Crowne Plaza Manhattan Extends Itself to Rescue/Recovery Effort.City Desk/Travel Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2001 Low Room Rates for Those Affected, Free Laundry and Internet Access See how to access the Internet. , Comp. Rooms to Police and Fire, Donations to Neighboring Fire Company The 770-room Crowne Plaza This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Manhattan Hotel, located in Times Square at Broadway and 49th, reaches out to the rescue/recovery effort. A special room rate of $140, in effect at least through September 22, has been designated for relatives of victims, people who have been displaced from lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North and rescue workers. This rate includes complimentary laundry service and a 24-hour bottomless pot of coffee. Free Internet access has been set up for guests to email loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl and search for missing persons. Additionally a special $189 rate is available through September 22 for other travelers. The Red Cross already occupies 60 rooms for changing and sleeping purposes for field support personnel. The hotel has extended complimentary rooms to the NYPD NYPD New York City Police Department (since 1845; New York City, NY, USA) NYPD New York Play Development as well as the Chesapeake, Virginia Chesapeake is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads region of eastern Virginia in the United States. One of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads, Chesapeake was formed in 1963 by a political consolidation of the City of South Norfolk with the former Norfolk County, firefighters who have traveled to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to aid in the effort. The police officers are using the rooms to shower, change, sleep and return to the recovery site. "The police are coming in covered with ash and we are washing their uniforms for them while they shower before they go back out," said Kate Simpson, executive assistant manager. "We have also tightened security," said Tom Snell, director of safety and security. "No one is allowed up to the lobby, located on the second floor, without showing a room key or a photo i.d." To aid its Times Square neighbor, Ladder Co. No. 4, which lost many fireman in Tuesday's tragedy, the hotel has been donating food and the employees have established a donation fund that the company will match. For displaced firms, the hotel will turn guestroom floors into temporary offices to help keep businesses open. "Our 450 employees have been outstanding," said Simpson. "Many have donated blood and walked over 60 blocks to get to work. Others have slept at the hotel, bunking 4 to a room, to make sure they work the next day, and everyone has pitched in working double/triple shifts," added Simpson. "We had sales managers washing dishes." For information and reservations, call 212/977-4000. Web site: www.cpmny.com. |
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