W Hotels of New York is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability.

Commitment

W Hotels of New York is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We are actively working to increase the accessibility and usability of this website. We continue to make improvements to meet WCAG guidelines and perform ongoing monitoring to detect any new issues that may arise.

Guidelines and Standards

W Hotels of New York aims for our website to conform to level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1 AA). We have conducted an accessibility audit of our website based on these guidelines and outlined the known issues.

Known Issues

August 27, 2023 – 5 Known Issues

  • Carousel navigation links need to be more descriptive and in the correct tab order.
  • The calendar used on the Open Table booking widget needs to be more descriptive when dates are selected.
  • Links to instagram users and hash tags are not always meaningful when read out of context.
  • 3rd party plug-in Vimeo has not been tested and may not meet level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1 AA).
  • 3rd party plug-in Google reCAPTCHA has not been tested and may not meet level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1 AA).

We are actively working on resolving these issues.

Testing Methods

This website is tested using a combination of accessibility tools. Including Google Lighthouse accessibility test, axe – Web Accessibility Testing, and Monsido Web Accessibility software. This combination of tools and software results in a wide range of testing which covers the complete requirements for level AA of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1 AA).

The entire site is also scanned using Monsido Web Accessibility to run automated tests and run guided manual tests (where automated testing is insufficient or unable to test specific items) to identify issues.

Audit Reports

August 27, 2023 – Accessibility Checks Report For All A / 100%
August 27, 2023 – Accessibility Checks Report For All AA / 100%
May 10, 2023 – Accessibility Checks Report For All A / 100%
May 10, 2023 – Accessibility Checks Report For All AA / 100%
September 19, 2022 – Accessibility Checks Report For All A / 100%
September 19, 2022 – Accessibility Checks Report For All AA / 100%
August 11, 2022 – Accessibility Checks Report For All A / 100%
August 11, 2022 – Accessibility Checks Report For All AA / 100%
May 17, 2022 – Accessibility Checks Report For All A / 99.93%
May 17, 2022 – Accessibility Checks Report For All AA / 99.81%
January 19, 2022 – Accessibility Checks Report For All A / 98.64%
January 19, 2022 – Accessibility Checks Report For All AA / 100%
August 27, 2021 – Accessibility Checks Report For All A / 99.52%
August 27, 2021 – Accessibility Checks Report For All AA / 100%

Contact information

If you need assistance in using the website, or have specific questions or concerns about the accessibility of this site, please contact us.