How to Master Business Travel to NYC Insider tips on how to visit in the big city for business, and maybe even enjoy yourself along the way.

Recently I met representatives from two countries where I do business, lunched with one of my employers, attended a meeting with another and had drinks with a third. Then I ate dinner with five potential suppliers.

Convention? Trade show? No. Just my annual trip to New York.

Your industry may have its critical mass in Silicon Valley, Detroit, Nashville or Kathmandu. Mine, like so many others, is centered in midtown Manhattan, clustered between the chaos of Columbus Circle and the clutter of Times Square.