Alphonse W. Salomone Jr. (sometimes misspelled Salamone; 1919—March 16, 1993)[1] was a Canadian-American hotelier of Italian descent, referred to by Ward Morehouse III as "one of the country's most respected hotelmen".

[1] In 1947, Salomone began working for the Plaza Hotel of New York and later became its manager, before accepting a position as vice president of the Caribe Hilton in San Juan.

Salomone appears again in this book, as he shows the small girl the flood she inadvertently caused while playing in the bath.

[6] Salomone was the manager of the Plaza when The Beatles arrived in the United States for their first Ed Sullivan Show appearance in early 1964.

After seeing news footage of the crowds of young girls in the United Kingdom, Salomone worried that having the group as guests might be problematic for the hotel.