[bsw] FW: NASW/TX Conference UPDATE

[Pamela Hammond]

From: eheinis at naswtx.org [mailto:eheinis at naswtx.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:51 PM
To: Brian Brumley
Subject: NASW/TX Conference UPDATE

 

Dear Conference Attendee,

 

The San Luis Convention Center and Resort, including the Hilton and
Holiday Inn, are fully functional and looking forward to hosting our
annual conference, November 6-8.  The Mayor of Galveston is coming to
welcome us - our very presence is part of supporting the rebuilding of
the city.

 

We understand your concern about hotel availability and safety.   We
have contacted the Galveston County Public Health Department and
received this response 6 weeks before our conference   ".....the
convention district hotels and properties are already looking very good.
That particular area of the city is probably the most back together at
this time.  Many of the restaurants are also open along the seawall and
you can be assured that they are operating in a safe manner when it
comes to food as our sanitarians have been doing all of the
inspections."

 

We have posted several links on our website: www.naswtx.org from the
Galveston.com website showing updates of the city including San Luis
Resort and Spa, Hilton Galveston Island Resort and Holiday Inn on the
Beach.

 

All hotels in the Galveston area are working diligently to get their
reservations systems back up and running.  We ask that you be patient
while they work and we will let you know via our website when they are
ready to start taking reservations again.  They are hopeful that the
phone systems will be fully operational by October 15, 2008.

 

Be assured that if you made a reservation at one of the conference
hotels (San Luis, Hilton or Holiday Inn) prior to Hurricane Ike, your
reservation is still valid.  We can not guarantee your reservation if
you booked outside of one of these hotels.  You will need to contact
that hotel to verify that your reservation is still good. 

 

http://www.galveston.com/islandhotels/ is a link to a list of OPEN
hotels on the island - they have electricity, water, etc., their
reservation systems are simply not up.  We know that not being able to
get through to the hotels is frustrating.  Please be patient as they
work to fix the problem.  Galveston needs us more than ever right now,
so please, come to conference to support the Island.

 

For more information visit:

 

www.naswtx.org

www.galveston.com <http://www.galveston.com/> 

 

 

________________________________


Erin Heinis
Program Coordinator
NASW/Texas, 810 W. 11th Street, Austin, TX 78701
Voice: 512-474-1454  Fax: 512-474-1317  Email: eheinis at naswtx.org
website: www.naswtx.org

NASW/Texas 32nd Annual State Conference, November 6-8, 2008, San Luis
Resort, Galveston, TX - visit www.naswtx.org for more information.
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