16 venues
Art Deco venues
Buildings and interiors that are genuinely Art Deco: the 1931 Waldorf Astoria tower on Park Avenue, Claridge’s foyer, the Cathay Hotel on the Bund, a 1936 cinema in Toronto and the 1930 New Yorker Hotel.
The venues
London, United Kingdom
Claridge's
Suite 212 was declared Yugoslav territory for one day in July 1945 so that a crown prince could be born on home soil at this Brook Street hotel.
Since 1812
New York, United States
Waldorf Astoria New York
A Grand Ballroom for 1,500, eight event rooms over 43,000 sq ft and 375 rooms and suites on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan
375 rooms · Since 1893
Shanghai, China
Fairmont Peace Hotel
Victor Sassoon's 1929 Cathay Hotel on the Bund, under its green pyramid roof, where Noël Coward wrote Private Lives in 1930.
Since 1929
West Hollywood, United States
Sunset Tower Hotel
Leland Bryant's Art Deco apartment tower of 1931 on the Sunset Strip, where the Tower Bar is said to fill Bugsy Siegel's old flat.
Since 1929
New York, United States
The New Yorker Hotel
Eight Art Deco event spaces with 23,000 sq ft and a 600-guest Grand Ballroom, two minutes on foot from Penn Station
Paris, France
Hôtel du Collectionneur
A 648 m² ballroom for 650, 1,800 m² of daylit event space and 497 rooms opposite Parc Monceau in Paris 8th
497 rooms
Cannes, France
Hôtel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes
Opposite the Palais des Festivals since 1926, with two penthouses added in 2010 and a ballroom that seats the festival's dinners.
349 rooms · Since 1926
Zagreb, Croatia
Esplanade Zagreb Hotel
Built in 1925 beside the station for Orient Express passengers, with an Emerald Ballroom that has received Josephine Baker and Orson Welles.
208 rooms · Since 1925
Paris, France
Four Seasons Hotel George V
The first hotel in Europe to hold three Michelin-starred restaurants under one roof, behind a 1928 Art Deco facade on avenue George V.
244 rooms · Since 1928
London, United Kingdom
Savoy Hotel
Richard D’Oyly Carte’s 1889 hotel on the Strand, where César Ritz and Auguste Escoffier made their names.
267 rooms · Since 1889
New York, United States
Edison Ballroom
Three spaces for up to 2,298 guests in Times Square, with in-house catering, built-in stages and AV included
Toronto, Canada
The Eglinton Grand
Restored 1936 Art Deco movie theater in Toronto for 420 seated or 1,000 standing, one event per day, with in-house catering
Los Angeles, United States
El Rey Theatre
An Art Deco ballroom on Wilshire Boulevard for up to 771 standing guests, with stage, sound and lighting included
Omaha, United States
Hotel Deco Omaha
Four event rooms for 20 to 200 guests in a 1930 Art Deco tower in downtown Omaha, with menus from the on-site Monarch restaurant
Since 1930
Medlow Bath, Australia
Hydro Majestic Hotel
A heritage hotel above the Megalong Valley with a ballroom for 250 theatre-style and 82 guest rooms, about 1 h 45 from Sydney
82 rooms
Reykjavík, Iceland
Hotel Borg
Built by an Olympic wrestler turned circus strongman and opened in January 1930 on Austurvöllur, facing Iceland's parliament.
99 rooms · Since 1930