[NFB-Conventions] Houston Site of 2020 NFB Convention

[Chikodinaka mr. Oguledo]

for convention . wen do I need to sighn up for convention after I get my room?

On 1/1/20, Frida Aizenman via NFB-Conventions
<nfb-conventions at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> BRAILLE MONITOR
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> Vol. 63, No. 1January 2020
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> Gary Wunder, Editor
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> Houston Site of 2020 NFB Convention
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> The 2020 convention of the National Federation of the Blind will take
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> place in Houston, Texas, July 14 to July 19, at the Hilton Americas-Houston
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> hotel, 1600 Lamar Street, Houston, TX 77010. Make your room reservation as
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> soon as possible with the Hilton Americas-Houston. Call 1-800-236-2905 to
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> reserve your room in the main hotel. If you wish to stay in our overflow
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> hotel, the Marriott Marquis Houston, the number to call is 1-877-688-4323.
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> The 2020 room rate at our main hotel is $105 per night and applies to
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> singles and doubles as well as triples and quads. Hotel and sales taxes in
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> Houston are 13.38 percent and 8.25 percent, respectively. The rate for the
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> overflow Marriott Marquis is slightly higher at $119. As with our main
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> hotel, hotel and sales taxes are additional, and the nightly rate covers up
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> to four in a room. Both hotels will take a deposit of the first night's
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> room rate for each room and will require a credit card or a personal check.
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> If you use a credit card, the deposit will be charged against your card
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> immediately. If a reservation is cancelled before Friday, June 1, 2020,
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> half of the deposit will be returned. Otherwise refunds will not be made.
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> Rooms will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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> Reservations may be made before June 1, 2020, assuming that rooms are still
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> available. After that time the hotels will not hold our room block for the
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> convention. In other words, you should get your reservation in soon.
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> Both hotels offer complimentary in-room wireless internet (though the
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> Marriott requires a free-to-establish Marriott Bonvoy account) and fitness
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> center access for all guests. All rooms are furnished with mini
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> refrigerators along with many of the usual amenities such as in-room safes,
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> irons and ironing boards, and hair dryers. After the day's events, you can
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> get your swim on at either hotel. The Hilton has an indoor pool on the 23rd
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> floor, while the Marriott features an outdoor pool adjacent to its Texas-
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> shaped lazy river pool. Both hotels have several on-premise dining outlets
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> with a broad range of additional options within a short walk from the front
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> door.
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> The schedule for the 2020 convention is:
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> Tuesday, July 14 Seminar Day
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> Wednesday, July 15Registration and Resolutions Day
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> Thursday, July 16Board Meeting and Division Day
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> Friday, July 17Opening Session
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> Saturday, July 18Business Session
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> Sunday, July 19Banquet Day and Adjournment
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