Hilton assured us in October that the latest postponement we recently reported in reopening the landmark Waldorf-Astoria hotel — until spring of 2025 — would be the project’s last delay. A week ago, as if to give credence to that, Hilton trumpeted that the online room reservations site would go live on Dec. 10.

The Waldorf Astoria, a hotel that first opened in New York in the late 1800s, is taking reservations again. The hotel closed in 2017 for extensive refurbishments and will reopen in 2025.

The upcoming reopening of the Waldorf Astoria New York is a major feather in the cap of Hilton and its expansion at the luxury end of the hotel food chain.