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The New York Marriott Marquis in located in the heart of Times Square facing Broadway, its back against 8th Avenue and sits between 45th Street and 46th Street. The entrance to the hotel is either on Broadway through the shops or the sides by the car entrance and exit (on 45th and 46th Streets), also know as the porte cochere. After reaching the valet service desk there are entrances on both sides where you can take an elevator to the mezzanine level or circumvent around to the programmed glass elevators, where you type in your floor destination and the keypad tells you what elevator to go to and that elevator will stop on that floor. The first floor is the entry floor along with information. Next is the mezzanine which has a concourse which faces Broadway. After reaching the valet service desk there are entrances on both sides where you can take an elevator to the mezzanine level or circumvent around to the programmed glass elevators, where you type in your floor destination and the keypad tells you what elevator to go to and that elevator will stop on that floor. The first floor is the entry floor along with information. 

As you escalate through the building you pass the lower floors which house the conference rooms and ballrooms. Then you reach the 8th floor whichserves as the main lobby for the hotel. The higher you go up in levels, the building sets back more and more.

The lower floors have more basic rooms and the higher floors have better rooms, like the deluxe and presidential suites, with better views.  On each side is a massing that gives a symmetrical look to the building. Between a combination of the slanted skylights on the front of the building and the top skylight, these mechanisms create much needed natural light throughout the building. The glass elevators along with the state-of-the-art fitness center (pictured below) both open up the space within the hotel and make the hotel look more modern.

  For more detailed information an layouts of floors and rooms, visit:  http://www.emarketing360.com/Marriott/ny/NYMM/planner/index.html 

The Vdara Resort Hotel & Spa located at one end of the Vegas strip in the City Center complex in Las Vegas, Nevada is the newest completed hotel at that location. Even though it is located in Las Vegas on the strip it does not have a casino attached as part of the hotel. The partial floor plan (below), shows the main entrance along which the tree sculpture in the lobby. Beyond that are the registration desk with a walkway to a pre-function area. From this pre-function area, you can access multiple areas. Some of these areas are the registration desks for the conference rooms, an executive boardroom, the business center, IT area and the grand ballroom. This area services multiple uses all year round from conferences to conventions to private parties. 

On the lower part of the floor plan, which is cut off leads to the main towers and hotel part of the resort. The first floor serves as a welcoming area while the rest serves as a residence. The towers are made up of 3 curved elements compliment each other in symmetry, with the middle one being the tallest at 57 stories high. The elevators are located in the center of the middle structure with each floor having a similar layout.Each typical floor has 34 rooms with 17 rooms facing the south side while the remainder 17 rooms face the north side. All rooms have floor to ceiling windows which showcase great views. Every room at Vdara is a suite ranging from their deluxe suite, 582 sq. ft., to the two floor penthouse. With everything considered this is just a nice luxury hotel with only one restaurant, one bar and a small coffee cart with no poker tables, casino games, smoking lounges or Michelin-rated restaurants.

 For more information visit: http://vdara.com/ , http://www.vegascondoscene.com/vdara-condo-hotel-citycenter-las-vegas/ ,http://www.lasvegascondohighrise.com/vdara