Which hotel and how to figure out tram to get there?

I have one night in Amsterdam in two weeks at the close of a six night stay in the Netherlands and am choosing between the Banks Mansion and the Amsterdam Hilton. We will be coming from the Central Station, and if I remember right, there is construction in front of the station and it is impossible to figure out which tram is leaving from where and to where. Which tram would I take for each and how would I figure out where to find it outside the railstation? And which hotel?