NEW YORK, Oct. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Quin, located at 57th Street and Sixth Avenue, offers an ideal location to experience New York’s iconic annual kick-off to the holiday season, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Starting at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 22, the parade gets underway from the Upper Westside and continues down Sixth Avenue directly in front of the Quin, concluding at approximately 12:00 p.m. The “Quintessential Thanksgiving Parade Experience” at the Quin affords guests the opportunity to take in the parade in style. Guests enjoy a guest room or suite of their choice, a Thanksgiving morning breakfast of fresh seasonal fruit and pastries, locally roasted coffee and a selection of premium teas, and access to watch the parade at street level or from selected “parade view” rooms with sightlines to Sixth Avenue.
The pageantry of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is a quintessential New York experience. The parade marks the start of the holiday season with its traditional spectacle of giant helium balloons, festive floats, marching bands, celebrity performances and an appearance by Santa himself.
More than 8,000 participants, some donning clown costumes, handling balloon giants or striking up the band, set off down the streets of Manhattan at the sound of the time-honored catchphrase "Let's Have a Parade." With a live audience of more than 3.5 million and a nationwide television gathering of more than 50 million viewers, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is the nation's most beloved holiday pageant.
The parade began in 1924 as the Macy’s Christmas Parade and featured animals from the Central Park Zoo. The parade proved so popular that Macy’s quickly committed to staging it as an annual event. The parade debuted is signature giant character balloons in 1927.
Reservations for the “Quintessential Thanksgiving Parade Experience” at the Quin are available online at http://www.thequinhotel.com/new-york-hotel-offers/thanksgiving-2018 or by calling (855) 447-QUIN (7846). Guests planning to reserve a “parade view” room should specify at the time of booking in order to determine availability. Partial parade view king rooms start at $600 per night plus tax with a three night minimum stay.
About The Quin
The Quin, New York City’s newest luxury lifestyle hotel, is located on the corner of 57th Street and 6th Avenue. At the intersection of art, music, and fashion, its privileged Midtown location provides effortless access to Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, The Museum of Modern Art and Fifth Avenue couture. The Quin melds modern opulence with its rich artistic heritage in each of its 208 thoughtfully appointed guestrooms, including 28 suites. Guests enjoy urbane and intelligent services from the Attaché, who curate each guest’s New York experience, to distinguished amenities like an Executive Boardroom, state-of-the-art Technogym fitness center, Apple equipped drawing room, Dux® beds by Duxiana®, Fresh® Spa Products and a two-story, 130-seat artisanal American seafood grill, The Wayfarer, showcasing a menu of fresh regional seafood. Quin Arts is an interactive arts program that celebrates the property’s rich artistic heritage and produces exciting new platforms for contemporary artists. Renowned architecture and interior design firm, Perkins Eastman, has transposed a contemporary masterpiece on the classical foundation that was once home to cultural icons like pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski and artist Georgia O'Keeffe. Resonating with refined repose, the Quin is the Quintessential New York Hotel. http://www.theQuinhotel.com/
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