The world’s first hotel made of key cards has been launched in New York. Measuring 400 square feet, the hotel is decked out with over 200,000 of the Hilton hotel’s finest unused key cards.
Visitors to New York don’t have to book at stay to see this record breaking downtown Manhattan masterpiece but are invited to pop in and take a look around. The hotel is open to the public from 17 September through 21 September on South Street Seaport.
Built by professional card stacker Bryan Berg, the hotel took some four months to construct. During the five day event, Bryan will build a freestanding nine-foot replica of New York’s Empire State Building in the lobby of the Key Card Hotel, using Holiday Inn branded playing cards.
Commenting on his achievement, he said, “This is my largest card stacking challenge to date and the only card creation I have ever made at full human scale.”
Built to celebrate a milestone in Hilton’s hotel history, the Hilton Key Card hotel room isn’t yet available to book on Hotelopia yet, but many other hotels in New York are. Click here to view.
Friday 18 September 2009 12:13 | Published by a.smith | Categoriy: Interesting Stuff,Travel News
