Open since 1999, the New Yorker Hotel features a colourful contemporary design occupying a central location in Cologne, 500 metres from Rheinpark exhibition hall.

The hotel's 40 guestrooms are spread over five floors and feature chic modern décor and furnishings. All rooms come equipped with satellite television, wireless Internet connections and direct dial telephones. Rooms also have pay movies and minibars for in room entertainment and refreshment.

Guests at the hotel can enjoy drinks and nibbles in the 'New Yorker Bar', where light dishes such as sandwiches and salads are served 24-hours a day. The hotel also has a breakfast service. On fine days guests can go for a stroll or take drinks in the hotel's manicured gardens. Additional facilities include a gym and sauna where guests can work out and relax.

Business travellers will find there are meeting rooms, a library and wireless Internet connections available. Outside the hotel, around one kilometre away and just the other side of the river is Cologne Zoo.

Cologne airport is 15 kilometres from the hotel.