Board meetings, training sessions, small conferences and networking receptions for up to 100 guests can be organized at The Lexington Hotel, a 725-room hotel completed in 1929 on Lexington Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York. Six event spaces, from two boardrooms for 10 to the Speakeasy for 100, sit under the same roof as the guest rooms.
Seminars and company events
The hotel aims its spaces at strategic planning sessions, training classes, corporate retreats and board meetings. Half Note and Onyx, each 230 square feet, seat 10 around a conference table for interviews, brainstorms or a small leadership meeting. Savoy takes up to 50 in theater style or 30 in classroom style for a product briefing. Interlude, at 912 square feet, holds 85 in theater style or 54 in classroom style. The Speakeasy, the largest room at 1,173 square feet, seats 100 in theater style and has a private foyer for registration or networking. Swing is a lounge with a bar area, used for breaks between sessions or a cocktail hour for up to 45.
Rooms and capacities
Half Note and Onyx each cover 230 square feet and seat 10 in conference style. Savoy takes 20 in conference style, 30 in classroom style, 50 in theater style, 20 in a U-shape, 30 at rounds and 50 for a reception. Interlude covers 912 square feet, with 30 in conference style, 54 in classroom style, 85 in theater style, 24 in a U-shape, 60 at rounds and 74 for a reception. The Speakeasy covers 1,173 square feet, with 44 in conference style, 45 in classroom style, 100 in theater style, 27 in a U-shape, 90 at rounds and 100 for a reception. Swing covers 540 square feet, with 8 in conference style, 20 at rounds and 45 for a reception. The site gives two different areas for Savoy, 230 and 528 square feet.
Accommodation
With 725 rooms and suites, the hotel can house a large delegation in one building, which keeps logistics simple for a program of several days. The suites include the Norma Jeane Suite, named after Marilyn Monroe.
Catering
Banquet catering is available in the meeting rooms, with menus adapted to each event and an on-site bar option for the boardrooms. The Stayton Room, a bar styled after the 1920s, serves cocktails and bar food, and a continental breakfast buffet in the morning. A Starbucks operates in the lobby for early starts.
History and setting
The building was completed in 1929 to designs by Schultze & Weaver, an architecture firm known for several grand hotels of that period. Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio and Ella Fitzgerald are among the guests the hotel recalls, and from 1937 to 1966 it housed the Hawaiian Room, a nightclub with live entertainment. Several meeting rooms carry names drawn from jazz, a nod to that past.
Getting there
The hotel stands at 511 Lexington Avenue, at 48th Street, in Midtown East. Grand Central Terminal, with Metro-North trains and several subway lines, is a short walk away, and the hotel puts Times Square and Central Park within walking distance too. Penn Station handles Amtrak trains, and LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports are reached by taxi or rail.
