The World's Most Expensive Hotels
The Plaza
Season 2 Episode 1 of 8
Behind the scenes at the Plaza in Manhattan, which was built in 1907 to accommodate the new wave of millionaires descending on the city and has remained a byword for luxury with its £30,000 a night suites, champagne bar in the lobby and the finest ballrooms in New York. The programme meets wedding planner to the stars David Beahm and hear from photographer Santi Visalli, who smuggled himself into Truman Capote's Black and White Ball held in the Plaza ballroom
The World's Most Expensive Hotels airs on 5 +1 at 4:55 AM, Wednesday 9 July. (Subtitles, repeat.)
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General
Gill Hennessy
Series Producer
Tom Weller
Director
Neil Edwards
Executive Producer