A place in the sun awaits in Orlando
Last-minute Clean Show planners need to get in gear now and
start making those necessary calls. Deadlines for discount
pre-registration and hotel reservations are just around the
corner.
Textile care professionals have little
time to take advantage of discounted registration rates, and
even less time to secure room rates at the block of Clean
’05 hotels.
“The housing bureau closes on May
23, but pre-registration at just $45 a person is open until
June 1,” noted John Riddle, president of Riddle &
Associates, the show’s management company. “After
that, there is still room for everyone who wants to come to
this great showcase of textile care equipment and products, but
on site the registration fee increases to $70 a
person.”
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Several hotels will serve as headquarters
for the six associations that sponsor the Clean Show: The
Peabody Orlando, TCATA, $165 per night; The Rosen Centre Hotel,
NAILM, TRSA, and UTSA, $155 per night; the Rosen Plaza Hotel,
CLA, $129 per night; and the Renaissance Orlando Resort, $129
per night, as well as the Hilton Garden Inn at SeaWorld, $99
per night, will headquarter members of IFI.
In addition to those hotels, there are
five other general housing options: Best Western Plaza, $65 per
night; Doubletree Castle Hotel, $105 per night; Embassy Suites
I-Dr. Convention Center, $125 per night; Quality Inn Plaza, $69
per night; and Radisson Barcelo Hotel, $95 per night.
IFI said that all of its rooms at the
Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld have been booked but it has
established additional lodging options at a nearby hotel. For
reservations at that hotel, or for assistance with any other
accommodation needs at the Clean Show, contact the Clean Show
housing bureau at (866) 553-7437.
Reservations can also be obtained at the
official web site for the show, located at www.cleanshow.com.
It is important to note that cleaners can
still submit reservations after the May 23 deadline, however,
the show rates may no longer be available at that time. And as
hotels begin to fill, the options dwindle, too.
All of the official Clean Show hotels are
located within 1.5 miles of the Orange County Convention
Center. Each will provide complimentary shuttle buses to
transport attendees back and forth. They will operate from 7:30
to 11:30 a.m. (except for Thursday when they start at 7 a.m.)
and from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. On Sunday afternoon, the schedule
shifts from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
There will also be an evening loop
service from 6:30 to 10 p.m. that will connect headquarter
hotels.
Once hotel accommodations are confirmed,
pre-registration is the wise way to go for those who want to
avoid waiting in long lines at the convention center and have
their badges mailed to them ahead of time.
Otherwise, on-site registration will open
on Wednesday, June 22, from 1 to 5 p.m. It will also be
available on the following day — the first day of the
show — at 7 a.m. and any day after that starting at 7:30
a.m. Registration will close at 4:30 p.m. Thursday through
Saturday, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
The exhibit hall hours will be as follows:
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and
Saturday; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Distributors will
have access to the exhibits at 8 a.m. on Thursday.
For more information on the Clean Show,
contact Riddle & Associates, 1874 Piedmont Road, Suite
360-C, Atlanta, GA 30314; phone 404-876-1988, fax 404-876-5121;
email info@cleanshow.com, or visit the site at
www.cleanshow.com.
