Events

Conference Center Location
The Desmond Tutu Center
180 10th Avenue (between 20-21st Streets)
New York, NY 10011
Phone: 1 212.929.3888
Fax: 1 212.991.5970
 
The Desmond Tutu Center is a unique new address for business in New York City, ideally located in Manhattan. This innovative Center combines charming 19th-century Gothic architecture with sophisticated 21st-century comforts.
The Center is named in honor of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a tireless activist for peace and social justice, who has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism, the Magubela Prize for Liberty and the Gandhi Peace Prize.
Surrounded by a park-like setting, the Center is convenient to the city’s business centers and attractions, including the Empire State Building, Madison Square Garden, Chelsea Piers, Herald Square and the Theatre District. Numerous restaurants, galleries and shops are within walking distance.

Recommended Hotels
The Desmond Tutu Center offers 60 beautifully restored historic guest rooms:
• Custom-designed furniture, including work desk
• Flat-panel TV, complimentary wireless Internet access, phones with voice mail
• Additional guest amenities including in-room tea/coffee maker, hair dryer, iron/ironing board, laundry and dry cleaning services

To make reservations, please call 1 212.929.3888 or visit Accommodations to reserve a room online.
Sleeping rooms & rates are based on availability.

Additional Hotels in the area
GEM Hotel - Chelsea, an Ascend Collection Hotel
300 West 22nd Street
New York, NY, 10011
1 212.675.1911

The Standard Hotel
848 Washington Street
New York, NY 10014 US
1 212.645.4646

Hotel Indigo New York City - Chelsea
127 West 28th Street
New York, NY 10001
1 212.973.9000

Wyndham Garden Hotel - Manhattan Chelsea West
37 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10010
1 212.243.0800

Doubletree Hotel New York City - Chelsea
128 West 29th Street
New York, NY 10001
1 212.564.0994

Area Attractions & Events
Please visit NYC & Company for additional city information. 

Conference Attire 
Conference attire is business casual.  Meeting rooms tend to be cool so you may wish to bring a sweater.

ADA
The AMA is committed to providing equal access to our meetings for all attendees. If you are an attendee with a disability and require program accommodations, please contact the AMA Meeting Services Department, and a member of our staff will ensure that appropriate access arrangements are made. If you have specific disability related needs for your hotel sleeping room, please be sure to communicate those directly to the hotel when you make your reservation. In an effort to provide the highest quality of service to all attendees, we require that details of all access requests be communicated to our office at least 14 days in advance of the beginning of the meeting.

AMA's travel coordinator, Tower Travel Management, is available to assist with reservations.  Call 1 800.542.9700 within the U.S. and Canada.  Reservation lines are open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. CST or, you may contact them via email at association@towertravel.com.  

Tower Travel will proactively research airfares on ALL airline carriers to ensure that the lowest available fares are offered to all attendees.  They are dedicated to providing superior customer service and hassle-free travel arrangements.  Please note that fees, restrictions and cancellation penalties will apply.

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Directions
From JFK Airport:
Follow the signs to the Van Wyck Expressway (687 North) and take it to the Grand Central Parkway West. Take the Grand Central Parkway West and exit at Long Island Expressway (LIE) (495 West, Midtown Tunnel). Merge onto I-495 West exit 10w on the left. Keep left at the fork in the ramp. Stay straight to go onto the Queens Midtown Tunnel Exit. Turn right onto E 34th Street. Turn left onto 9th Avenue. Turn right onto W19th Street. Turn Right onto 10th Avenue. END: 180 10th Avenue.

From La Guardia Airport:
Follow the signs to Grand Central Parkway West towards Parkway West/Manhattan. Take the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278 W) towards Verrazano Narrows Br., exit 4. Continue on the Brooklyn Queens Expy East ramp. Then take the I-278 West exit. Proceed and exit at the Long Island Expressway (I-495) exit 35 toward Midtown Tunnel. Merge onto the L.I. Expressway/I-495 exit toward Midtown Tunnel. Take the Tunnel Exit Street towards Downtown. Ramp then becomes Tunnel Exit Street. Continue on Queens Midtown Tunnel Exit/ Tunnel exit Street. Turn right onto E 34th Street. Turn left onto 9th Avenue. Turn right onto W19th Street. Turn Right onto 10th Avenue. END: 180 10th Avenue.

From Newark International Airport:
Start at Newark Airport, Newark on Conrad Road. Turn right onto US-1 North/ US-9 North. Continue on US-1 North/ US-9 North. US-1 North/ US-9 North becomes 12th Street. Continue, 12th Street becomes Boyle Plz (portions toll). Continue Boyle Plz becomes the Holland Tunnel (crossing into New York). Take Exit 1 toward RT-9A/ West Street. Turn Slight left onto Laight Street. Turn Right onto West Street/NY-9A N/West Side Highway. Continue to follow NY-9A N/ West Side Highway. Take the 10th Avenue ramp. Turn slight left onto 10th Avenue. END: 180 10th Avenue.

From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Begin on I-95 N/ New Jersey Turnpike N towards Cars/Trucks-buses (portions toll). Merge onto I-78 E/ New Jersey Turnpike Exit E via Exit 14 toward 14A-14B-14C/ Bayonne/ Jersey City/ Holland Tunnel (portions toll). Turn slight right onto 12th Street. 12th Street becomes Boyle Plz (portions toll). Boyle Plz becomes Holland Tunnel (crossing into New York). Take Exit 1 toward RT-9A/ West Street. Turn slight left onto Laight Street. Turn Right onto West Street/NY-9A N/West Side Highway. Continue to follow NY-9A N/ West Side Highway. Take the 10th Avenue ramp. Turn slight left onto 10th Avenue. END: 180 10th Avenue.

From Connecticut:
Begin on I-84 W. Then merge onto I-684 S via exit 20 towards White Plains/ New York City (passing through Connecticut – then crossing into New York). Keep Left to take I-684 S via Exit 1 toward Whitestone BR. I-684 S becomes Hutchinson River Parkway South. Keep left to take Cross Country Parkway W via Exit 15 toward the George Washington Bridge. Take the Saw Mill Parkway S/ Saw Mill River Parkway South via the exit on the left. Saw Mill Parkway/ Saw Mill River Parkway S becomes Henry Hudson Parkway (portions toll). Henry Hudson Parkway becomes NY-9A S/ West Side Highway. Turn left onto W 18th Street. Turn left onto 10th Avenue. END: 180 10th Avenue.

Transportation
Taxis
Taxicabs are readily available at all of the area airports.
Approximate fares (subject to change without notice):
La Guardia Airport – $30.00 one-way
JFK Airport - $45.00 one-way
Newark International Airport - $50.00-$75.00 one-way

Airport Shuttle Service
For information on Super Shuttle airport transportation in the New York City area and fares, please contact 1 212 BLUE-VAN (1 212.258.3826).  Twenty-four hour advance notice is appreciated for reservations.

Public Transportation
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Parking
There are two pay parking garages within walking distance of The Desmond Tutu Center:

GMCC Garage
- Located directly across the street from The Desmond Tutu Center on Tenth Avenue.
- Cost $24.00 plus tax for 24 hours
- No reentry privileges

MTP Chelsea Garage
- Located on 18th Street between 10th and 11th Avenue.
- Cost $20.00 plus tax for 24 hours
- No reentry privileges