Well, the financial district here in new york city
is rich with history and the hospitality industry is taking
notes while my co host for the day headed Ova
caught up with Nick Hannigan, executive director and development
manager at past palsy pearls properties. To check out
the Wall Street Hotel, its historic building and so
much more. Here's a look at the walk and
talk. The Wall Street Hotel is built on a
very prominent site, the site of the old Fontaine
house, which was the, the place where the
buttonwood agreement was signed. So the precursor to the
stock exchange, the precursor to the stock exchange.
This used to be the heart of all money transactions
here two years ago. It's a long history,
300 years. So yeah, it started here and
obviously transitioned up to the stock exchange but which is
not very far away. You can almost see it
from here. Yes, you can. I have
to ask you since Covid, what are travelers looking
for when they come to a beautiful hotel like this
one? I think I think travelers looking forward to
getting back out and seeing the world again. I
think, I think you know, visiting places that
feel of a location um that feel relevant. So
you know, we had that in mind to be
a place that felt very new york ish, but
still relevant for the locals. Well, this every
room is breathtaking. I very much get the new
york vibe. Tell me a little bit about the
concept of interior design here. The interior design is
, we intentionally chose to female prominent new york interior
designers rose inc and Vicky Charles and I think they've
done a great job just bringing a little bit more
femininity and soft touch to this place to make the
place feel welcoming. Um Yeah so there's there's a
there's a great touch of Upper East Side um luxury
with soho chic sort of that sort of stuff.
You know, one of the many things I love
about this hotel is it's not owned by some big
corporation, it's owned by its family owned essentially family
business. Tell me about that third generation, thank
you so much. Third generation pearling family from Australia
. Um So yeah we've all worked together and put
our heart and soul into this and we're looking forward
to being involved for a long time to come.
Can you tell me a little bit more about the
family? Yeah. So we um where producers of
the best pearls in the world, I think it's
um with confidence, I can say that because Australia
makes the best pearls and and we've been doing it
for a long time there um And We have a
diversified portfolio about 85 years small by US standards,
but fairly big in Australia. What do you think
is next for the hospitality industry as a whole?
Because I'm imagining so much has changed after COVID.
Yeah, I think uh I think the hospitality industry
really was hurt hard over Covid, but with any
setback, you know um there's regrowth and new opportunities
, a new way to look at the world.
Um And I think um that actually the the hospitality
um sector will be firing with great opportunities in in
the years to come. I'm excited about the new
products that are coming around, you know, the
, the, the energy and and and and excitement
of new york is still here and uh and and
the fire die and and downtown area just continues to
reinvent itself. It's amazing. It's an amazing place
to be and thanks to Cheddars, Hannah Dobel with
Nik Hannigan, executive director and Development manager at past
bailey pearls Properties on the walk and Talk.