Hotel Madness: And The First Round Winners Are…

Welcome to Haute Living Hotel Madness! Our curators have carefully selected the most luxurious hotels in New York, Miami, Los Angeles and San Francisco. In our haute spin on March Madness, 16 top-rated hotels in each of the four markets will compete against each other. Once a winner is declared in each city, the regional champions will face off. We’ll declare a market champion leading to the Final Four, then finally crown a national favorite. The single hotel remaining at the end of the tournament will be lauded with the distinction of being our ever-discerning readers’ favorite hotel in America.

Here are the winners of Round 1:

THE PLAZA

THE MANDARIN ORIENTAL

THE WALDORF-ASTORIA

THE PENINSULA

THE FOUR SEASONS

HOTEL PLAZA ATHÉNÉE

THE ST. REGIS NEW YORK

THE RITZ-CARLTON, CENTRAL PARK

Check out HauteHotelMadness and support your favorite NY Hotel. Round 2 voting kicks off at midnight tomorrow.

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