Whom You Know: BIG APPLE BUSINESS: Hospitality Holdings, a word from Mark Grossich on Upscale Lounge vs. restaurant

Monday, March 9, 2009

BIG APPLE BUSINESS: Hospitality Holdings, a word from Mark Grossich on Upscale Lounge vs. restaurant

While New Yorkers have had to scale back and cut expenses due to the recent economy, one of the ways they can still have a luxury experience is grabbing a drink at an upscale cocktail lounge. The traditional business dinners are being replaced with business drinks and the after work dinners with friends are being replaced with after work drinks. Grabbing drinks with potential clients, business partners, or friends is less expensive than dinners at such high-priced eateries as Daniel, Per Se, and Jean Georges, although Whom You Know appreciates such quality. Upscale lounges offer the same sophisticated environment as their restaurant counterparts at a fraction of the cost.

Mark Grossich, owner and operator of Manhattan’s most prestigious portfolio of cocktail lounges including The World Bar in The Trump World Tower, The Carnegie Club in CitySpire Centre, The Campbell Apartment in Grand Central Terminal (pictured above), and Bookmarks in The Library Hotel, has said that he has noticed a lot more business meetings taking place at his lounges over the past few months. Mark will be an upcoming MOVER AND SHAKER!!!

“Having a business meeting at an upscale lounge in today’s economy is a lot more economical that the traditional business dinner,” said Mark Grossich, CEO of Hospitality Holdings. “While the drinks may be pricey with $12 martinis, it is certainly more economical than a $200 meal.”

The World Bar located in Trump World Tower, The Campbell Apartment in Grand Central Station, The Carnegie Club located in the CitySpire Centre, and Bookmarks in The Library Hotel, are four of New York’s best locations to impress even the toughest critics. All four lounges are ideally located in the heart of professional Manhattan and provide a professional business-like setting. The Campbell Apartment will amaze your associate with its extensive selection of vintage wines. The Carnegie Club, New York’s premiere smoking lounge, features a mezzanine that overlooks a 15-foot humidor containing some of the world’s finest cigars.

ABOUT HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS
Hospitality Holdings, Inc. and its CEO Mark Grossich own and operate the country’s most prestigious portfolio of cocktail lounges including The World Bar in The Trump World Tower, The Carnegie Club in CitySpire Centre, The Campbell Apartment in Grand Central Terminal, The Campbell Apartment Terrace in Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Avenue Portico, Bookmarks in The Library Hotel, and Madison & Vine, an international wine bar and bistro. The dedication to first-rate service, the attention to detail and design and the upscale cocktail selections create a sophistication and cool that have made Hospitality Holdings and its properties the leaders in NYC nightlife for over fifteen years. Hospitality Holdings have been praised as industry trailblazers, reviving the classic cocktail lounge, elevating the specialty cocktail, opening the country's first cigar bar and are now reviving the wine bar with the opening of Madison & Vine.

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