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Th Dsrt tun P10 I SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1997 Travel Got $3 million? Buy an entire New York hotel for three days EDWIN McOOWEU. "We'll know by the end of this year whether we have a signed contract," Littler said.If that deal does falls through, the hotel will keep the bid open until next September. After that, it will take the offer off the table, because, he added, "We already have enough inquiries to fill the place with individual visitors." OVERVIEWS: Travelers will be single customer for $3 million. And it claims to have a bona fide potential customer. "It's an international company," said Michael Littler, the manager of the 52-story hotel just off Broadway, on 44th Street.

"But we still have to work out some details." Whoever it is, the "buyer" will have exclusive control of the hotel and its staff from Dec. 30, 1999, until checkout Jan. 2, 2000. In addition to all meals, snacks and beverages for up to 1,200 guests, the price tag will include the hotel's attached Hudson Theater, which seats 700 theater-style or 300 for a sit-down dinner. And it will include the right to entirely wrap the top of the building with a corporate logo or "any legal or acceptable promotion." lia, Madagascar and Malta, with Brazil.

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