This was a business stay, it ended up being a solid choice in terms of comfort and within commutable distance. One gripe I had is the amount of doors you have to scan through to move through the building, every two steps there’s a new door to scan through — other aparthotels e.g Locke don’t operate like that at all, even with a public bar/restaurant on the premises. What was most concerning is how invasive the check-in process is. You visit a Hilton and you flash your ID, they match the name and sometimes require a card to put on file. With Mason & Fifth, they make a record of your ID number (in my case a Driving License Number, my guest had to supply his passport number). Then they request your full credit or debit card number to be entered into a tablet, no encryption or nothing, no card insert option — they record this in plain text? No real reason why. It’s incredibly invasive and the data collection practices are excessive & questionable compared to
other hotels.