[NFB-Conventions] Houston Site of 2020 NFB Convention

[Chikodinaka mr. Oguledo]

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for contionConvention nfb now I meen after I book nfb convention room
what next wate or book thru Debby brown. Chapter president of Sligo
Creek nfb md. I am a member of nfb Sligo Chapter. I go too meetings

On 1/1/20, nfb frida <nfbfrida at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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
>>>
>>> place in Houston, Texas, July 14 to July 19, at the Hilton
>>> Americas-Houston
>>>
>>> hotel, 1600 Lamar Street, Houston, TX 77010. Make your room reservation
>>> as
>>>
>>> soon as possible with the Hilton Americas-Houston. Call 1-800-236-2905
>>> to
>>>
>>> reserve your room in the main hotel. If you wish to stay in our overflow
>>>
>>> hotel, the Marriott Marquis Houston, the number to call is
>>> 1-877-688-4323.
>>>
>>> The 2020 room rate at our main hotel is $105 per night and applies to
>>>
>>> singles and doubles as well as triples and quads. Hotel and sales taxes
>>> in
>>>
>>> Houston are 13.38 percent and 8.25 percent, respectively. The rate for
>>> the
>>>
>>> overflow Marriott Marquis is slightly higher at $119. As with our main
>>>
>>> hotel, hotel and sales taxes are additional, and the nightly rate covers
>>> up
>>>
>>> to four in a room. Both hotels will take a deposit of the first night's
>>>
>>> room rate for each room and will require a credit card or a personal
>>> check.
>>>
>>> If you use a credit card, the deposit will be charged against your card
>>>
>>> immediately. If a reservation is cancelled before Friday, June 1, 2020,
>>>
>>> half of the deposit will be returned. Otherwise refunds will not be
>>> made.
>>>
>>> Rooms will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
>>>
>>> Reservations may be made before June 1, 2020, assuming that rooms are
>>> still
>>>
>>> available. After that time the hotels will not hold our room block for
>>> the
>>>
>>> convention. In other words, you should get your reservation in soon.
>>>
>>> Both hotels offer complimentary in-room wireless internet (though the
>>>
>>> Marriott requires a free-to-establish Marriott Bonvoy account) and
>>> fitness
>>>
>>> center access for all guests. All rooms are furnished with mini
>>>
>>> refrigerators along with many of the usual amenities such as in-room
>>> safes,
>>>
>>> irons and ironing boards, and hair dryers. After the day's events, you
>>> can
>>>
>>> get your swim on at either hotel. The Hilton has an indoor pool on the
>>> 23rd
>>>
>>> floor, while the Marriott features an outdoor pool adjacent to its
>>> Texas-
>>>
>>> shaped lazy river pool. Both hotels have several on-premise dining
>>> outlets
>>>
>>> with a broad range of additional options within a short walk from the
>>> front
>>>
>>> door.
>>>
>>> The schedule for the 2020 convention is:
>>>
>>> Tuesday, July 14 Seminar Day
>>>
>>> Wednesday, July 15Registration and Resolutions Day
>>>
>>> Thursday, July 16Board Meeting and Division Day
>>>
>>> Friday, July 17Opening Session
>>>
>>> Saturday, July 18Business Session
>>>
>>> Sunday, July 19Banquet Day and Adjournment
>>>
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