With other Southeast Asian metropolises realizing the value of cultural arts to help attract new legions of global travelers, Hong Kong zoomed to the front of the line with the Art Basel partnership.
This level of hospitality in the travel industry is not dead. It just costs thousands of dollars to obtain and is out of reach for 99 percent of travelers that visit NYC.
Luxury hotels, used to catering wealthy or business-oriented guests, are now offering princess pedicures and breakfast on pirate ships since happy kids equal happy parents, and happy parents rebook.