Embassy Suites Hotel, located on North End Avenue in New York, is one of more than 170 Embassy Suites hotels in the United States, Canada and Latin America. The New York City hotel features 463 two-room suites complete with galley kitchens, refrigerators, microwaves and coffeemakers. It offers guests a variety of amenities and services, including room service, high-speed Internet access, complimentary newspapers, fold-out sleeper sofas, satellite television service, a fitness room, business center, valet laundry and an onsite restaurant. It also has more than 20,000 square feet of meeting and event space to accommodate a variety of corporate and private gatherings. The hotel is walking distance from the New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street, the World Financial Center, the New York Harbor, South Street Seaport, the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island ferries, the Century 21 Department Store and the neighborhoods of Tribeca, Soho and Greenwich Village. Times Square, Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Broadway Theaters, the Museum of Modern Art and Madison Square Garden are all just a cab ride away. The first Embassy Suites hotel opened in Kansas City, Mo., in 1984. In 2003, the hotel group received the J.D. Power and Associates award for ‘Highest in Guest Satisfaction Among Upscale Hotel Chains -the fifth consecutive year Embassy Suites had received the award.