The Empire State Building Celebrates Romance in NYC with Valentine’s Day Experiences Throughout the Month of February
7.2.2023 18:56:00 EET | Business Wire | Press release
Love is in the air at the Empire State Building (ESB) with a Valentine’s Day celebration that includes an unforgettable proposal package, tower lighting, giveaways, and month-long special offers for visitors this February.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230207005876/en/
Empire State Building Valentine's Day 86th Floor Observatory (Photo: Business Wire)
- Happily Ever Empire – Each couple that books the popular Happily Ever Empire engagement package – that includes priority access and a private tour of the Observatory with celebratory champagne – for Feb. 10-14 will be gifted a four-night, five-day luxury all-inclusive getaway by Sandals Resorts to the resort of their choice (terms and conditions apply) – that includes the brand new Sandals Dunn’s River that opens in Ocho Rios, Jamaica in May – and a $250 gift card towards a wedding dress courtesy of Kleinfeld Bridal. Happily Ever Empire engagement packages are limited to five bookings per day.
- Getaway Giveaway – Visitors to the Observatory Experience from Feb. 10-14 can enter to win a four-night, five-day all-inclusive resort stay courtesy of Sandals Resorts when they post a photo from the special Valentine’s Day photo corner on the 86th Floor Observatory and tag @sandalsresorts on Instagram.
- Spread the Love – All visitors who purchase tickets on the ESB website during the month of February will receive 10 percent off online orders from Magnolia Bakery, 25 percent off Valentine’s Day flowers from FTD Flowers, and 20 percent off online orders from Tony’s Chocolonely from Feb. 6-14. On Feb. 11 from 2-8 pm, Tony’s Chocolonely will show love with free chocolate heart samples on the 86th Floor Observatory.
- Love Lights – On Feb. 14, the Empire State Building’s world-famous tower lights will shine in a pink heartbeat as a Valentine’s Day gift to New York City.
“The reimagined Observatory at the World’s Most Romantic Building draws visitors from around the world for an authentic experience in the heart of New York City,” said Jean-Yves Ghazi, president of the Empire State Building Observatory. “Our remarkable views provide visitors with the perfect backdrop for an over-the-top date or proposal.”
“It’s the season of romance and as a brand founded on all things love, Sandals Resorts is here to remind couples of the importance of celebrating love,” said Luisana Suegart, director of public relations for the worldwide representatives of Sandals Resorts. “Recent studies from our Institute of Romance found that a key ingredient in thriving relationships is making the time for connection, with couples feeling closest to each other while on vacation and, forget the chocolates, most agreeing that a getaway is the most romantic gift. Gifting these special couples an idyllic Caribbean escape is our way of celebrating such an important milestone.”
Hi-res imagery and b-roll of the Empire State Building, the scheduled Valentine’s Day tower lighting and all the upcoming exclusive offerings can be downloaded here .
More information about the Empire State Building Observatory can be found online.
About the Empire State Building
The Empire State Building, the “World's Most Famous Building," owned by Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (ESRT: NYSE), soars 1,454 feet above Midtown Manhattan from base to antenna. The $165 million reimagination of the Empire State Building Observatory Experience creates an all-new experience with a dedicated guest entrance, an interactive museum with nine galleries, and a redesigned 102nd Floor Observatory with floor-to-ceiling windows. The journey to the world-famous 86th Floor Observatory, the only 360-degree, open-air observatory with views of New York and beyond, orients visitors for their entire New York City experience and covers everything from the building's iconic history to its current place in pop culture. Learn more at www.esbnyc.com. Declared "America's Favorite Building" by the American Institute of Architects, the world's most popular travel destination by Uber, the #1 Attraction in the United States in Tripadvisor’s 2022 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best, and the #1 New York City attraction by Lonely Planet, it welcomes more than 4 million annual visitors from around the world.
Since 2011, the building has been fully powered by renewable wind electricity, and its many floors primarily house a diverse array of office tenants such as LinkedIn and Shutterstock, as well as retail options like STATE Grill and Bar, Tacombi, and Starbucks. For more information and Observatory Experience tickets visit esbnyc.com or follow the building's Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Weibo, YouTube, or TikTok.
Source: Empire State Realty Trust, Inc.
Category: Observatory
To view this piece of content from cts.businesswire.com, please give your consent at the top of this page.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230207005876/en/
Contact information
MEDIA:
Empire State Realty Trust
Brock Talbot
347-804-7863
btalbot@esrtreit.com
About Business Wire
For more than 50 years, Business Wire has been the global leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure.
Subscribe to releases from Business Wire
Subscribe to all the latest releases from Business Wire by registering your e-mail address below. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Latest releases from Business Wire
Samsung and Mistral AI Announce Strategic Partnership for Intelligence-Driven Semiconductor Infrastructure8.9.2026 19:15:00 EEST | Press release
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., today announced it has entered into a strategic partnership with Mistral AI to enhance its semiconductor engineering and manufacturing capabilities that will reinforce its leadership in AI chip technologies. The announcement of the partnership was made during the state summit held in Paris between South Korea and France. Under the agreement, Samsung will integrate Mistral’s AI services and solutions—including its flagship large language model, Mistral Large—across its semiconductor operations to develop customized on-premises AI models optimized for intelligence-driven infrastructure. Mistral’s powerful AI platform is expected to provide Samsung with a unique stack of tools that will transform how semiconductors are designed and manufactured. The on-premises enterprise solutions will especially ensure security and flexibility required to process highly sensitive technologies and operational data entirely within the boundaries of Samsung’s semiconductor in
Sensereo Airo Wins IFA Berlin Innovation Award8.9.2026 18:00:00 EEST | Press release
Sensereo, an environmental intelligence company developing next-generation sensing products for safer, healthier and smarter living, was presented with the prestigious IFA Berlin Innovation Award for its Airo modular indoor air quality system. The award was presented during IFA Berlin on Thursday, Sept. 4, recognizing Airo for its innovative approach to helping consumers better understand and manage the quality of their indoor environments. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260906292649/en/ Winner of a 2026 IFA Innovation Award, Airo is Sensereo’s flagship environmental intelligence platform, combining advanced sensing technology with a modular design that allows users to monitor multiple aspects of indoor air quality and environmental conditions through a single, consumer-friendly system. Designed to transform complex environmental data into useful, actionable information, Airo helps households better understan
Verdantis Rebrands as the AI Super-Agent for MRO, Sets Sights on AI-Native Enterprise Asset Management8.9.2026 17:06:00 EEST | Press release
Verdantis, the AI company for spare parts and MRO inventory optimization in asset-intensive industries, today unveiled its new brand identity as the AI Super-agent for MRO and announced it is building toward a fully AI-native Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) platform. Verdantis’s super-agent orchestrates nine specialized AI agents across the decisions that decide plant uptime: spare parts, criticality, demand, reorder, and work order planning. These decisions set working capital, maintenance spend, and whether a critical asset runs and, in most plants, they are still made in spreadsheets and disconnected systems. The positioning is for the teams who own uptime - maintenance, reliability, and MRO supply chain leaders in oil and gas, mining, utilities, chemicals, and manufacturing. And it reflects an AI-first architecture: agents decide and act by default; people supervise, override, and teach the system. Every human override creates feedback that helps the system learn. That principle
HyperLight Welcomes VentureTech Alliance to Series C, Deepening TFLN Integration Across the Semiconductor Ecosystem8.9.2026 17:00:00 EEST | Press release
HyperLight Corporation ("HyperLight"), a leader in thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonics, today announced that VentureTech Alliance ("VTA") has joined its Series C financing round. VTA is a venture investment firm focused on the semiconductor industry, with a portfolio built across the semiconductor technology stack — including circuit design, foundry-adjacent process technology, EDA, advanced packaging, and photonics. VTA's participation extends the ecosystem alignment that defined the round, which brought together investors spanning silicon ICs, foundry manufacturing, electronics manufacturing services, networking, and global infrastructure capital. With VTA's addition, the syndicate now reaches further into the semiconductor manufacturing and design-enablement layers on which high-volume photonics production depends. "The transition to TFLN is not a component decision — it is an ecosystem decision," said Mian Zhang, CEO of HyperLight. "Getting TFLN into volume requires the proc
EcoOnline Appoints Conor O’Loughlin as CEO8.9.2026 17:00:00 EEST | Press release
EcoOnline, a global provider of software that transforms how organisations protect people and the planet, today announced the appointment of Conor O’Loughlin as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. O’Loughlin succeeds Tom Goodmanson and will lead the Company into its next chapter of growth and innovation, continuing EcoOnline’s mission of keeping employees safe across the globe and supporting more than 11,000 customers. O’Loughlin is an experienced, growth-oriented technology operator and founder. He co-founded fitness technology company Glofox, scaling it into a global SaaS business serving customers in more than 80 countries before its acquisition by ABC Fitness in 2022. Following the acquisition, he served as Platform President and later Global Chief Revenue Officer at ABC Fitness, leading strategy across the company’s revenue-generating activities. “Keeping people safe at work is more important than ever, and EcoOnline does it with a depth of expertise that few can match
In our pressroom you can read all our latest releases, find our press contacts, images, documents and other relevant information about us.
Visit our pressroom