16th Annual Critical Theory Roundtable

Fordham University
Lincoln Center Campus - New York City
September 20-21, 2008

Main Program
Hotels
Travel Information


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Conference Hotel:

Wellington Hotel
871 Seventh Avenue (at 55th Street)
http://www.wellingtonhotel.com/
About a 10-minute walk to Fordham's Lincoln Center Campus (60th St. and Columbus Ave.)

Our Group Rate:
Single Room (1 double bed for 1 or 2 persons): $255 (+ $38 taxes/night)
Suite (max. 4 persons; 1 bedroom w/ queen + 1 living room w/ queen sofa bed): $345 (+ $52 taxes/night)
 
To book, call 800-652-1212, ext. 7750, or email sales@wellingtonhotel.com.
Use our Group Name: "Fordham Univerity / Critical Theory Roundtable" (If that doesn't work, try the booking number: 801103).

Reservation cutoff date: August 19. 
After that, they may be entirely booked.  See below for reasons why it would be a bad idea to miss this cutoff date.  To avoid one night's charge, cancellation must be 3 days prior to arrival.


Other Options:

The fall is high season in NYC and the hotels generally have 90% occupancy, so there are no special deals to be found.  Believe me, I have looked.  But you can do a general search of NYC hotels at this website: www.nyc.com/hotels.  Anything less than $200 on this site seems to be not in Manhattan or if in Manhattan it involves a shared bathroom.  Before booking a hotel, I recommend using www.tripadvisor.com to see what people are saying about it.  Note that there will be an additional 13.375% sales tax + $3.50 occupancy tax added to the price per night.

Here are some of the very few places I can find that still have rates less than our Wellington rate:

Hotel Newton
2528 Broadway (at 94th St.)
800.643.5553
www.thehotelnewton.com
$210 single (+ taxes)

The Pod Hotel

230 East 51st Street  (at 3rd Ave.)
(212) 355-0300
http://www.thepodhotel.com/
$149 single with shared bath (+taxes)
(private room is $269)
They may have lower rates if you request it online.

Hostelling International
891 Amsterdam Ave. (at 103rd St.)
(212) 932.2300
http://www.hinewyork.org/
$41-45, depending on degree of privacy


To give a sense of how booked things are, a number of hotels I have contacted before in a range of prices are now completely booked for that weekend: Washington Square Hotel, Chelsea Lodge, Larchmont Hotel, Gershwin Hotel, Chelsea Savoy, Cosmopolitan.  And all of the larger hotels I had contacted in the spring are now $299 and higher.

If you have any questions, contact Jeff Flynn at jeflynn@fordham.edu, or 347-308-2966.