ABA Announces Hotel ABA - NYC for BEA 2005

Building on the success of the Hotel California in 2003 and the Hotel ABA - Chicago at last week's trade show, ABA is pleased to announce the Hotel ABA - New York City for BookExpo America (BEA) 2005. Next year's ABA convention and BEA trade show will be held from Thursday, June 2 - Sunday, June 5, at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City, and ABA, working with the staff of BEA, has secured the Park Central Times Square Hotel as the hotel for ABA bookstore members, at a special room rate of $125 per night.

The Park Central is situated in the heart of midtown Manhattan, just blocks from Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Fifth Avenue shops, Carnegie Hall, and Central Park. It is a 10-minute ride to the convention center and 30 minutes from La Guardia Airport.

Hotel ABA - NYC, for ABA bookstore members only, will feature many of the same amenities provided at the Hotel ABA - Chicago, and more. Among the benefits provided this year were complimentary coffee and pastries each morning; a series of publisher-sponsored receptions each evening; an exclusive ABA member hospitality suite, providing a convenient meeting place for booksellers; a special ABA/BEA concierge table in the hotel lobby, where booksellers picked up BEA badge-holders, copies of the BEA exhibitors' guide, updated information about convention events, and a welcome package with special surprises from ABA and publishers; special dedicated shuttle bus service between the hotel and convention center; and ARCs placed on pillows each night.

ABA bookstore members can guarantee a room now by clicking here to download a form (in PDF format) that should be sent to the attention of Kristen Gilligan either by mail to ABA, 828 S. Broadway, Tarrytown, New York 10591, or by fax to (914) 591-2724. Booksellers who have sent in the form will be contacted by ABA in early December and allowed to register for the hotel in advance of the general open reservation process.