| NEW YORK, NY / MARCH 1, 2019 Health, yeah! The Wright Fit — designer of more than 140 premium health clubs worldwide and operator of 20 facilities in New York City, including 15 Central Park West, 432 Park Avenue, 220 Central Park South and 150 Charles Street — will manage the 10,000-square-foot fitness center at the landmark 512-room TWA Hotel, opening on May 15, 2019. CEO Jay Wright, a leading strength and conditioning specialist and celebrity trainer, designed the cutting-edge gym with his team.Eero Saarinen, the prolific designer of the 1962 former TWA terminal under restoration by MCR/MORSE Development as the TWA Hotel, once described his building as “a place of movement.” It’s even more true today: Quadruple the size of the world’s biggest hotel gyms, the TWA Hotel’s progressive, functional performance-based fitness center will offer TWF’s signature mix of futuristic and best-of-the-past equipment, including strength-trainers (sandbags, kettlebells, TRX) and conditioning machines (rowers, treadmills, ellipticals). |
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Focusing on functional longevity, Jay Wright (above) selected the best equipment on the market for the fitness center; photo by Fred R. Conrad.
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| Offering day passes and monthly membership, the fitness center is free for TWA Hotel guests and open 24/7. You can strike a pose in the yoga studio, secure a personal trainer — or just show up for one of the heart-pumping cycling sessions on the packed schedule of classes.Afterward, cool down with nutritious, rejuvenating snacks and juices at the on-site galley. Need to catch a flight? No sweat. Freshen up in the locker rooms outfitted with up to eight showers and fully-stocked, salon-style vanities (think hairdryers and custom TWA Hotel grooming products).“This is a very big fitness center,” promises Tyler Morse, CEO and Managing Partner of MCR and MORSE Development. “It’s not your typical crappy hotel gym.”
“The TWA Hotel’s fitness center has the perfect blend of progressive design and great energy throughout the space,” says Jay Wright, CEO of The Wright Fit. “It will be one of the best gyms globally. I equate it to a MacBook Pro: It has a sleek design and is loaded with cutting-edge equipment for experts but is user-friendly if you’re just looking for a straightforward or simple workout.”
The TWA Hotel, JFK Airport’s only on-airport hotel, will feature:
- Six restaurants, including The Paris Café, and eight bars, including The Sunken Lounge
- An Intelligentsia coffeebar and coffee carts throughout the hotel grounds
- High-end retail outlets
- 50,000 square feet of event space, including a 15,000-square-foot ballroom
- A rooftop pool and observation deck
- A Lockheed Constellation “Connie” L-1649A transformed into a cocktail lounge
For more information on the TWA Hotel, please visit twahotel.com.
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········About MCR and MORSE Development
Based in New York City, MCR is the sixth-largest hotel owner-operator in the United States with a $2.0 billion portfolio of 85 premium-branded hotels across 26 states and 67 cities, including The High Line Hotel, an adaptive reuse hotel in Manhattan, and the TWA Hotel at John F. Kennedy International Airport, opening on May 15, 2019. For more information, please visit mcrinvestors.com. To receive updates about the TWA Hotel, enter your email address at twahotel.com.About The Wright Fit
Established in 2007 by Jay Wright, The Wright Fit is the premier lifestyle brand specializing in health and fitness center design, management and operations and providing personal services (including personal training, soft tissue therapy, aquatic lessons, and group fitness). Recently breaking into the commercial market, TWF launched their first consumer facing platform, Performance Lab by The Wright Fit, which is the new next-level training facility and smartest place to train in New York City. This is in line with the continued purpose to create a space where clients can be educated holistically in fitness and wellness and achieve their best body and well-being — both now and into the long-term.
TWA Hotel Contact
Berlin Rosen
twahotel@berlinrosen.com
(646) 452-5637 |
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