document_title: Ease of doing business index

question_text: india rank in ease of doing business in 2018

text: Ease of doing business index

text: Methodology[edit]

text: The report is above all, a benchmark study of regulation. The survey consists of a questionnaire designed by the Doing Business team with the assistance of academic advisers. The questionnaire centers on a simple business case that ensures comparability across economies and over time. The survey also bases assumptions on the legal form of the business, size, location, and nature of its operations.[4] The ease of doing business index is meant to measure regulations directly affecting businesses and does not directly measure more general conditions such as a nation's proximity to large markets, quality of infrastructure, inflation, or crime.

text: The next step of gathering data surveys of over 12,500 expert contributors (lawyers, accountants etc.) in 190 countries who deal with business regulations in their day-to-day work. These individuals interact with the Doing Business team in conference calls, written correspondence and visits by the global team. For the 2017 report, team members visited 34 economies to verify data and to recruit respondents. Data from the survey is subjected to several rounds of verification. The surveys are not a statistical sample, and the results are interpreted and cross-checked for consistency before being included in the report. Results are also validated with the relevant government before publication. Respondents fill out written surveys and provide references to the relevant laws, regulations and fees, based on standardized case scenarios with specific assumptions, such as the business being located in the largest business city of the economy.[4]

text: A nation's ranking on the index is based on the average of 11 subindices:

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Starting a business – Procedures, time, cost and minimum capital to open a new business
Dealing with construction permits – Procedures, time and cost to build a warehouse
Getting electricity – procedures, time and cost required for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection for a newly constructed warehouse
Registering property – Procedures, time and cost to register commercial real estate
Getting credit – Strength of legal rights index, depth of credit information index
Protecting investors – Indices on the extent of disclosure, extent of director liability and ease of shareholder suits
Paying taxes – Number of taxes paid, hours per year spent preparing tax returns and total tax payable as share of gross profit
Trading across borders – Number of documents, cost and time necessary to export and import
Enforcing contracts – Procedures, time and cost to enforce a debt contract
Resolving insolvency – The time, cost and recovery rate (%) under bankruptcy proceeding

text: The Doing Business project also offers information on following datasets:

text:
Distance to frontier - Shows the distance of each economy to the “frontier,” which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included since each indicator was included in Doing Business
Entrepreneurship - Measures entrepreneurial activity. The data is collected directly from 130 company registrars on the number of newly registered firms over the past seven years
Good practices - Provide insights into how governments have improved the regulatory environment in the past in the areas measured by Doing Business
Transparency in business regulation - Data on the accessibility of regulatory information measures how easy it is to access fee schedules for 4 regulatory processes in the largest business city of an economy

text: For example, according to the Doing Business (DB) 2013 report, Canada ranked third on the first subindex "Starting a business" behind only New Zealand and Australia. In Canada there is 1 procedure required to start a business which takes on average 5 days to complete. The official cost is 0.4% of the gross national income per capita. There is no minimum capital requirement. By contrast, in Chad which ranked among the worst (181st out of 185) on this same subindex, there are 9 procedures required to start a business taking 62 days to complete. The official cost is 202% of the gross national income per capita. A minimum capital investment of 289.4% of the gross national income per capita is required.

text: While fewer and simpler regulations often imply higher rankings, this is not always the case. Protecting the rights of creditors and investors, as well as establishing or upgrading property and credit registries, may mean that more regulation is needed.

text: In most indicators, the case study refers to a small domestically-owned manufacturing company - hence the direct relevance of the indicators to foreign investors and large companies is limited. DB uses a simple averaging approach for weighting sub-indicators and calculating rankings. A detailed explanation of every indicator can be found through the DB website, and a .xls archive that simulates reforms.

text: Some caveats regarding the rankings and main information presented have to be considered by every user of the report. Mainly:

text:
Doing Business does not measure all aspects of the business environment that matter to firm or investors, such as the macroeconomic conditions, or the level of employment, corruption, stability or poverty, in every country.
Doing Business does not consider the strengths and weakness neither of the global financial system, nor the financial system of every country. It also doesn’t consider the state of the finances of the government of every country.
Doing Business does not cover all the regulation, or all the regulatory requirements. Other types of regulation such as financial market, environment, or intellectual property regulations that are relevant for the private sector are not considered.

text: The Doing Business report is not intended as a complete assessment of competitiveness or of the business environment of a country and should rather be considered as a proxy of the regulatory framework faced by the private sector in a country.

text: History[edit]

text: The Doing Business report has its origins in a paper first published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics by Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer called “The Regulation of Entry” in 2002. The paper presented data on the regulation of entry of start-up firms in 85 countries covering the number of procedures, official time and official cost that a start-up must bear before it could operate legally. The main findings of the paper were that: “Countries with heavier regulation of entry have higher corruption and larger unofficial economies, but no better quality of public or private goods. Countries with more democratic and limited governments have lighter regulation of entry.” The paper became widely known because it provided quantitative evidence that entry regulation benefits politicians and bureaucrats without adding value to the private sector, or granting any additional protection.[5]

text: Several countries have launched reforms to improve their rankings.[6][7] These efforts are motivated to a great scope by the fact that the World Bank Group publishes the data, and hence coverage by the media and the private sector every year. Also, Doing Business highlights every year the successful reforms carried out by each country. Since The Regulation of Entry was published, Simeon Djankov and Andrei Shleifer have published eight other academic studies, one for each set of indicators covered by the report.

text: The World Bank Group has advised over 80 countries[when?] on reforms to regulations measured in the DB, providing technical assistance and guidance. Reform advice and DB report production are organizationally separate to avoid conflicts of interest.[citation needed]

text: In 2013, Doing Business covered regulations measured from June 2011 through May 2012. Over the previous decade, the reports recorded nearly 2,000 regulatory reforms implemented by 180 economies.

text:
Poland was the global top improver in the past year. It enhanced the ease of doing business through four institutional or regulatory reforms, making it easier to register property, pay taxes, enforce contracts, and resolve insolvency.
Worldwide, 108 economies implemented 201 regulatory reforms in 2011/12 making it easier to do business as measured by Doing Business. Reform efforts globally have focused on making it easier to start a new business, increasing the efficiency of tax administration and facilitating trade across international borders. Of the 201 regulatory reforms recorded in the past year, 44% focused on these 3 policy areas alone.
Singapore topped the global ranking on the ease of doing business for the seventh consecutive year, followed by Hong Kong SAR; New Zealand; the United States; and Denmark. Georgia was a new entrant to the top 10.

text: In 2014 Doing Business covered regulations measured from June 2012 through May 2013 in 189 economies.

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Singapore is the first economy of the global ranking followed by Hong Kong SAR, New Zealand, the United States, Denmark, Malaysia, South Korea, Georgia, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
For the first time data about Libya, Myanmar, San Marino, and South Sudan were collected.
114 economies adopted 238 regulatory reforms in 2012/13 (the reforms increased of 18% compared to the previous year).

text: In 2015, Doing Business covered regulations measured from June 2013 through June 2014 in 189 economies.[8] For the first time this year, Doing Business collected data for 2 cities in 11 economies with more than 100 million inhabitants. These economies include: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, and the United States. The added city enables a sub-national comparison and benchmarking against other large cities.

text: Research and influence[edit]

text: More than 3,000 academic papers have used data from the index.[9] The effect of improving regulations on economic growth is claimed to be very strong. Moving from the worst one-fourth of nations to the best one-fourth implies a 2.3 percentage point increase in annual growth. Another 7,000 working papers in economics and social science departments use the data from the Doing Business report. The 2016 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics Oliver Hart (economist) is among the authors of such papers.

text: The various sub-components of the index in themselves provide concrete suggestions for improvement. Many of them may be relatively easy to implement and uncontroversial (except perhaps among corrupt officials who may gain from onerous regulations requiring bribes to bypass). As such, the index has influenced many nations to improve their regulations. Several have explicitly targeted to reach a minimum position on the index, for example the top 25 list.

text: Somewhat similar annual reports are the Indices of Economic Freedom and the Global Competitiveness Report. They, especially the later, look at many more factors that affect economic growth, like inflation and infrastructure. These factors may however be more subjective and diffuse since many are measured using surveys and they may be more difficult to change quickly compared to regulations.

text: A November 2017 EconTalk podcast explains the lasting influence in academia and policy circles of the Doing Business report.

text: Doing Business Report[edit]

text: The Doing Business Report (DB) is a report started by Simeon Djankov and elaborated by the World Bank Group since 2003 every year that is aimed to measure the costs to firms of business regulations in 190 countries. The study has become one of the flagship knowledge products of the World Bank Group in the field of private sector development, and is claimed to have motivated the design of several regulatory reforms in developing countries. The study presents every year a detailed analysis of costs, requirements and procedures a specific type of private firm is subject in all countries, and then, creates rankings for every country. The study is also backed up by broad communication efforts, and by creating rankings, the study spotlights countries and leaders that are promoting reforms.[10]

text: The DB has been widely known and used by academics, policy-makers, politicians, development experts, journalists and the business community to highlight red tape and promote reforms. As stated by the IEG study from the World Bank:

text: “For country authorities, it sheds a bright, sometimes unflattering, light on regulatory aspects of their business climate. For business interests, it has helped to catalyze debates and dialogue about reform. For the World Bank Group, it demonstrates an ability to provide global knowledge, independent of resource transfer and conditionality. The annual exercise generates information that is relevant and useful.”

text: According to the DB, regulation does matter for the development of the private sectors, and several reforms are suggested across the report in order to promote the development of the private sector and enable the business environment. Some highlighted findings of the DB are:

text:
Lower barriers to start-up are associated with a smaller informal sector.
Lower costs of entry encourage entrepreneurship, enhance firm productivity and reduce corruption.
Simple start-up translates into greater employment opportunities.

text: Contents[edit]

text: In 2017, the study contains quantitative measures of regulations for starting a business, dealing with construction permits, employing workers, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts, getting an electricity connection and closing a business. As stated in the introduction of the study, “A fundamental premise of DB is that economic activity requires good rules. These include rules that establish and clarify property rights and reduce the costs of resolving disputes, rules that increase the predictability of economic interactions and rules that provide contractual partners with core protections against abuse.”

text: Evaluation[edit]

text: Doing Business is a controversial study, with passionate critics and devoted fans. As recognized by the Independent Evaluation Group of the World Bank, some have questioned the reliability and objectivity of its measurements while others doubt the relevance of the issues it addresses or fear it may unduly dominate countries reform agendas at the expense of more crucial development objectives. Attention given to the indicators may inadvertently signal that the World Bank Group values less burdensome business regulations more highly than its other strategies for poverty reduction and sustainable development.

text: According to Snodgrass, several limitations are present in the DB studies and have to be kept in mind when using the study:

text:
The indicators and measures are referred to the costs, requirements and fees of doing business in the country’s largest business city; thus conditions elsewhere within the country may differ.
To achieve cross-country standardization respondents are asked to give estimates for a limited liability company of a specific size.[vague] Costs for other forms and scales of businesses may differ.
Transactions and fees to be cost out are very specifically defined. The costs of other types of transactions may differ.
The cost estimates come from individuals identified as expert respondents. Sometimes the estimates give by such individual may differ with other experts and with public officials. If so, the responses are cross-checked for consistency.
The estimates assume that a business knows what is required and does not waste time. Satisfying regulatory requirements will obviously take longer if the business lacks information or is unable to follow up promptly. A related point here is that DB may not understand “work-arounds”, “facilitating fees”, and “learning time” that speed or delay approvals and causes variation costs.

text: Related studies[edit]

text: Published now for twelve years, the DB has originated a growing body of research on how performance on DB indicators, and reforms generated by the reports, related to specific development desirable outcomes. As stated by the DB 2010, about “405 articles have been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and about 1143 working papers are available through Google Scholar”.

text: The DB has acknowledged the limitation of getting data from one city to give information and a ranking valid for all the country. Several regional and sub-national studies have been carried out using the Doing Business methodology to assess variations within countries and regions across different cities, including sub-national studies for countries like Brazil, Mexico and Colombia and regional studies for the Caribbean, the Arab World, Bulgaria and other south eastern European countries. All studies are available from the DB website.

text: DB sometimes unintentionally has been widely used as a study to measure competitiveness. However, regulation rather than competitiveness is the main objective in the DB. Other studies that are also used to measure competitiveness and recognized as business enabling environment ranking systems are the Global Competitiveness Index, the Index of Economic Freedom, and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, among others.[11]

text: Criticism[edit]

text: The Doing Business methodology regarding labor regulations was criticized by the International Trade Union Confederation because it favored flexible employment regulations.[12] In early reports, the easier it was to dismiss a worker for economic reasons in a country, the more its rankings improved. The Employing Workers index was revised in Doing Business 2008 to be in full compliance with the 188 International Labour Organization conventions. It has subsequently been removed from the rankings. The ITUC debuted the Global Rights Index in 2014 as a response to the Doing Business report.[13]

text: In 2008 the World Bank Group's Independent Evaluation Group, a semi-independent watchdog within the World Bank Group, published an evaluation of the Doing Business index.[14] The report, Doing Business: An Independent Evaluation, contained both praise and criticism of Doing Business. The report recommended that the index be clearer about what is and is not measured, disclose changes to published data, recruit more informants, and simplify the Paying Taxes indicator.

text: In April 2009 the World Bank issued a note with revisions to the Employing Workers index.[15] The note explained that scoring for the "Employing Workers" indicator would be updated in Doing Business 2010 to give favorable scores for complying with relevant ILO conventions. The Employing Workers indicator was also removed as a guidepost for Country Policy and Institutional Assessments, which help determine resources provided to IDA countries.

text: A study commissioned by the Norwegian government alleges methodological weaknesses, an uncertainty in the ability of the indicators to capture the underlying business climate, and a general worry that many countries may find it easier to change their ranking in Doing Business than to change the underlying business environment.[16]

text: In June 2013, an independent panel appointed by the President of the World Bank and headed by Trevor Manuel of South Africa, issued a review expressing concern about the potential for the report and index to be misinterpreted, the narrowness of the indicators and information base, the data collection methodology, and the lack of peer review. It recommended that the report be retained, but that the aggregate rankings be removed and that a peer-review process be implemented (among other things). Regarding the topics of Paying Taxes and Employing Workers, it noted that "The latter has already been excluded from the report's rankings. While there is a persuasive case for paying attention to these aspects of doing business, the Bank will need to carefully consider the correct way to assess the regulation and legal environment of these areas if these indicators are to be retained." [1]

text: The Doing Business criteria for measuring the time needed to complete a procedure were based on some simplified assumptions: "It is assumed that the minimum time required for each procedure is 1 day. Although procedures may take place simultaneously, they cannot start on the same day (that is, simultaneous procedures start on consecutive days)". These assumptions generated some criticisms especially by countries that were able to complete one or more procedures simultaneously and could therefore be penalized in the final rank. World Bank claimed that the same criteria are applied to all economies and therefore would not produce biased results. In 2014 the possible biases in applying the DB time indicator were mathematically demonstrated in a scientific article[17] appeared on the Rivista italiana di economia demografia e statistica (Italian Review of Economics, Demography and Statistics - RIEDS). World Bank partially reviewed the criteria inserting a new assumption for telematics procedures: "each telematics procedure accounts for 0.5 day instead of one day (and telematics procedures can also take place simultaneously)".

text: 2018 manipulation scandal[edit]

text: On January 12 2018, Paul Romer, the World Bank's chief economist, announced that past releases of the index would be corrected and recalculated going back at least four years. Romer apologised to Chile, saying that the former director of the group responsible for the index had repeatedly manipulated its methodology, unfairly penalising the country's rankings during the administration of left-wing President Michelle Bachelet. In response, Bachelet announced that Chile would formally request a complete investigation by the World Bank.[18][19]

text: Ranking[edit]

text: The most recent rankings come from the "Doing Business 2018" report. Ranking of economies was introduced in the "Doing Business 2006" report.[20]

text: New Zealand has topped the Ease of Doing Business rankings in 2017 and 2018.

text: Singapore topped the Ease of Doing Business rankings in 2007-2016.[21] Based on Singapore's experience, IDA International is collaborating with public agencies in several countries in the areas such as ICT strategy, national infocomm planning and solutions implementation that can help increase the ease of doing business.

text:
Classification
Jurisdiction
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006

Very Easy
 New Zealand
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1

Very Easy
 Singapore
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2

Very Easy
 Denmark
3
3
3
4
5
5
5
6
6
5
5
7
8

Very Easy
 South Korea
4
5
4
5
7
8
8
16
19
23
30
23
27

Very Easy
 Hong Kong
5
4
5
3
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
5
7

Very Easy
 United States
6
8
7
7
4
4
4
5
4
3
3
3
3

Very Easy
 United Kingdom
7
7
6
8
10
7
7
4
5
6
6
6
9

Very Easy
 Norway
8
6
9
6
9
6
6
8
10
10
11
9
5

Very Easy
 Georgia
9
16
24
15
8
9
16
12
11
15
18
37
100

Very Easy
 Sweden
10
9
8
11
14
13
14
14
18
17
14
13
14

Very Easy
 Macedonia
11
10
12
30
25
23
22
38
32
71
75
92
81

Very Easy
 Estonia
12
12
16
17
22
21
24
17
24
22
17
17
16

Very Easy
 Finland
13
13
10
9
12
11
11
13
16
14
13
14
13

Very Easy
 Australia
14
15
13
10
11
10
15
10
9
9
9
8
6

Very Easy
 Taiwan
15
11
11
19
16
16
25
33
46
61
50
47
35

Very Easy
 Lithuania
16
21
20
24
17
27
27
23
26
28
26
16
15

Very Easy
 Ireland
17
18
17
13
15
15
10
9
7
7
8
10
11

Very Easy
 Canada
18
22
14
16
19
17
13
7
8
8
7
4
4

Very Easy
 Latvia
19
14
22
23
24
25
21
24
27
29
22
24
26

Very Easy
 Germany
20
17
15
14
21
20
19
22
25
25
20
21
19

Very Easy
 United Arab Emirates
21
26
31
22
23
26
33
40
33
46
68
77
69

Very Easy
 Austria
22
19
21
21
30
29
32
32
28
27
25
30
32

Very Easy
 Iceland
23
20
19
12
13
14
9
15
14
11
10
12
12

Very Easy
 Malaysia
24
23
18
18
6
12
18
21
23
20
24
25
21

Very Easy
 Mauritius
25
49
32
28
20
19
23
20
17
24
27
32
23

Very Easy
 Thailand
26
46
49
26
18
18
17
19
12
13
15
18
20

Very Easy
 Poland
27
24
25
32
45
55
62
70
72
76
74
75
54

Very Easy
 Spain
28
32
33
33
52
44
44
49
62
49
38
39
30

Very Easy
 Portugal
29
25
23
25
31
30
30
31
48
48
37
40
42

Very Easy
 Czech Republic
30
27
36
44
75
65
64
63
74
75
56
52
41

Very Easy
 France
31
29
27
31
38
34
29
26
31
31
31
35
44

Very Easy
 Netherlands
32
28
28
27
28
31
31
30
30
26
21
22
24

Very Easy
  Switzerland
33
31
26
20
29
28
26
27
21
21
16
15
17

Very Easy
 Japan
34
34
34
29
27
24
20
18
15
12
12
11
10

Very Easy
 Russia
35
40
51
62
92
112
120
123
120
120
106
96
79

Very Easy
 Kazakhstan
36
35
41
77
50
49
47
59
63
70
71
63
86

Very Easy
 Slovenia
37
30
29*
51
33
35
37
42
53
54
55
61
63

Very Easy
 Belarus
38
37
44
57
63
58
69
68
58
85
110
129
106

Very Easy
 Slovakia
39
33
29*
37
49
46
48
41
42
36
32
36
37

Very Easy
 Kosovo
40
60
66
75
86
98
117
119
113
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Very Easy
 Rwanda
41
56
62
46
32
52
45
58
67
139
150
158
139

Very Easy
 Montenegro
42
51
46
36
44
51
56
66
71
90
81
70
92**

Very Easy
 Serbia
43
48
59
91
93
86
92
89
88
94
86
68
92**

Very Easy
 Moldova
44
44
52
63
78
83
81
90
94
103
92
103
83

Very Easy
 Romania
45
36
37
48
73
72
72
56
55
47
48
49
78

Very Easy
 Italy
46
50
45
56
65
73
87
80
78
65
53
82
70

Very Easy
 Armenia
47
38
35
45
37
32
55
48
43
44
39
34
46

Very Easy
 Hungary
48
41
42
54
54
54
51
46
47
41
45
66
52

Easy
 Mexico
49
47
38*
39
53
48
53
35
51
56
44
43
73

Easy
 Bulgaria
50
39
38*
38
58
66
59
51
44
45
46
54
62

Easy
 Croatia
51
43
40
65
89
84
80
84
103
106
97
124
118

Easy
 Belgium
52
42
43
42
36
33
28
25
22
19
19
20
18

Easy
 Cyprus
53
45
47
64
39
36
40
37
40
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Easy
 Israel
54
52
53
40
35
38
34
29
29
30
29
26
29

Easy
 Chile
55
57
48
41
34
37
39
43
49
40
33
28
25

Easy
 Brunei
56
72
84*
101
59
79
83
112
96
88
78
N/A
N/A

Easy
 Azerbaijan
57
65
63
80
70
67
66
54
38
33
96
99
98

Easy
 Peru
58
54
50
35
42
43
41
36
56
62
58
65
71

Easy
 Colombia
59
53
54
34
43
45
42
39
37
53
66
79
66

Easy
 Turkey
60
69
55
55
69
71
71
65
73
59
57
91
93

Easy
 Costa Rica
61
62
58
83
102
110
121
125
121
117
115
105
89

Easy
 Mongolia
62
64
56
72
76
76
86
73
60
58
52
45
61

Easy
 Luxembourg
63
59
61
59
60
56
50
45
64
50
42
N/A
N/A

Easy
 Puerto Rico
64
55
57
47
40
41
43
47
35
35
28
19
22

Easy
 Albania
65
58
97*
68
90
85
82
82
82
86
136
120
117

Easy
 Bahrain
66
63
65
53
46
42
38
28
20
18
N/A
N/A
N/A

Easy
 Greece
67
61
60
61
72
78
100
109
109
96
100
109
80

Easy
 Vietnam
68
82
90
78
99
99
98
78
93
92
91
104
99

Easy
 Morocco
69
68
75
71
87
97
94
114
128
128
129
115
102

Easy
 Jamaica
70
67
64
58
94
90
88
81
75
63
63
50
43

Easy
 Oman
71
66
70
66
47
47
49
57
65
57
49
55
51

Easy
 Indonesia
72
91
109
114
120
128
129
121
122
129
123
135
115

Easy
 El Salvador
73
95
86
109
118
113
112
86
84
72
69
71
76

Easy
 Uzbekistan
74
87
87
141
146
154
166
150
150
138
138
147
138

Easy
 Bhutan
75
73
71
125
141
148
142
142
126
124
119
138
104

Easy
 Ukraine
76
80
83
96
112
137
152
145
142
145
139
128
124

Easy
 Kyrgyzstan
77
75
67
102
68
70
70
44
41
68
94
90
84

Easy
 China
78
78
84*
90
96
91
91
79
89
83
83
93
91

Easy
 Panama
79
70
69
52
55
61
61
72
77
81
65
81
57

Easy
 Kenya
80
92
108
136
129
121
109
98
95
82
72
83
68

Easy
 Botswana
81
71
72
74
56
59
54
52
45
38
51
48
40

Easy
 South Africa
82
74
73
43
41
39
35
34
34
32
35
29
28

Easy
 Qatar
83
83
68
50
48
40
36
50
39
37
N/A
N/A
N/A

Easy
 Malta
84
76
80
94
103
102
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Easy
 Zambia
85
98
97*
111
83
94
84
76
90
100
116
102
67

Easy
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
86
81
79
107
131
126
125
110
116
119
105
95
87

Easy
 Samoa
87
89
96
67
61
57
60
61
57
64
61
41
39

Easy
 Tunisia
88
77
74
60
51
50
46
55
69
73
88
80
58

Easy
 Tonga
89
85
78
69
57
62
58
71
52
43
47
51
36

Easy
 Vanuatu
90
84
94
76
74
80
76
60
59
60
62
58
49

Easy
 Saint Lucia
91
86
77
100
64
53
52
53
36
34
34
27
N/A

Easy
 Saudi Arabia
92
94
82
49
26
22
12
11
13
16
23
38
38

Easy
 San Marino
93
79
76
93
81
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Easy
 Uruguay
94
90
92
82
88
89
90
124
114
109
98
64
85

Easy
 Seychelles
95
93
95
85
80
74
103
95
111
104
90
84
N/A

Easy
 Kuwait
96
102
101*
86
104
82
67
74
61
52
40
46
47

Medium
 Guatemala
97
88
81
73
79
93
97
101
110
112
114
118
109

Medium
 Dominica
98
101
91
97*
77
68
65
88
83
74
77
72
N/A

Medium
 Dominican Republic
99
103
93
84
117
116
108
91
86
97
99
117
103

Medium
 India
100
130
130
142
134
132
132
134
133
122
120
134
116

Medium
 Fiji
101
97
88*
81
62
60
77
62
54
39
36
31
34

Medium
 Trinidad and Tobago
102
96
88*
79
66
69
68
97
81
80
67
59
N/A

Medium
 Jordan
103
118
113
117
119
106
96
111
100
101
80
78
74

Medium
 Lesotho
104
100
114*
128*
136
136
143
138
130
123
124
114
97

Medium
   Nepal
105
107
99
108
105
108
107
116
123
121
111
100
55

Medium
 Namibia
106
109
101*
88
98
87
78
69
66
51
43
42
33

Medium
 Antigua and Barbuda
107
113
104
89
71
63
57
64
50
42
41
33
N/A

Medium
 Paraguay
108
106
100
92
109
103
102
106
124
115
103
112
88

Medium
 Papua New Guinea
109
119
145
133
113
104
101
103
102
95
84
57
64

Medium
 Malawi
110
133
141
164
171
157
145
133
132
134
127
110
96

Medium
 Sri Lanka
111
110
107
99
85
81
89
102
105
102
101
89
75

Medium
 Swaziland
112
111
105
110
123
123
124
118
115
108
95
76
N/A

Medium
 Philippines
113
99
103
95
108
138
136
148
144
140
133
126
113

Medium
 Palestine
114
140
129
143
138
135
131
135
139
131
117
127
125

Medium
 Honduras
115
105
110
104*
127
125
128
131
141
133
121
111
112

Medium
 Solomon Islands
116
104
112
87
97
92
74
96
104
89
79
69
53

Medium
 Argentina
117
116
121
124
126
124
113
115
118
113
109
101
77

Medium
 Ecuador
118
114
117
115
135
139
130
130
138
136
128
123
107

Medium
 Bahamas
119
121
106
97*
84
77
85
77
68
55
N/A
N/A
N/A

Medium
 Ghana
120
108
114*
70
67
64
63
67
92
87
87
94
82

Medium
 Belize
121
112
120
118
106
105
93
99
80
78
59
56
N/A

Medium
 Uganda
122
115
122
150
132
120
123
122
112
111
118
107
72

Medium
 Tajikistan
123
128
132
166
143
141
147
139
152
159
153
133
N/A

Medium
 Iran
124
120
118
130
152
145
144
129
137
142
135
119
108

Medium
 Brazil
125
123
116
120
116
130
126
127
129
125
122
121
119

Medium
 Guyana
126
124
137
123
115
114
114
100
101
105
104
136
105

Medium
 Cape Verde
127
129
126
122
121
122
119
132
146
143
132
125
N/A

Medium
 Egypt
128
122
131
112
128
109
110
94
106
114
126
165
141

Medium
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
129
125
111
103
82
75
75
75
70
66
54
85
N/A

Medium
 Palau
130
136
136
113
100
111
116
120
97
91
82
62
N/A

Medium
 Nicaragua
131
127
125
119
124
119
118
117
117
107
93
67
59

Medium
 Barbados
132
117
119
106
91
88
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Medium
 Lebanon
133
126
123
104*
111
115
104
113
108
99
85
86
95

Medium
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
134
134
124
121
101
96
95
87
76
67
64
44
N/A

Medium
 Cambodia
135
131
127
135
137
133
138
147
145
135
145
143
133

Medium
 Maldives
136
135
128
116
95
95
79
85
87
69
60
53
31

Medium
 Tanzania
137
132
139
131
145
134
127
128
131
127
130
142
140

Medium
 Mozambique
138
137
133
127
139
146
139
126
135
141
134
140
110

Medium
 Côte d'Ivoire
139
142
142
147
167
177
167
169
168
161
155
141
145

Medium
 Senegal
140
147
153
161
178
166
154
152
157
149
162
146
132

Medium
 Laos
141
139
134
148
159
163
165
171
167
165
164
159
147

Medium
 Grenada
142
138
135
126
107
100
73
92
91
84
70
73
N/A

Medium
 Mali
143
141
143*
146
155
151
146
153
156
166
158
155
146

Medium
 Niger
144
150
160
168
176
176
173
173
174
172
169
160
150

Below Average
 Nigeria
145
169
169
170
147
131
133
137
125
118
108
108
94

Below Average
 Gambia
146
145
151
138
150
147
149
146
140
130
131
113
N/A

Below Average
 Pakistan
147
144
138
128*
110
107
105
83
85
77
76
74
60

Below Average
 Burkina Faso
148
146
143*
167
154
153
150
151
147
148
161
163
154

Below Average
 Marshall Islands
149
143
140
139
114
101
106
108
98
93
89
87
48

Below Average
 Mauritania
150
160
168
176
173
167
159
165
166
160
157
148
127

Below Average
 Benin
151
155
158
151
174
175
175
170
172
169
151
137
129

Below Average
 Bolivia
152
149
157
157
162
155
153
149
161
150
140
131
111

Below Average
 Guinea
153
163
165
169
175
178
179
179
173
171
166
157
144

Below Average
 Djibouti
154
171
171
155
160
171
170
158
163
153
146
161
N/A

Below Average
 Micronesia
155
151
148
145
156
150
140
141
127
126
112
106
56

Below Average
 Togo
156
154
150
149
157
156
162
160
165
163
156
151
149

Below Average
 Kiribati
157
152
149
134
122
117
115
93
79
79
73
60
45

Below Average
 Comoros
158
153
154
159
158
158
157
159
162
155
146
144
N/A

Below Average
 Zimbabwe
159
161
155
171
170
173
171
157
159
158
152
153
126

Below Average
 Sierra Leone
160
148
147
140
142
140
141
143
148
156
160
168
136

Below Average
 Ethiopia
161
159
146
132
125
127
111
104
107
116
102
97
101

Below Average
 Madagascar
162
167
164
163
148
142
137
140
134
144
149
149
131

Below Average
 Cameroon
163
166
172
158
168
161
161
168
171
164
154
152
130

Below Average
 Burundi
164
157
152
152
140
159
169
181
176
177
174
166
143

Below Average
 Suriname
165
158
156
162
161
164
158
161
155
146
142
122
N/A

Below Average
 Algeria
166
156
163
154
153
152
148
136
136
132
125
116
128

Below Average
 Gabon
167
164
162
144
163
170
156
156
158
151
144
132
N/A

Below Average
 Iraq
168
165
161
156
151
165
164
166
153
152
141
145
114

Below Average
 São Tomé and Príncipe
169
162
166
153
169
160
163
178
180
176
163
169
123

Below Average
 Sudan
170
168
159
160
149
143
135
154
154
147
143
154
151

Below Average
 Myanmar
171
170
167
177
182
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Below Average
 Liberia
172
174
179
174
144
149
151
155
149
157
170
N/A
N/A

Below Average
 Equatorial Guinea
173
178
180
165
166
162
155
164
170
165
165
150
N/A

Below Average
 Syria
174
173
175
175
165
144
134
144
143
137
137
130
121

Below Average
 Angola
175
182
181
181
179
172
172
163
169
168
167
156
135

Below Average
 Guinea-Bissau
176
172
178
179
180
179
176
176
181
179
176
173
N/A

Below Average
 Bangladesh
177
176
174
173
130
129
122
107
119
110
107
88
65

Below Average
 Timor Leste
178
175
173
172
172
169
168
174
164
170
168
174
142

Below Average
 Congo
179
177
176
178
185
183
181
177
179
178
175
171
148

Below Average
 Chad
180
180
183
185
189
184
183
183
178
175
173
172
152

Below Average
 Haiti
181
181
182
180
177
174
174
162
151
154
148
139
134

Below Average
 Democratic Republic of Congo
182
184
184
184
183
181
178
175
182
181
178
175
155

Below Average
 Afghanistan
183
183
177
183
164
168
160
167
160
162
159
162
122

Below Average
 Central African Republic
184
185
185
187
188
185
182
182
183
180
177
167
153

Below Average
 Libya
185
188
188
188
187
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Below Average
 Yemen
186
179
170
137
133
118
99
105
99
98
113
98
90

Below Average
 South Sudan
187
186
187
186
186
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Below Average
 Venezuela
188
187
186
182
181
180
177
172
177
174
172
164
120

Below Average
 Eritrea
189
189
189
189
184
182
180
180
175
173
171
170
137

Below Average
 Somalia
190
190
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

text:
* – same rank is for multiple jurisdictions
** – the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro

text: Note: Rankings at time of annual report publication. Rankings are subject to revision.


document_title: Itazura na Kiss

question_text: when did naoki fall in love with kotoko

question_tokens: when did naoki fall in love with kotoko

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text: Itazura na Kiss

text: Plot[edit]

text: In this romantic comedy story, a high school girl named Kotoko Aihara finally tells a fellow senior named Naoki that she has loved him from afar since she saw him on their first day of high school. However, Naoki, a hottie "super-ikemen" (handsome male) who is smart and good at sports, rejects her offhand. Fate intervenes when a mild earthquake ruins Kotoko's family house. While the house gets rebuilt, Kotoko and her dad stay at the home of her dad's childhood bestfriend...whose son is Naoki. Naoki eventually falls for Kotoko and starts to have romantic, protective feelings for her.

tag: p

text: Characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text: Kotoko Aihara (相原 琴子, Aihara Kotoko) (Voiced by: Nana Mizuki, Portrayed by: Aiko Sato, Honoka Miki in 2013 remake, Reina Visa in 2016 movie) - Kotoko Aihara is a ditzy and poor achieving high school student. She has been in love with the handsome and intelligent Naoki Irie since their first year in high school after hearing his speech at the opening ceremony. She eventually writes a love letter to Naoki, but is rejected right away. On the same day as her confession, Kotoko's poorly constructed house is destroyed in a mild earthquake, and she and her father Shigeo are invited to stay at a house owned by her father's close friend Shigeki. Arriving to the house, she is shocked to find out that Shigeo's friend is the dad of Naoki, and that she will be living in the same house as him. In the beginning of their new life together, Naoki often teased Kotoko, but the two eventually warm up to each other. Naoki later realizes that he is in love with Kotoko and confesses to her, and the couple marry in their first year of college (the third year in the manga version). Kotoko is known as Kotoko Irie onwards. After coming back from her honeymoon with Naoki, Kotoko decides to become a nurse, so that she could be a wife fit for Naoki. After several years of marriage, Kotoko has a daughter with Naoki named Kotomi.

tag: ul

text: Naoki Irie (入江 直樹, Irie Naoki) (Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa (drama CD), Daisuke Hirakawa (anime), Portrayed by: Takashi Kashiwabara, Yuki Furukawa (Remake-2013), Kanta Sato in 2016 movie) - Naoki Irie is the smartest and most handsome guy in his high school. He is rumored to have an IQ of 200, and is praised by his peers as being perfect all around. He receives a love letter from Kotoko, but rejects her before she finishes confessing, explaining that he despises "dumb girls." When Kotoko and her father move in with Naoki and his father, he gives Kotoko many hardships and maintains a rather cold attitude towards her, although he secretly began to fall in love with her, because he believed that the trouble she caused made his mundane life more interesting. Though Naoki's grades allow for him to attend any university of his choosing, he eventually decides to attend the same college as Kotoko. After his wedding to Kotoko, Naoki becomes a doctor.

text: Female[edit]

text:
Noriko Irie (Voiced by: Naoko Matsui) is Naoki and Yuuki's mother, and eventually Kotoko's mother-in-law. She loves Kotoko very much, and was the first person to suggest that Naoki and Kotoko date.
Kotomi Irie is Naoki and Kotoko's daughter. She constantly fights for Naoki's affection with Kotoko much to her mother's dismay, in which Naoki favors Kotomi over his wife. Kotomi has a father complex and tells Naoki that she wants to marry him when she grows up. However, Naoki replies that he can't because he already belongs to her mother.
Reiko Matsumoto (松本 裕子, Matsumoto Reiko) (Yuko in the anime)(Voiced by: Akiko Kimura), Portrayed by: Maju Ozawa and Kanna Mori (remake 2013)) is one of Naoki's many love trials. She has been interested in him since before college, but decides to give up after Kotoko and Naoki get married. After graduation, she starts to work for a computer company.
Christine "Chris" Robbins is a foreign exchange student from the United Kingdom who has gone to Japan to find a Japanese boyfriend. She falls for Kinnosuke, and manages wins his heart and marries him. She is then known as Christine Ikezawa and has several children with Kinnosuke after their marriage. In the anime adaptation, she is the daughter of the bank involved with Naoki's father's company. Sahoko does not appear and Chris is the one Naoki casually dates. She is voiced by Yūko Gotō
Jinko Komori (小森 じん子, Komori Jinko) (Voiced by: Kinoko Yamada, Portrayed by: Sakura Uehara, Nanami Fujimoto in the 2013 remake, Atsuki Tomori) is one of Kotoko's best friends, who belonged in the F-class with Kotoko. She eventually attends the same university as Kotoko as well.
Satomi Ishikawa (石川 理美, Ishikawa Satomi) (Voiced by: Risa Hayamizu, Portrayed by Tomomi Miyauchi, Kasumi Yamaya in the 2013 remake, Nonoka Yamaguchi) is one of Kotoko's best friends. She gets married after she gets pregnant and has a daughter named Kiseki, who seems to be very attached to Yuuki.
Ayako Matsumoto (松本 綾子, Matsumoto Ayako) (Voiced by: Saori Seto) is the little sister of Reiko. She liked Naoki at first, but eventually fell for Kotoko's admirer; Takendo.
Konomi (好美) shares the same personality as Kotoko; both are as naïve and caring. She has liked Yuuki since junior high, but he refused to be her friend. After a while, Yuuki has a change of heart.
Sahoko is the granddaughter of an old CEO of a successful company. She was arranged to marry Naoki to help fix his father's company's problems. But when she understood that he was in love with Kotoko, she gave up. In the anime adaptation, she does not appear at all and Chris is the one who dates Naoki.
Tomoko Ogura (小倉 智子, Ogura Tomoko) is Kotoko's classmate in nursing school. She is sweet and kind and gentle like an angel, but is also crazy about seeing blood, which makes her somewhat scary.
Marina Shinagawa (品川 真理奈, Shinagawa Marina) is Kotoko's classmate in nursing school. She went to study nursing to marry a doctor. Eventually, she becomes involved with Funetsu, although she keeps trying to get close to other guys.
Rika is Naoki's and Yuuki's cousin. She moved to America five years ago. When she comes back, she tries to break Naoki and Kotoko apart but eventually fails. She also turns out to be Naoki's first kiss, but it was against his wishes. She appeared in the Korean adaptation's special in YouTube.
Akiko (秋子) (Voiced by: Saori Seto) is a handicapped patient that Keita was assigned to take care of when he went on an internship. During that time, the two of them fell for each other. Because she lost faith in herself, she stopped trying to walk. However, after an unexpected fright from Kotoko, she walks again.
Grandma Yoshida is an 80-year-old lady which is picky and gives nurses problems especially towards Kotoko. She was looked after by Kotoko, and eventually realises that Kotoko is a hard worker and gives her less of a hard time.

text: Male[edit]

text:
Shigeo Aihara (Voiced by: Bin Shimada, Portrayed by: Takashi Naitou, Yoji Tanaka in the 2013 remake) is Kotoko's widowed father. He is the chef and owner of a restaurant. When Shigeo and Kotoko's house collapses from an earthquake, his close friend Shigeki immediately invites them to live at his home. Shigeo later makes Kinosuke his apprentice.
Shigeki Irie (Voiced by: Takashi Nagasako) is the father of Naoki and Yuuki, and the close friend of Shigeo. He is the president of a gaming company, thus enabling his family to have a wealthy lifestyle. Shigeki originally pressured Naoki to become his successor, but relents after seeing Naoki's passion for medicine. Yuuki later offers to become his successor.
Yuuki Irie (Voiced by: Romi Park, Portrayed by: Ryotaro Akashi, Yuga Aizawa in the 2013 remake) is the brother of Naoki. He really looks up to his older especially because of his strong composure during situations and the fact that he can do anything. In the beginning he openly hated Kotoko, but as she spent more time with his family he grew used to her but openly insults. At first he never believed his brother would ever fall for Kotoko until he saw his brother kiss Kotoko secretly while she was sleeping and promised not to tell anyone. But when Naoki almost got married to Sahoko (in the anime adaptation Chris is engaged to naoki instead), he questioned him about whether he really wants to marry her and let Kotoko go.
Kinnosuke Ikezawa (池澤 金之助, Ikezawa Kinnosuke) (Voiced by: Shuuhei Sakaguchi, Portrayed by: Shinsuke Aoki, Yuki Yamada in the 2013 remake, Shimon Okura) is the guy who has liked Kotoko ever since high school and didn't give up until Naoki confessed that he was emotionally involved with her as well. After a year, he meets Christine and marries her, thus ending his devotion to Kotoko. However, he and Kotoko retain their friendship.
Sudou (須藤, Sudō) (Voiced by: Akio Ohtsuka) is Kotoko and Naoki's senpai in college and the school's tennis captain. He has liked Reiko since meeting her, but hasn't been successful in winning her heart. In the anime, however, he is shown to have married her in Episode 24. Kotoko describes him as someone who has a dual personality. He is very kind when he's not holding the tennis racquet, but once he holds it, he becomes vicious and competitive (most especially to Naoki, but he always loses to him).
Takendo Nakagawa (中川 武人, Nakagawa Takehito) is one of Kotoko's few admirers. He met her in college and tried to date her, but eventually fell for Ayako, Reiko's little sister.
Ryo Takamiya (高宮 良, Takamiya Ryō) is Satomi's rich boyfriend and later husband. Because he is a very obedient boy, he had a hard time defying his mother who was against his marriage with Satomi, but after a little support from Kotoko, decides to follow his heart.
Keita Kamogari (鴨狩 啓太) is one of Kotoko's classmates in nursing school. He is very passionate about nursing and can therefore be very fierce if things don't go right. Naoki was jealous because of Keita's and Kotoko's relationship. Keita liked Kotoko once, but after he realized how much Kotoko and Naoki loved each other, he gave up. Finally, he met the handicapped Akiko during training and fell for her.
Kikyou Motoki (桔梗 幹) is Kotoko's classmate in nursing school. He is born a boy, but prefers to be a girl. Of all the guys that Kotoko knows, he is the most girly one. He is the president of Naoki's fan club.
Funatsu (船津) is Naoki's rival in medical school. He always tried to beat him, but never succeeded once as Naoki was always the smarter one. He claimed that he didn't like to date, but eventually fell in love with Kotoko's classmate, Marina.
Nobuhiro Kimura (阿諾) became Yuuki's friend when he went to the hospital. This boy has a kidney problem and was unable to live with his parents. Years later, he reappears as a young and famous actor. His parents have divorced, both remarried. He moved out after his father had a baby with his new wife. He appears to have given up on life, until Kotoko and Naoki give him hope again. Kotoko offers him hope and he turns into a kinder person.

text: Adaptations[edit]

text: TV dramas[edit]

text: In 1996, Itazura na Kiss was first adapted into a Japanese television drama of the same title, which ran from 14 October to 16 December 1996 for 9 episodes every Monday at 20:00 until 21:00 JST. This version did not cover Kotoko's and Naoki's married life.

text: In 2005, it was adapted into two Taiwanese dramas, It Started with a Kiss and its sequel They Kiss Again, both starring Ariel Lin as not-so-bright Yuan Xiang Qin and Joe Cheng as the genius Jiang Zhi Shu.

text: In 2010, it was adapted into a South Korean drama series Playful Kiss starring Kim Hyun-joong of SS501 as the perfectionist Baek Seung-Jo and Jung So-min as the clumsy Oh Ha-Ni. The series consisted of 16 TV episodes and 7 webisodes.

text: In 2013, another Japanese remake aired on Fuji TV under the title Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo. It starred Miki Honoka as Aihara Kotoko and Furukawa Yuki as Irie Naoki. At the end of 2014 was aired the sequel -Mischievous Kiss 2: Love in Okinawa- with both lead actors reprising their roles. The second season ended in March, 2015.

text: In 2015, it was adapted into a Thai drama series Kiss Me รักล้นใจนายแกล้งจุ๊บ. It starred Pirath Nitipaisankul and Sucharat Manaying, and aired on True4U.[8]

text: In 2016, it was adapted into another Taiwanese drama, Miss in Kiss, starring Esther Wu as Yue-Qin and Dino Lee as Zhi-Shu. It has 48 episodes (30 minutes each) from December 8, 2016 – March 24, 2017.

text: Anime[edit]

text: Itazura na Kiss was adapted into a 25 episode anime by TMS Entertainment and shown on TBS from April 4, 2008 to September 25, 2008. The opening theme was "Kimi, Meguru, Boku" by Motohiro Hata, and the primary ending themes were "Kataomoi Fighter" by GO!GO!7188 and "Jikan yo Tomare (Stop Time)" by Azu featuring Seamo. Discotek Media licensed the anime and put it out on DVD in late 2014.[9]

text: Movie[edit]

text: Itazurana Kiss The Movie: High School (2016)

text: Itazurana Kiss The Movie: Campus (2017)

text: Itazurana Kiss The Movie: Propose (Scheduled on December 2 )


document_title: List of hotels in New York City

question_text: how many hotels are in new york city

question_tokens: how many hotels are in new york city

text: List of hotels in New York City

text: Number of hotels[edit]

text: Most of the hotels are represented by the Hotel Association of New York City trade organization. As of 2016, the organization had 270 members, representing 75,000 rooms and 50,000 employees.[1] Private hotels, such as the Yale Club, are members of the group.

text: More than half the hotels (114) are in Midtown Manhattan with 75 on the west side (most in the Times Square area) and 39 on the Midtown East Side.[2] The city tourist list does not include single room occupancy hotels.

text: Largest hotels[edit]

text: Following is a list of the largest hotels in New York based on number of rentable rooms.[3] Included in this lists is any hotel in the NYC area with at least 500 rooms.

text: The total room number includes suites. Some large hotels have been carved up into mixed use buildings in which the hotel occupies a portion of the building. This list includes only the hotel portion.

text:
Hotel
Total Rooms
Notes

New York Hilton Midtown
1,980

New York Marriott Marquis
1,949

Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel
1,781

Hotel Pennsylvania
1,700

Grand Hyatt New York
1,311

Row NYC
1,331

Waldorf Astoria New York
1,245

New Yorker Hotel
1,083

The Roosevelt Hotel
1,015

Park Central Hotel
935

The New York Palace Hotel
909

Edison Hotel
900

The Westin New York at Times Square
873

Hudson Hotel
807

The Westin New York Grand Central Hotel
774

Crowne Plaza Times Square
770

Doubletree Metropolitan Hotel
760

Millennium Broadway Hotel
750

Le Parker Meridien New York
730

The Lexington New York City Hotel
725

YOTEL New York at Times Square
713

Wellington Hotel
700

W New York
696

InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel
686[4]

InterContinental New York Times Square
607[5]

New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
665

The Manhattan at Times Square
665

New York Marriott East Side
646

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text: Hotels on the National Register of Historic Places[edit]

text:
Hotel
Address
Notes

Knickerbocker Hotel
142 West 42nd Street

Ansonia Hotel
2101–2119 Broadway

Barbizon Hotel for Women
140 East 63rd Street

Beacon Theater and Hotel
2124 Broadway

Gilsey Hotel
1200 Broadway

Grand Hotel
1232–1238 Broadway

Hotel Chelsea
222 West 23rd Street

Hotel Gerard
123 West 44th Street

Hotel Theresa
2082–2096 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard.

Plaza Hotel
Fifth Avenue and Fifty-Ninth St.

Prince George Hotel
505 Eighth Avenue,

Seville Hotel
22 East 29th Street

Times Square Hotel
255 West 43rd Street

Webster Hotel
40 West 45th Street

text: Former hotels[edit]

text:
Grand Central Hotel
New York Biltmore Hotel
Stanhope Hotel
Marriott World Trade Center


document_title: Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)

question_text: who sings do it til you're satisfied

question_tokens: who sings do it til you 're satisfied

text: Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)

text:
"Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)"

Single by B. T. Express

from the album Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)

Released
August 27, 1974 (August 27, 1974)

Genre
Funk, soul

Length
5:52 (album version)
3:09 (single edit)

Label
Scepter

Songwriter(s)
Billy Nichols

B. T. Express singles chronology

"Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)"
(1974)
"Express"
(1975)

"Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)"
(1974)
"Express"
(1975)

text: "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" is the name of a popular song by funk group B. T. Express, written by group member Billy Nichols.[1] Released from the debut album of the same title, the song became a great "crossover" success. The song is noted for its hand claps at the beginning, as well as the spoken portion in the middle of the song. The short version was less than 3 minutes, while the long version is over 5 minutes in length. The single was rated #1 of the R&B singles chart for a week during the autumn of 1974 and was rated #2 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.[2] The single was an early disco hit peaking at number eight on the disco/dance charts.[3] The song was used as the opening theme for the late night talk show The Mo'Nique Show weeknights on Black Entertainment Television.