Hotel Info

Conventioneer Sheetal Shah has kindly agreed to coordinate requests for hotel roommates. If you are attending and want to split a hotel room, please e-mail her at sshah530 [at] hotmail.

OPTION 1: $89 a night
Our Hospitality Sponsor, Vijay Dandapani of Applecore Hotels, has kindly offered SAJA a few discount rooms at $89 each per night for the weekend of the SAJA Convention (regular price: $180). To avail of this offer: visit applecorehotels.com, make a choice of hotel and call Ms. Mohua at 212-790-2700 (or mohua@applecorehotels.com) with arrival/departure dates, along with credit card info. You will receive confirmation within 24 hours. The most convenient of the five hotels offered is the Super 8 Hotel (at W. 46th St, easily accessible by the 1 or 9 subway trains; about 20 minutes away). Limited supply of discount rooms, so you must book ASAP; first come, first served.

OPTION 2: Hotel near Convention site - see below for list of hotels.

OPTION 3: Free
Couch Info
As in years past, a few SAJA-NY members have offered their couches for out-of-town SAJAers to crash on. If you would like to be considered for one of these couches, please send an e-mail to saja@columbia.edu (subject line -"Couch wanted"). First come, first served.
If you are a SAJA-NY member who wants to volunteer your couch, please send an e-mail to saja@columbia.edu (subject line -"Couch available").

Names and links to hotels in Manhattan
Applecore Hotels: 800-567-7720

Ellington Hotel: 864-7500

The Newton: 212-678-6500

The Lucerne: 212-875-1000

The Beacon: 212-787-1100

Doubletree Guest Suites: 212-719-1600

The Carnegie: 212-245-4000

The Belvedere: 212-245-7000

The Mayflower: 212-265-0060

The Radisson Empire: 212-265-7400 L NEAR COLMBIANear ColumbWe ha block of rooms available at the Astor onPark hotel oCentral Park West at w. 1

t 9 blocks from Columbia). This is the closest option for the conference.
Rooms are as follows:
For Fri & Sat night of convention...
$145 one/two persons, one queen bed
$155 one/two persons, two double beds
For Sunday night of convention...
$135
Please call 212-644-6000 (toll-free: 888-664-6835) -- say you are with the "SAJA Group" and the group # is 614. Limited supply o

Travel Info

AIRLINE DISCOUNT: After three years of contracting with a major airline, SAJA is NOT using a discount because of member feedback that they were consistently able to get cheaper tickets using services such as Orbitz | Expedia | Travelocity | Kayak

Map & directions to Columbia also see a new interactive subway map: HopStop.com

Info on NY Airports
Includes ground transportation, airline links, etc
La Guardia Airport | Newark Airport | JFK Airport
AIRPORT TIP: Of the three airports, LGA is the closest to Columbia (25 minutes and $25 by taxi -- depending on the traffic; and about $1.50 and 1.5 hours by public bus, the M60. NWK and JFK are further than LGA is, but are roughly equidistant from Columbia. You basically can't go wrong with any of the three.

Info on Amtrak Train Service
Official site

Info on Greyhound Bus
Official site

Info on MTA (Metro-North, LIRR)
Includes local train service
Official site

Info on NYC Subway
Subway Navigator site (nearest stop: 116th St/Columbia on the 1 or 9 train)
Map &  directions to Columbia


NYC Visitors Bureau
Official site

Parking Info
There's plenty of parking one block over at the corner of 114th St & Amsterdam (open 24 hours). Prices (including tax): up to 1 hour: $8.50; upto 2 hours: $9.50; upto 12 hoursss
LaGuardia LGA
JFKennedy JFK
Attendees should call their travel agent or MeetingWorks at 1.800.468.7022 (or their local Continental office) and provide their rep with the code OBTLE5. Continental agents will work with eac