fi, bottled water, morning coffee and tea in the lobby, bikes for two hours, and car rides in a Tesla (within two miles of the hotel).
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Castle Hill Inn, a Relais & Châteaux property in Rhode Island, is offering a two-night Chinese New Year Travel Package January 24 through February 2 that includes a special Cantonese-inspired Chinese New Year dinner for two, a Chinese-inspired welcome amenity, gourmet breakfast and afternoon tea.
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"We've done a 180-degree turn from this philosophy in place 10 years ago, where [mall owners] put in a food court, but shoppers were there primarily to shop, and the food court was just an amenity for refueling," said Garrick Brown, a retail real estate analyst for Cushman.
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I don't have internet set up yet at my new place (I've been on the phone with my internet company for over four hours throughout the week, which makes me feel great and wonderful and calm), but luckily there's a gorgeous lounge on our amenity floor with wifi.
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Over the last two years, the Ironstate Development Company, which owns and manages apartments in New Jersey, installed KISI on all but the individual apartment doors at the Shipyard, a 1,020-unit complex in Hoboken, N.J., allowing tenants to use smartphones to access amenity spaces and the garage.
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For it's first flight, from Houston George Bush Intercontinental to Orlando International Airport, passengers were welcomed on the plane with the movie's iconic soundtrack playing as they board and were given a themed amenity kit featuring tissues, ear plugs, a toothbrush, and products by skincare company Sunday Riley.
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A typical day on the job might look like accommodating any Kitty-related requests from guests — he's available for daily walks, airport greetings, playdates, property tours, and pet amenity deliveries, for starters — as well as monitoring Kitty's manners, coordinating the monthly Bark 'n' Brews, and attending daily resort events.
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This year, a letter was sent by critics of the plan to all members of the House of Lords, the upper house of Parliament, saying that the gardens where the memorial is to be located would "cease to be an amenity for ordinary people" if it went ahead.
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Hotel Derek, near the city's Uptown entertainment district and seven miles from the livestock show and rodeo, has an All Roped In Package inclusive of accommodations, a Southern inspired breakfast, valet parking and a welcome amenity of locally smoked beef jerky and a jar of honey roasted Texas pecans.
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The technology firms they nurtured developed a preference for amenity-rich, self-contained corporate campuses, turning away from the older and more crowded cities where the high-tech industry had started: New York City, once home to Bell Labs; Philadelphia, the birthplace of the first all-digital computer.
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Even as New York City has seen a soaring number of bicyclists seeking alternatives to increasing gridlock on the streets and a chronically unreliable subway system below ground, there is one amenity riders do not have: a way to pedal across Midtown Manhattan without coming dangerously close to traffic.
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Click ahead for a taste of what the city has to offer, and be sure to rest up on the long flight over with Korean Air's in-flight amenity kit — full of cosmetics, an eye mask, and a toothbrush — to ensure that you land fresh and ready for your shopping getaway.
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"You have to catch the timing right," said Mr. Schaeffer, who noticed a rise in rental listings at Carnegie Park, an amenity-laden condominium at Third and East 94th Street, and was able to get clients a $150-a-month discount on a two-year lease for a two-bedroom.
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But I think the biggest source of his success was his independence, and, as is well known, he seemed to take an almost perverse pleasure in refusing any amenity offered by the designers who were so eager to please him because he cared that much about the integrity of the work.
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More than 12,000 apartments were built in the neighborhood between 2010 and 2017, and luxury developments were being built so rapidly that rent prices actually began decreasing after July of last year, since there weren't enough well-heeled tenants in the area to fill the supply of vacant, amenity-laden dwellings.
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"I am very keen to introduce new, very customer-friendly, high amenity, very reliable rolling-stock into the New York system," said Andy Byford, the former chief executive of the Toronto Transit Commission who this week became the president of New York City Transit, which operates the subway and buses.
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If the interiors are restrained, the 25th-floor amenity offering, open to residents only, may seem over the top, with pool, bars, game rooms, a library, a theater, a spa and a gym, plus a plant-filled greenhouse-like "garden room" — part of 50,000 square feet of amenities, inside and out.
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While budget hotels aren't likely to have such an amenity, if you plan on booking a high-end hotel, with a little forethought and research, you can find a hotel that includes an extensive spa replete with sauna, heated pool, and a variety of hot and cold baths and steam rooms.
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The nearly 22,000-square-foot, 29-room home, which sits on more than 5 acres in Los Angeles' Holmby Hills neighborhood, and features "every amenity imaginable," according to a press release, including a catering kitchen, a separate game house and is one of the few private residences in L.A. with a zoo license.
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Direct Central Park views may be the most valuable amenity in Manhattan real estate, but in a market filled with soaring new developments — some of which wind up blocking the views of other buildings — even a partial glimpse of a river, park or the city skyline can also command a hefty premium.
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"There is a whole new layer of 'new old homes' — new construction with every amenity built to architecturally reference Sag Harbor's historic federal, farmhouse and Victorian architecture," said Gioia DiPaolo, an agent for Douglas Elliman, adding that while prices have steadily risen, sales at the low end — $500,239 to $289,22016 — are also robust.
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The room is heavily symbolic — the poorer the person is in "Parasite," the farther underground he dwells — and yet it is also a practicality: Rooms such as this, we are told, are a common amenity in wealthy homes, a safeguard against nuclear attack, perhaps, or a place to hide your worst secrets.
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It's an amenity that many people can't afford (particularly if, as is sometimes the case, it is tied in with a view and thus commands a premium) or one that expresses itself briefly and rarely, a small square of light in a corner of the living room for seven minutes during the summer months.
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Boundary Waters activists argue that the very presence of mining — its disruption of this area's natural character, not to mention the specter of pollution — could hamper the region's "amenity-based" development in a multitude of tangible and intangible ways, from destroying property values to stripping away jobs that feed off this area's natural beauty.
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But she exercised even more influence as a spokeswoman for coalitions, often led by others, to prevent the demolition of a favorite building that had historic value or provided affordable housing, and to wring an extra amenity for a neighborhood from property owners who sought approval for a proposed office building or residential development.
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Mission Point, an 18-acre lakefront property, has a two-night "Fall Foliage, Food & Wine" package that includes accommodations, a welcome amenity of a glass of wine per adult, breakfast, one dinner with a bottle of wine, a half- day rental of two bikes with a boxed lunch and a private horse and carriage ride.
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Giovanni Peri and Gianmarco Ottaviano find that the value of increased cultural diversity of this sort can be partially measured through higher housing values in more diverse cities — people are willing to pay more for the amenity value of ethnic food — but will miss the extent to which a nationally rising tide lifts all boats.
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STAY AT A PALAZZO, MAKE A PIZZA Palazzo del Vice Re, an upscale boutique hotel in the fishing village of Lezzeno on Lake Como, Italy, is reopening for the 2016 season on March 24 with a tasty new amenity: a pizza-making class with one of the owners, Alessandro Pertusini, and his parents, Laura and Bruno Pertusini.
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In the next lines, she croons: "In my room there's a king size space / Bigger than it used to be / If you want you can rent that place / Call me an amenity / Even if it's in my dreams" Shortly around the time Gomez broke up with Bieber for the last time, she purchased a sprawling $3 million dollar mansion.
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Another option is the Rodeo Houstonian Style package at The Houstonian Hotel, Club & Spa, situated in the heart of the city and about a 20-minute drive from the event; it includes accommodations, two Texas-themed cocktails at the hotel's bar, a welcome amenity of a charcuterie board, a $50 Uber gift card, valet parking and a boot shine.
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So there are certainly plenty of precedents for allocating public policy objectives, or infrastructure that has an amenity benefit, to everybody, What makes this an important conversation, now or maybe in 10 years, is if somebody defects from the grid entirely, to avoid their share of sunk costs or policy costs, those costs don't go away.
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The MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa in Sonoma, CA has partnered with BLADE for a 2-night NYE package that includes round trip transportation via Xcel Long Ranger helicopter between San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Napa County Airport; a two-night stay in a premium room category; roundtrip ground transportation; late checkout and a welcome amenity upon arrival.
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The Splurge: Jade Mountain Resort has a five-night Total Romance package, which includes accommodations, all meals; most alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks; airport transfers; a welcome amenity of two cocktails; a one-hour massage per person; a scuba diving lesson for two people; a bottle of Champagne; a guided snorkeling boat trip; and a half-day sailing trip.
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Peri and co-author Gianmarco Ottaviano find that the value of increased cultural diversity of this sort can be partially measured through higher housing values in more diverse cities — people are willing to pay more for the amenity value of ethnic food — but will miss the extent to which a nationally rising tide lifts all boats.
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Just as their owners will be treated to a local welcome amenity upon check-in, so will dogs, who will receive a Paws in the Neighborhood Cinch Pack, a Planet Dog Orbee ball, house-made or locally sourced dog treat, a dispenser with pickup bags and a dog's guide to the neighborhood highlighting parks, vets, groomers, pet supply stores and dog-friendly restaurants.
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Copper-nickel mining could result in the loss of 215,490 jobs and $288 million annually in visitor spending, more than $344 million in diminished property values and more than $400 million in annual revenue if a mine "suppresses or reverses overall amenity-based growth at the heart of the Arrowhead's recovery" that has occurred since a 1980s mining bust devastated the region.
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"More than 80 percent of respondents from all three generations expect to buy a home in the next five years," says PropertyShark, including 87 percent of millennials and 83 percent of those in Gen Z. To gauge respondents' attitudes on housing, the researchers asked individual questions about savings, homeownership, amenity and community preferences, as well as demographic data, including employment and marital status.
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Sophisticated couples with the expectation of top-end luxury also come here, as do families seeking an amenity-rich experience for adults and kids alike, without much travel or jet lag, especially from the southwestern U.S.We like: The kids' club runs a truly exemplary program, including piñata parties on the beach, local cooking classes, and a range of art projects.
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The building offers a dizzying 40,000-square-foot spread of amenity spaces, split between the full 18th floor, where there are four outdoor terraces, lounges and playrooms designed for residents of various ages, music practice rooms and a wine room, and two lower levels where there are two new pools, a fitness center, spa treatment rooms and yoga and Pilates studios.
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" According to the BEV's website, it boasted the "highest per capita use of the Internet in the world, with more than 87% of Blacksburg residents online," was the first place in the US to offer "residential Ethernet service as an amenity in apartments and townhomes," and allowed Montgomery to become the first "county in the United States to have every school directly connected to the Internet.
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When he realized that the lobby of this building was large enough to accommodate such a space, he "jumped at the chance" to alter the plans and made the suggestion, to the delight of the developers, who also include the Slate Property Group and Vanke US. "As far as I know, we are the first to offer an amenity like this on this scale," said Mr. Aguayo.
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Today's product features dedicated check-in and baggage drop-off facilities; free check-in for two pieces of baggage; priority boarding; leather seats with up to a 22022-inch pitch, footrest and headrest; an amenity kit on some flights; choice of three meals, including a vegetarian option; unlimited snacks and drinks in-flight; and a "social snack space" on 787 aircraft where passengers can gather.
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In Italy's Lake Como, the 19th-century Villa Flori, built by the Marchese Raimond (whose daughter was one of the Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi's many conquests), has a two-night package for two people that includes accommodations in a junior suite with a balcony overlooking the lake, a welcome amenity of two cocktails, two hourlong massages in the property's spa, daily breakfast and one lunch.
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Spend a long weekend in Dublin, at the Intercontinental with their "Valentine's Package," which includes a spacious guest room, four-course dinner for two with glass of Perrier-Jouët Blason Rosé, NV in the award-winning Seasons Restaurant, a welcome amenity, full Irish breakfast, late check-out, free parking, and access to the heated indoor pool with jacuzzi, sauna, and steam room plus 10% off spa treatments.
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Cardholder benefits are much more comprehensive, and include:A room upgrade at check-in, if availableNoon check-in, if available250:2100pm guaranteed late check-outOccasional third- or fourth-night-free ratesComplimentary Wi-FiDaily breakfast for twoA unique amenity valued at $100 that varies by propertyGiven the caliber of hotels that can be found within Fine Hotels & Resorts, a third or fourth free night can be worth north of $1,000.
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There is a $32 Daily Resort Amenity Package, which includes complimentary Wi-Fi for up to four devices, fitness center access at Exhale Spa, daily meditation class on Exhale Spa terrace, pool and beach chairs and towels; use of kayaks, paddle boards, and boogie boards; morning banana boat rides (note: I never saw this happen), lobby refreshments, a rec room with video games and vintage arcade center for teens and tweens, and unlimited local calls.
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