Business Travel to New York: The Complete Guide
Everything a business traveler needs for New York — getting around, where to stay, the companies you'd visit, and the conferences that land here.
Getting around New York
The opposite of a car city — you usually do not want to rent. From EWR, AirTrain to NJ Transit reaches Penn Station in about half an hour; from JFK, AirTrain to the LIRR or subway; LaGuardia is a taxi or the Q70 bus to the subway. Parking a rental in Manhattan is expensive and pointless. The honest move is train-and-taxi.
Where to stay in New York
Match the hotel to the office, not the reflex booking. Our where to stay in new york guide maps the metro by submarket and employer, with a verified shortlist for each company.
Who you're visiting: New York's headquarters
Each company below has a complete visit guide — the hotel, the airport route, and the meeting. Pick your client.
| American Express | Battery Park City, at Brookfield Place |
| Bank of New York Mellon (BNY) | Financial District |
| BlackRock | Hudson Yards |
| Citigroup | Tribeca / Financial District |
| Colgate-Palmolive | Midtown Manhattan, on Park Avenue |
| Estée Lauder | Midtown Manhattan, in the GM Building on Fifth Avenue |
| Goldman Sachs | Battery Park City / Financial District |
| JPMorgan Chase | Midtown Manhattan, on Park Avenue |
| KKR | Hudson Yards |
| Macy's | Midtown Manhattan, at Herald Square |
| Marsh McLennan | Midtown Manhattan, on Sixth Avenue |
| MetLife | Midtown Manhattan, atop Grand Central |
| Morgan Stanley | Midtown Manhattan, in Times Square |
| New York Life | Midtown Manhattan, on Madison Square |
| News Corp | Midtown Manhattan, on Sixth Avenue |
| Omnicom Group | Midtown Manhattan, on Park Avenue |
| Pfizer | Hudson Yards, in The Spiral |
| S&P Global | Financial District, on Water Street |
| Verizon | Midtown Manhattan, on Sixth Avenue by Bryant Park |
Conferences in New York
If you're here for an event, read the ROI first: NRF Big Show. Then run your trip.
A free evening in New York
New York needs no introduction, but the business-traveler version is simpler: walk the High Line or Central Park to reset, take a client to the West Village or Flatiron, and if you have two free hours, a world-class museum — the Met or MoMA — beats another hotel-bar nightcap.
More on working the city and recovering on the road.
Before you book
Every trip here is a spend against a quota. Score it with the Trip ROI Scorecard, then plan the airport-to-office run and book to the right submarket.
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