How does APPAM select a hotel for the Fall Conference?
After the Policy Council decides on a host city for the conference, APPAM invites hotels in that city to submit bids for the meetings. This process normally occurs five years in advance. Often, no more than two or three hotels respond because the conference requires as much as 30,000 square feet of meeting space to hold the many concurrent sessions and receptions. Many hotels lack sufficient space or else are reluctant to give so much meeting space to a conference that attracts 800 to 1100 attendees. APPAM prefers to use a midsize downtown hotel that can contain the entire conference, but occasionally makes use of several hotels located near each other.
