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Where? Er, New York. It's on floors 35 to 54 of the new Time Warner Centre on Columbus Circle, Manhattan.

Why stay there? It's literally two minutes walk to the southwest corner of Central Park, or, if you're a New Yorker, six seconds by cab.

So, it's convenient then? A stone's throw from the shopping Mecca of Fifth Avenue, and Carnegie Hall, and just 15 minutes from Wall Street by cab, provided all other traffic miraculously vapourises for the duration of your journey. But there's always the subway.

But why there and not Donald Trump's hotel next door? Have you met Donald Trump?

Good point, but what else? As the newest top-class hotel in the centre of the universe, it's a place to be seen. It offers marbled opulence, with some of the city's most stunning views of Central Park or New Jersey - or both if you plonk yourself in one of the 'New York apartment-style' suites at the corner of the building.

Is it big? This is America, man. Everything's big. OK, it has 203 rooms, 46 suites and two special suites bigger than most Hong Kong homes. All have floor-to-ceiling windows, plasma-screen TVs, wireless internet access, and a vast bathroom the entire length of the room behind the bed.

So, anything to do if you get bored of the fantastic night-life, excellent shopping and bagels? Just pop in for some holistic rejuvenation, with a 'journey of the senses', at the 14,500sqft spa, called, er, The Spa. It has eight treatment rooms, vitality pools, steam baths, an exercise area and a 23-metre lap pool overlooking the Hudson River.

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