Venues - Hotels

Situated in a restored Beaux-Arts building, the NoMad hotel boasts more than 4,000 square feet of meeting and event space, including the Parlour (pictured) and the Johnston room, which has an outdoor terrace. For smaller groups, both the Fireplace and Cupola rooms offer semi-private dining for as many as 12 people. With interiors by French designer Jacques Garcia, the 168-room property is outfitted with reclaimed maple hardwood floors, velvet and damask furnishings, and Parisian artwork.

Located on the Williamsburg waterfront, the eight-story Wythe hotel opened in May. Located in a former textile factory, the 72-room property boasts original pine beams, arched windows, and cast-iron columns. The venue offers meeting and event spaces including Reynards, a ground-floor restaurant and bar with courtyard seating, and Ides, a sixth-floor bar and terrace. Other spaces include a main event hall, a private dining room, and a 60-seat screening room and bar.

Lower Manhattan's Conrad New York has more than 30,000 square feet of event space including 18 meeting rooms and 26 breakout suites spread over two floors. The 6,240-square-foot ballroom holds as many as 515 and can be divided into three separate rooms. For more intimate gatherings, the studios accommodate groups from 10 to 40 people.

Situated in Hell's Kitchen and just a stroll from both Times Square and Chelsea, the Out N.Y.C. offers several indoor and outdoor spaces, including three courtyards—the Spa Deck, the Bamboo Garden, and the Great Lawn—and a private dining room inside its restaurant KTCHN. For more intimate meetings, the venue has two small conference rooms, which each seat as many as 16 and come equipped with HD flat screen projection.

In June, Richard Born and Ira Drukier opened a second Pod property, this time inside a landmark building in Murray Hill. The 367-room Pod 39 Hotel is designed as a budget-friendly option (rates start at $119) and the venue includes the Great Room, which can be used for small meetings, as well as a rooftop lounge that's scheduled to open in the fall.

Tryp Times Square—the first Tryp by Wyndham hotel to open in the U.S.—opened in February. The 173-room property offers nearly 1,200 square feet of meeting and function space that holds as many as 70 people theater-style. Near the lobby (pictured), dubbed Plaza Central, is a private library that seats 20 people. Amenities include free high-speed Internet, audiovisual equipment, and on-site catering services.

Formerly known as Hotel Lola, King & Grove New York is a 276-room boutique hotel in the Gramercy Park neighborhood. The Highgate Hotels property doesn't yet have a restaurant, but its lobby was designed as a bar and lounge fit for small gatherings. The space boasts a modern aesthetic, with streamlined furnishings and mirrored accents.

Following a $75 million makeover, the New York Helmsley hotel is slated to reopen in October as the Westin New York Grand Central. Just two blocks away from both Grand Central Terminal and the United Nations, the Midtown East property will offer several spaces for meetings and events, from the 4,220-square-foot ballroom, which will hold as many as 455, to the 522-square-foot Chrysler room, which will seat 16 conference-style.

In June, Hotel Roger Williams reopened as the Roger, unveiling its new brand identity. The refreshed Madison Avenue luxury hotel now offers several spaces fit for small to mid-size meetings or events, including a conference room that seats 12, and an outdoor terrace, which holds as many as 75 people. Other spaces include a spacious lobby with an adjacent bar and lounge area, an intimate dining space on the mezzanine level, as well as an upstairs dining room.

Scheduled to open in the summer of 2013, Four Points by Sheraton Financial District will be the brand's fourth hotel in New York. Just four blocks from Wall Street, the 264-room hotel will offer 2,000 square feet of conference space to accommodate small to mid-size meetings and events.