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We just returned from an event at the beautiful Waldorf Astoria in Boca Ratan Florida. After spending several days there I could see why people might want to take a piece of the place back home with them. The Waldorf Astoria New York is doing this clever little marketing ploy to try and gain some print, jazz up their facebook page and maybe get some stolen history back.
Do you have a souvenir from New York’s legendary Waldorf-Astoria hotel that perhaps you shouldn’t have? (Perhaps Aunt Bessy had sticky fingers?)
Well, now it’s time to ‘fess up.
The landmark hotel has launched an amnesty program to recover some of its history – and catch some social media buzz at the same time.
The Waldorf-Astoria is specifically seeking silverware, ashtrays and other items that guests “checked out” with their luggage from the years before 1960. The hotel opened in 1931, quickly becoming a hub for New York society and a place to stay for heads of state.
The no-questions-asked amnesty period will run through Sept. 15.
During this period, the hotel’s staff will evaluate returned items and select the best ones to for display on the hotel’s Facebook page. The very best ones will be showcased in the lobby museum.
If you plan to return something, here’s what the hotel’s asking:
Returned items should include a brief description, date when the item was taken and the guest’s associated memories. The Amnesty Program has been developed as an expansion of the famed hotel’s efforts to expand its archives and existing historical gallery, “Host to the World,” located beside the main lobby. Valuable items hoping to be retrieved include silver, such as demitasse spoons used during the hotel’s supper club years, ashtrays, linens, etc.
