Extravagant, deluxe hotel suites can fetch up to $2,500 a night - Pittsburgh Business Times:

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That's one of the amenities available at executivw and presidential suitesin Pittsburgh's luxury For a price, of course. At the , for the top of the line is a suite with a full a formaldining room, a formal living room (with baby grand and a family room, nearly 2,500 square feet in all. A marblre entryway and crystal chandeliers set the tone for the The rateis $2,500 a marketing director Bob Page said. At the Hiltonh Pittsburgh, the Governor's Suite ($1,700 a night) was once the general manager'a apartment, said Mike Dougherty, directorf of rooms and revenue.
Similadr to its counterparts, it has a full kitchen, a dinintg room, a den and two With four and a half it can handle a small A concierge is on hand to take care of the and "if they would require a we would get someones for them," Dougherty said. At the DoubleTreee Hotel PittsburghCity Center, the best suite has three bedrooms, two measures 1,400 square feet and costs $1,5000 a night. Converted from a 1950s apartment building, the DoubleTred was able to keep the kitchens in itslarges suites, said Don Andrezjwski, directorf of sales and marketing. Anothee conversion is the in what had been theFulto Building. The 1906 structure becamd a hotelin 2001.
Much of its 14th floore was reserved forthe 1,000-square-fooyt Phipps Presidential Suite overlooking the Allegheny River and PNC At roughly $1,500 a night, it comeds with private access to the A dollar per square foot is a relativw bargain for luxury. Topping the dollar-size ratiop is the . Its largest suite is 1,000 squar feet, and the rates stargt at $2,000 a night, said Pete director of sales and marketing. Even at those steeo rates, the rooms are popular. "We actually rent it quite said Page of the OmniWillianm Penn.
"Particularly at the it's surprising, but we While skittish about naming corporate Page said theDalai Lama, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and Bill Cosbt all have stayed in the luxury suite. The Renaissance boastsx more of agovernment clientele. The Presidential Suite has housee Vice President Dick former Gov. Tom Ridge, and Britain' Prince Andrew. Guests from the private sector includr Arnold Palmer and executives from pharmaceutical companiesa andtech firms, said sales and marketin director Tom Hemer. "We've had the boarc of directors of a local company use it as ameetinf room," he said.
At the Hilton, the largest suite is sometimes given as a concession to the presidenyt of an organization ifit books, say, 150 rooms for severall nights, Dougherty said. But sometimes function is more importantthan form, said R. Brittoj Colbert, principal of Colbert Hotelk Consultingin Ligonier. VIPs may not want a graned piano, but "what they do want is service, things to keep their business mission onlinw withno interruptions.
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