Ty Warner Penthouse
This highly anticipated suite at the pinnacle of Manhattan’s tallest hotel is a collaboration between owner Ty Warner, designer Peter Marino and architect I.M. Pei, who came out of retirement to join in the creation of America’s most exclusive accommodation.

With cantilevered glass balconies and floor-to-ceiling bay windows, set beneath 25-foot (7.6-metre) cathedral ceilings, the Ty Warner Penthouse offers a breathtaking 360-degree view of all Manhattan. Custom-commissioned in every detail, from semi-precious stone surfaces to fabrics woven with platinum and gold, the nine-room suite creates the sense of living within a multilayered work of art. It raises the bar for even the most seasoned travellers.

Penthouse guests enjoy amenities as impressive as their quarters: TVs programmed for every channel worldwide, unlimited global telephone calling, the services of both a personal butler and a personal trainer/therapist, and a private chauffeur for unlimited travel during your stay in your choice of a Rolls Royce Phantom or a Mercedes Maybach.

Covering the entire top floor of the Hotel, the nine-room Ty Warner Penthouse is accessed by its own private elevator. Every space is distinctively designed and is made to feel even more expansive with immense bay windows, vaulted ceilings and skylights.

In the living and dining area, cream-coloured walls are richly inlaid with thousands of pieces of mother of pearl. A dramatic 4-foot-high (1.2-metre-high) cut-glass chandelier by Deborah Thomas sparkles above the bronze table by designer François-Xavier LaLanne. Seating is grouped around a marble fireplace, and four French doors open to glass railings.

The library is illuminated by a LaLanne chandelier in gilded bronze. The extensive book collection is set in bookcases framed with an elaborate bronze vine-and-leaf motif, again by LaLanne. The library is also furnished with a chess table and a Bösendorfer grand piano.

The centrepiece of the master bedroom is a Thai canopy bed threaded with gold. Offering unsurpassed comfort, the Swedish Hästens Vividus mattress was built entirely by hand over 160 hours, using 100% natural materials. Bedroom accents include two lacquer cabinets with cracked eggshell panels, and walls of straw marquetry.
Four French doors reveal a view of Central Park that is almost surreal in its perfection.
An indoor-outdoor Zen garden with a green bowenite waterfall overlooks downtown Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty.
The breakfast room is furnished with a LaLanne tree table and opens to its own large balcony 700 feet (213 metres) above Central Park.
The Penthouse also features a private spa room with a serene screen of living bamboo.
Adjacent to the spa room is an oversized dressing room clad entirely in leather.
With its ceiling, walls and floor gleaming with onyx, the master bathroom includes another outdoor balcony overlooking Central Park. Among the pampering features are an infinity-edge bathtub complete with chromatherapy, a separate glass-enclosed rain shower, radiant-heated floors, and sinks carved from a solid block of rock crystal.
Room details
Location 52nd floor
View 360-degree view of the city – Uptown, Downtown and Midtown, including the Statue of Liberty, all bridges and Central Park
Décor French- and Italian-artisan-created wall designs, bronze statues, mother-of-pearl inlays, rock crystal sinks and a guest powder room completely clad in semi-precious tiger’s-eye stones.
Beds One king bed
Extra bed (by request) One rollaway or one crib
Bathrooms One full marble bathroom, plus guest powder room
Maximum
occupancy King bed:
3 adults, or 2 adults and 1 child

How wonderful it would be to hop on you private jet and move around from country to country staying in the world's most expensive and luxurious hotels. Yeah, only in my dreams. But, while we are dreaming might as well have something extravagant to dream about and Elite Traveler's “101 Top Hotel/Resort Suites of the Year” in the July/August 2008 issue helps this cause. The most expensive room in the world is the Royal Penthouse Suite at the Hotel President Wilson at a ridiculous rent of $52,000. Then appears the Royal Villa at the Grand Resort Lagonissi in Attica, Greece for $50,000 per night. This is followed by Imperial Suite at the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome which requires you to have $21,000. The most expensive in the US is defnitely the Ty Warner Penthouse at the Four Seasons New York has a price tag of $30,000 per night. Wow, these figures are making me dizzy but I will throw in a few more. The Chairman Suite at the Palazzo in Vegas ($20,000/night) followed by the Empire Suite at the Carlyle in New York and the Grand Suite at the Grand Wailea Resort (both at $15,000/night). Which one of this insanely expensive rooms would you rent out if you won the lotto or inherited a fortune? My vote goes to the Grabd Resort Lagonisi in Greece.