Within walking distance of the hotel are Times Square, Broadway theaters, Rockefeller Center (lit up for the holidays), Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, 5th Avenue shopping, and the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings. Many other attractions, such as New York's famous museums, are easily accessible by subway or taxi. Click here for a list of the many New York City attractions close to the hotel.
To receive the group rate make your reservations here.
Due to strong conference registrations, this room block has nominally filled, although cancellations and other changes may cause some rooms to be available at times. You may be able to get normal-rate rooms at the Westin on some of the conference nights.
In response to this situation, we have arranged three additional room blocks at other NYC hotels:
Princeton Club:
$305 / night.
15 West 43rd Street
(0.4 mile walk from Westin)
Reservation Block: Dec 13-16 available now.
Rate available through Nov 30 or until the block fills.
Group Code: Micro
http://www.princetonclub.com/
Beacon Hotel: $235 / night.
Broadway & 75th street
(Easy subway ride)
Reservation Block: To access the room block, you must call (not reserve on the webpage) 212-787-1100 between 9am and 6pm Eastern time and mention MICRO.
Rate available through Nov 20 or until the block fills.
Group Code: Micro
http://www.beaconhotel.com/
Cornell Club: $260-300 / night
6 East 44th Street
(0.6 mile walk from Westin)
Reservation Block: Dec 13-17 available now.
Call 1-212-692-1314 or email [email protected] and mention MICRO.
Rate available through Nov 30 or until the block fills.
Group Code: Micro
http://www.cornellclubnyc.com/
The Cornell and Princeton Clubs are roughly halfway between the conference location (Westin Times Square) and the conference banquet site (Naples 45 Restaurant, 200 Park Ave at 45th Street).
In addition, we note that some attendees are having good success using bidding sites such as www.priceline.com to obtain room rates of $180-200 for 4-star hotels in the neighborhood of the Westin.
A list of other alternatives can be found here.
Below are a few useful links.
Distance from the hotel to major attractions:
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/area/index.html?propertyID=1380
Hotel websites:
http://www.westinny.com
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1380
Times Square:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square
Broadway Theatre District:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre
Rockefeller Center:
http://www.rockefellercenter.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Center