Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

US to shun Chinese-owned Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

     

Instead, President Barack Obama, White House staff and the sizable State Department contingent that trek to Manhattan every September for the annual U.N. General Assembly will work and stay at the New York Palace Hotel. The AP first reported the impending move in June but it wasn't formally announced until Friday, a day after the final contract was signed with the Palace.