[NFB-Conventions] Houston Site of 2020 NFB Convention

[nfb frida]

Convention registration will start in March. It is too early now to register. You have from now to the end of May to make hotel reservations, but if you wait too long, you will end up at the overflow hotel.

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> On Jan 1, 2020, at 7:15 PM, Chikodinaka mr. Oguledo <chikodinaka.2girls at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> Vol. 63, No. 1January 2020
>> 
>> Gary Wunder, Editor
>> 
>> Houston Site of 2020 NFB Convention
>> 
>> 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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