The St. Regis New York

This 18-storey hotel in midtown Manhattan has European grandeur written all over it. It has 171 rooms and 67 suites with crystal chandeliers, floor-to-ceiling windows, silk wall hangings, antique furniture and marble bathrooms. The King Cole Bar & Salon offers global cuisine, while the Remede Spa has customised skin treatments. If all this isn’t convincing enough, St Regis also became the most expensive hotel in the city last year, with a starting room rate of 823 dollars per night!