Eloise Ensures Cash at the Plaza Hotel

It appears the owners of the Plaza Hotel in New York are taking the recession seriously by opening a 2,100-square-foot, pink-dipped home for all things Eloise called Eloise Shop at the Plaza. The shrine is based on the Eloise books by Kay Thompson (an adventurous 6-year-old who lives at the Plaza with her main companions, her pug, her turtle and Nanny) and features a retail outlet, tea room, princess staging and a library to view Eloise videos.

The Plaza also offers for $995 a night, a Live Like Eloise package, which includes a night's stay, and for $3,855 a Live Like Eloise Slumber Party Package which boasts a Plaza suite for six girls.

The Plaza is wisely diversifying its clientele. Not only did it create an Eloise shop which can double as a birthday party venue, but also expanded that definition to create a lavish slumber party experience for overcompensating parents (I'm sure there will be several of these slumber parties.) The Plaza has created its niche, as far as a I know, as the only upscale hotel that will cater to children (albeit girls.) That's a bold move and I have to applaud their ingenuity. Now, if only they could create a Bella and Edward shrine . . .