The Pierre
21st-century technology meets old-fashioned hospitality



Overlooking Central Park, on Fifth Avenue, the flagship Taj hotel in the Big Apple has never wanted for location, but a recent $100 million renovation has installed a touch of modern invention to the classic hotel with interactive flat panel televisions in bedrooms, living rooms and bathrooms, the Bose Home Theatre system with iPod docking stations, executive desks with built-in data and power outlets and electronic safes with power outlets that accommodate laptops.
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