Want to make your next meeting a success in every way? Plan on it in Baltimore, an exciting city with surprises around every corner. With a major renaissance underway including groundbreaking growth in accommodations and meeting facilities, nightlife, and attractions just a short walk away from our expanded Convention Center-Baltimore is your place to meet.
13. An Accessible Community
• 7,000 rooms within walking distance
• 4,000 committable rooms
• Overhead walkways link to Inner
Harbor, hotels and fine dining
22. The Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel
• Scheduled to open August 2008
• 757 rooms–including 19 suites
• 60,000 square feet of flexible meeting space
(25,000 square-foot Grand Ballroom & 15,000
square-foot Junior Ballroom)
• Underground parking (750 spaces)
• 5,000 square feet of dining space
23. The Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel
• Only hotel connected to the Convention Center
via enclosed, climate-controlled sky-bridge
• Located directly across the street from Camden
Yards
• Features a fully equipped fitness center and
large indoor pool
• Includes Finn & Porters Restaurant
• Walk to Inner Harbor and Hippodrome Theatre
26. Sheraton City Center
• Exciting Changes at the Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor!
• $30 million dollar renovation
• August 2006 - North Tower guestroom renovations began!
• November/December - 2006 - Complete Lobby Renovation
• December 2006 - North Tower guestroom and Lobby Renovation Complete!
• January - February 2007 - All lobby level meeting space to be renovated
• February - July 2007 - South Tower guestrooms to be renovated
• Spring 2007 - Fitness center renovation and expansion
• August 2007 - Remainder of meeting space to be renovated.
• Fall 2007 - Project Complete - Welcome to our new Hotel!
36. Baltimore Washington International
Thurgood Marshall Airport
• 15 minutes from the Inner Harbor
• Super Shuttle/Light Rail Service
• 714 average daily arrivals and departures
• 64 average daily nonstop destinations
• 52 carriers–hub for major airlines
38. Penn Station
• Amtrak’s fifth busiest station
• Serves more than 855,000 passengers each year
• Major stop for Amtrak’s high-speed Acela
Express service
• MARC commuter–an easy connection to
Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
39. An Easy Drive
City Miles Approximate
Driving Time
Washington, DC 39 57 minutes
Atlantic City, NJ 155 2 hours, 45 minutes
New York, NY 192 3 hours, 15 minutes
Philadelphia, PA 103 1 hour, 54 minutes
Pittsburgh, PA 248 4 hours, 15 minutes
Richmond, VA 152 2 hours, 38 minutes
42. Ed Kane’s Water Taxis
• Serve more than 35 attractions
• Offer a unique way to travel
• Feature ports around the Inner Harbor,
Fell’s Point, Fort McHenry and more
53. Dining Experiences to Savor
• Chesapeake Bay Cuisine on the
Waterfront
• Eateries at Harborplace and the Gallery
• Dozens of Choices in Surrounding
Neighborhoods
59. Walk on the Wild Side: Baltimore Nightlife
• Dance the night away at Power Plant Live!
• Get a good belly laugh at Rascals Comedy
Club
• Rock with the bands at Rams Head Live
68. Baltimore is Tops
• Frommer’s Top 10 Up-And-Coming
Destination for Summer Travel – 2005
• #7 Top Arts Destinations
(American Style – 2006)
• #1 Hospital–Johns Hopkins Hospital
(U.S. News and World Report – 2005)
69. Baltimore is Tops
• #10 Favorite U.S. City for African Americans
(Black Enterprise – 2004)
• #1 America’s Fittest City
(Men’s Fitness – 2006)
• #10 Best Walking Cities
(Prevention – 2005)
70. Top Medical Institutions
• Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
• University of Maryland: Maryland General
Hospital
• Kennedy Krieger Institute
• Mercy Medical Center
• St. Agnes HealthCare