Step back in time with us for the ULTIMATE TOUR of The TWA Hotel at New York's JFK Airport. At the centre of the hotel is Eero Saarinen’s iconic TWA Flight Center, where restaurants, bars and retail outlets have taken flight. Two hotel wings, designed to reflect and defer to the landmark TWA Flight Center, sit behind the historic building and contain 512 guest rooms with views of JFK’s runways and the TWA Flight Center. There's also the Classic Solari split-flap message board with authentic original mechanical operation manufactured in Udine, Italy and the world's biggest hotel gym: a 10,000-square-foot fitness centre
We'll take you on a tour around this magnificent building from the bedrooms that overlook the runway at JFK then onto The Paris Café where chef Jean-Georges serves his specialties and The Sunken Lounge where you can drink in the spirit of the glamorous Sixties with retro cocktails and swizzle sticks once enjoyed in-flight. The onto the Food Hall where you can enjoy timeless treats! The TWA Hotel serves grab-and-go fare for your entire crew.
Take a look around A Lockheed Constellation "Connie" L-1649A transformed into a cocktail lounge. A 1958 Connie airplane - which served as an Alaskan bush plane shuttling supplies to Prudhoe Bay and a marijuana dropper after retiring from TWA! - seats 75 guests. Connie serves cocktails and light snacks. Try the Vodka is My Co-Pilot, Connie's take on a martini.
Watch from the rooftop infinity pool and observation deck as jets take off for faraway lands while you relax with a cocktail and a swim, it's cool and refreshing. In the winter, it turns into a pool-cuzzi and is heated up to 95 degrees every day! Our Pool Bar serves mile-high cocktails and delicious fare year-round.
There's also a mass of Nostalgia that will take you back in time. A flight attendant’s log detailing five years of airborne adventures. Vintage furniture from the TWA headquarters. In-flight amenities - gilded playing cards, silver serving ware - from a more elegant era. These are just some of the items showcased at the TWA Hotel. The New-York Historical Society - founded in 1804 as New York’s first museum - curated the exhibits, which are free of charge and always open to the public.
Located in various spots throughout the former TWA terminal - the heart of the hotel - as well as in our event centre and in the areas that connect our hotel flight tubes to JetBlue's Terminal 5, the exhibits allow visitors to experience the Jet Age through authentic artefacts, interactive displays and personal narratives.
Exhibits focus on TWA’s history - including Howard Hughes’ tenure as owner - and Eero Saarinen’s development of the terminal at Idlewild Airport (as JFK was formerly known). The offices of both men are recreated with period-perfect details, inviting guests to imagine themselves at Saarinen's drafting table or behind Hughes's desk.
Visitors can explore 37 full TWA uniforms from 1945 to 2001, original TWA travel posters by David Klein and large-scale TWA artefacts (a luggage tug!). In an authentic recreation of a 1962 living room, guests are encouraged to try on retro fashions, admire an original Barbie Dreamhouse and enjoy the far-out furnishings. Future exhibits will delve into the dawn of the Jet Age in NYC and the midcentury modern design movement.
This iconic building which has now been transformed into an Aviation Geek's Dream was also used as the backdrop in the movie Catch Me if You Can starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.
Take off on a guided tour and also back in time to the 1960's. Sit back, fasten your seatbelts and enjoy the movie.
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