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DESTINATIONS Brooklyn To Add Downtown Availability area hotels are great options from a cost point of New York City’s third-largest central business view. I would hope Brooklyn would be in that agdistrict, downtown Brooklyn, is set to see seven gressive price point,” said Cynthia Shumate, dihotels and more than 2,000 rooms developed in the next two years, offering buyers meeting space opportunities and potentially more affordable rates, and hoteliers an appealing alternative to costly and space-constrained Manhattan. While the 2,000 rooms NYC & Co., the city’s tourism and marketing arm, expects are “a drop in the bucket” compared to the 15,000 planned in Manhattan during the next few years, said John CYNTHIA SHUMATE Fox, senior vice president of PKF Consulting in Estée Lauder Cos. director of travel services New York, downtown Brooklyn’s hotel growth has paralleled that of the island. “It’s classic supply and demand,” he said. “For rector of travel services at Estée Lauder Cos. in a long time, all the development happened in New York and a New York City Business Travel Manhattan, and demand for rooms was through Association board member. the roof, so one of the drivers here is that folks Using hotels in downtown Brooklyn, which can build cheaper and can operate enjoys a close proximity to Wall St., Access the 2008 Business cheaper.” also can be helpful in offsetting deBuyers also can find savings down- Travel Buyer’s Handbook mand for rooms in Manhattan, see btnonline.com/handbook town, an area defined by Tillary St. to Shumate noted. the north, Ashland Place to the east, Schermer“Competition for the remaining hotel rooms that horn St. to the south and Court St. to the west, we have has recently become more of a challenge based on guidelines set by the New York City De- because of the increase in tourism,” Shumate said, Continued on page 23 partment of City Planning. “Surrounding Tri-State BY JENNIFER MERRITT BTNonline.com “Currently, there doesn't seem to be enough hotel rooms in downtown Manhattan, so having an overflow is a great idea.” JOHN DEJESU, Publisher Tel: (646) 654-4461 Fax: (646) 654-4456 (jdejesu@btnonline.com) NORTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC JILL ALTMAN, Account Director—Eastern Region Tel: (646) 654-4453 Fax: (646) 654-4456 (jaltman@btnonline.com) MIDWEST/WEST/INTERNATIONAL EDIE GARFINKLE, Advertising Director Tel: (805) 383-1326 Fax: (646) 390-7759 (egarfinkle@btnonline.com) CANADA CYNDY FLEMING, APR Media Ltd. Tel: (416) 363-1388 Fax: (416) 363-2889 MEXICO VERONICA CASTRO, Cass Media Tel: 5255-5605-1757 MACAU/HONG KONG/CHINA STEPHEN HUTTON, Hutton Media Limited Tel: 852-2528-9135 Fax: 852-2528-9281 JAPAN ASAKO KUBO, Pacific Business Inc. Tel: 81-3-3661-6138 Fax: 81-3-3661-6139 KOREA JUNG WON SUH Tel: 82-2-3275-5969 Fax: 82-2-3275-5960 MALAYSIA/PHILIPPINES/THAILAND ANNIE BLANCHARD, Media Services Tel: 632-645-7296 Fax: 632-645-1853 SINGAPORE LAVENDER TAN, AL Media Ltd. Tel: 65-469-9321 Fax: 65-469-8028 MARKETING JENNIFER PEPPER STAM, Sr. Marketing Manager Tel: (646) 654-7263 (jennifer.pepperstam@nielsen.com) SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES (847) 763-9050 Fax: (847) 763-9037 LIST RENTAL/POSTAL INFORMATION JULIUS SINGLE (845) 731-2731 E-MAIL INFORMATION WAYNE NAGROWSKI (845) 731-3854 CUSTOM REPRINTS OF 500 PIECES OR MORE: KRISTI FULKERSON, The YGS Group (800) 290-5460 ext. 144 (BTN@TheYGSgroup.com) PRODUCTION JOHN SARTORIS, Group Production Director Tel: (646) 654-7294 Fax: (646) 654-7318 JAY KAPLAN, Production Manager Tel: (646) 654-7310 Fax: (646) 654-7318 CIRCULATION KWAFO ANOFF, Group Circulation Director (646) 654-7256 BTN EDITORIAL & SALES OFFICES 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003-9595 All Rights Reserved 22 Monday, May 5, 2008 www.BTNonline.com Business Travel News President: Greg Farrar Senior Vice President, Human Resources: Michael Alicea Senior Vice President, Finance: Derek Irwin Senior Vice President, Travel & Performance: Sabrina Crow Senior Vice President, Marketing & Media: Sabrina Crow Senior Vice President, Film & Performing Arts: John Kilcullen Senior Vice President, Music & Literary: John Kilcullen Senior Vice President, Corporate Development & Planning: Thomas Kuczynski Senior Vice President, Retail: David Loechner Senior Vice President, eMedia Strategy & Technology: Linda McCutcheon Senior Vice President, Building Design: Joe Randall Senior Vice President, Central Services: Mary Kay Sustek Vice President, Licensing & Events: Howard Appelbaum Vice President, Manufacturing and Distribution: Jennifer Grego Vice President, Audience Marketing: Joanne Wheatley http://BTNonline.com http://btnonline.com/handbook http://www.carltonhotelny.com http://www.carltonhotelny.com http://www.BTNonline.com

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