Le Meridien New York, Fifth Avenue

Fourteen stories rise above Fifth Avenue at 292, placing Le Meridien New York within a five-minute walk of the Empire State Building and Madison Square Park — a central Midtown base for business travelers needing quick access to Penn Station and the Garment District's meeting rooms.

Soundproof rooms and hardwood floors cut street noise from one of Manhattan's busier corridors. A ground-floor coffee house serves as informal meeting space before the business center opens.

NAD's happy hour draws a mix of guests and neighborhood office workers, a rare local touchpoint this close to the Empire State Building.