The Lucerne takes meetings, sales trainings, small conferences, cocktail parties and seated dinners for up to 60 guests on its penthouse floor, where a salon, a boardroom and an open-air terrace can be booked together or one by one. The hotel stands at 201 West 79th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side, next to its French-Mediterranean restaurant, Nice Matin.
Seminars and company events
The hotel lists business networking, small conferences, sales trainings, presentations, cocktail parties, small seated dinners and family gatherings among the events it hosts. The penthouse works as a self-contained floor: a plenary session in the Salon, a breakout or a board discussion in the Boardroom, and coffee, a reception or a team activity on the Terrace, without leaving the level. The hotel provides technical support on site and free Wi-Fi. The format fits a one-day workshop, a client presentation followed by drinks, or a dinner after a day of meetings elsewhere in Manhattan.
Rooms and capacities
The Penthouse Salon is the main room, listed at about 1,000 square feet on the events page and 945 in the meeting room details. It takes 50 to 60 people with flexible seating. Built-in audiovisual equipment includes projectors, drop-down screens and surround sound. Blackout shades darken the windows for presentations, and a retractable skylight brings daylight in when the screens are off.
The Boardroom seats up to 12 around a conference table. It has a wall-mounted monitor, windows, its own climate control and dimmable lighting, which suits a board meeting or an interview day.
The Penthouse Terrace opens off the Salon with views over the Manhattan skyline. The hotel suggests it for receptions, team building and group photos. A Foyer completes the floor and links the three spaces.
Accommodation
Delegates can stay in the building. Guest rooms and suites come in nine categories, from Deluxe Queen, Deluxe Double and Deluxe King rooms to suites, a Junior Suite, a Family Suite and accessible rooms. The total number of rooms is not published on the hotel's site.
Catering
Nice Matin, the adjoining restaurant and sidewalk café, serves French-Mediterranean cooking. The hotel notes that New York Magazine named it one of the best restaurants on the Upper West Side. Food and drink for the penthouse are arranged with the events team.
History and setting
The hotel occupies a landmark building that it describes as European-inspired in its architecture. The Upper West Side around it is largely residential, a few blocks from Central Park, Riverside Park and the American Museum of Natural History, which gives groups an easy walk between sessions or before dinner.
Getting there
The address is 201 West 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue. The 79 Street station on the 1 subway line is one block west on Broadway, and the B and C trains stop at 81 Street-Museum of Natural History. LaGuardia is the nearest airport.
