The TWA Hotel

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TWA Hotel

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Travel Note

FUN FACTS ABOUT THE TWA

The TWA Hotel is not just beautiful — it is storied. Crowds watched the Beatles arrive from the Sunken Lounge; the red flight tubes became famous in Catch Me If You Can; Louis Vuitton staged a runway show inside the restored terminal; New York City Ballet performed over the lobby; and the Connie plane outside is tied to Howard Hughes, speed records, and even Air Force One history. It is part airport, part film set, part fashion backdrop, part aviation museum — and exactly the kind of place where we want to take off on our next chapter. •The Beatles landed here. Crowds once packed in the Sunken Lounge to watch the Beatles arrive at JFK in 1965. Its red carpet, curved seating, floor-to-ceiling windows, and clacking split-flap Solari departures board make it one of the most iconic rooms in New York. •A plane fit for a President: The “Connie” Cocktail Lounge is inside a restored 1958 Lockheed Constellation airplane. The same aircraft formerly served as Air Force One for President Eisenhower in the 1950s. •Catch Me If You Can was filmed here. The famous red flight tubes appeared even though the movie’s main con man, Leonardo DiCaprio, was pretending to be a Pan Am pilot, Spielberg chose to film in the “wrong” terminal; the TWA was simply too striking not to be featured on the big screen. •There’s a room for the Pope. Hidden in the former first-class Ambassador’s Club lounge is a tiny gold-domed room where Pope Paul VI took rest on October 4, 1965 on his first papal visit to America. TWA became closely associated with papal travel, and many joked that TWA stood for “Traveling with Angels.” •The theatrical red flight tubes were specifically built for drama. The tubes were part of Saarinen’s theatrical vision for travel, building anticipation as guests moved to their next adventure. •TWA helped popularize in-flight coffee. In 1957, TWA became the first airline to serve freshly brewed coffee in the air.