Nick Hanigan, Executive Director & Development Manager at Paspaley Pearls Properties, joins Cheddar News' Hena Doba on a Walk and Talk to check out The Wall Street Hotel's latest innovations in the heart of the historic financial district.

Nick Hanigan, Executive Director &amp; Development Manager at Paspaley Pearls Properties, joins Cheddar News' Hena Doba on a Walk and Talk to check out The Wall Street Hotel's latest innovations in the heart of the historic financial district.

The Walk and Talk: The Wall Street Hotel

Well, the financial district here in new york city is rich with history and the hospitality industry is taking notes while my co host for the day, Hannah doma caught up with nick hannigan, executive director and development manager at past palsy pearls properties. To check out the Wall Street Hotel, it's historic building and so much more. Here's a look at the walk and talk. The Wall Street Hotel is built on a very prominent site, the site of the old haunted house, which was the, the place where the agreement was signed. So the precursor to the stock exchange, the precursor to the stock exchange. This used to be the heart of all money transactions here two years ago. It's a long history, 300 years. So yeah, it started here and obviously transitioned up to the stock exchange but which is not very far away. You can almost see it from here. Yes, you can. I have to ask you since Covid, what are travelers looking for when they come to a beautiful hotel like this one? I think I think travelers looking forward to getting back out and seeing the world again. I think, I think you know, visiting places that feel of a location um that feel relevant. So you know, we had that in mind to be a place that felt very new york ish, but still relevant for the locals. Well, this every room is breathtaking. I very much get the new york vibe. Tell me a little bit about the concept of interior design here, The interior design is, we intentionally chose to female prominent new york interior designers rose inc and Vicky Charles and I think they've done a great job just bringing a little bit more femininity and soft touch to this place to make the place feel welcoming. Um Yeah so there's there's a there's a great touch of Upper East Side um luxury with soho chic sort of that sort of stuff. You know one of the many things I love about this hotel is it's not owned by some big corporation, it's owned by a family owned essentially family business. Tell me about that. Third generation, thank you so much. Third generation pearling family from Australia. Um So yeah we've all worked together and put our heart and soul into this and we're looking forward to being involved for a long time to come. Can you tell me a little bit more about the family? Yeah so we um where producers of the best pearls in the world, I think it's um with confidence I can say that because Australia makes the best pearls and and we've been doing it for a long time there um And We have a diversified portfolio about 85 years small by US standards but fairly big in Australia. What do you think is next for the hospitality industry as a whole because I'm imagining so much has changed after COVID. Yeah I think uh I think the hospitality industry really was hurt hard over Covid but with any setback, you know um there's regrowth and new opportunities, a new way to look at the world. Um And I think um that actually the the hospitality um sector will be firing with great opportunities in in the years to come. I'm excited about the new products that are coming around, you know, the the, the energy and and and and excitement of new york is still here and uh and and the fire die and and downtown area just continues to reinvent itself. It's amazing. It's an amazing place to be. And thanks to Cheddars, Hannah Dobel with Nik Hannigan, executive director and development manager at past bailey pearls properties on the walk and Talk.