On the eve of its 120th anniversary, the St. Regis New York considers what remains sacred, what must change, and what it takes to make an idea important and inviting for its next century. Host Jenni Benzaquen, Marriott Senior Vice President and Global Brand Leader, welcomes hospitality and...

Jazz Age nightlife meant big bands with legendary leaders and cutting-edge crowds who showed up to dance. From the 1920s, hotel ballrooms played host to this burgeoning American artform, and the St. Regis sat at the vanguard. Jazz legend and torchbearer Wynton Marsalis joins journalist Howie Kahn...

To fully understand the St. Regis New York, you must not only understand its founder, John Jacob Astor IV—you must understand his mother, too. Caroline Schermerhorn Astor’s influence over power, social standing, society and culture in turn-of-the-century Manhattan was more than outsized. To a...