Big Apple weekend.

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Many hotels catering to a business clientele find their guests checking out at the end of the workweek, leaving their rooms conspicuously empty until the following Monday's arrival of the next wave of business travelers. Many savvy city-dwellers have learned that this offers a great opportunity to get away for the weekend at a reasonable rate while taking advantage of all the services the hotel has to offer. Nearby out-of-towners, suburbanites, and other bargain-hunters are finding this an attractive way to enjoy nights on the town without having to scurry home like Cinderella just when things are getting interesting.

A prime example of such a getaway-from-it-all weekend is New York's Millennium UN Plaza Hotel, perched above United Nations offices at 44th Street on Manhattan's East Side. The hotel portion occupies floors 28 through 40 in two towers, with a staff, used to handling the demands of diplomats, well-equipped to cater to...