2008 Hotel ABA Now Accepting Reservations

The 2008 Hotel ABA, The Renaissance Hollywood, is now accepting reservations from the American Booksellers Association's bookstore and provisional members planning to attend BookExpo America in Los Angeles. The hotel, which will be the site of the association's Day of Education as well as a number of special events beginning on Wednesday, May 28, offers a special room rate and an extraordinary package of benefits exclusively for ABA member booksellers. The BEA trade show will be held from Thursday, May 29, through Sunday, June 1, at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The Renaissance Hollywood's special nightly room rate of $164 is available to ABA bookstore and provisional members for check-in Wednesday, May 28, through checkout on Monday, June 2. The rate is available until May 5 or until the group block is sold out, whichever comes first. Booksellers must make their reservations via the hotel's dedicated reservation webpage for ABA members. Rooms are reserved for ABA members only, and ABA has the right to cancel reservations made by non-members.

In addition to dedicated shuttle bus service between the hotel and the convention center, Hotel ABA guests will have the option of using the Los Angeles Metro, which has a stop just a few-minutes walk from the Renaissance Hollywood. ABA will be providing complimentary Metro passes to booksellers registered at Hotel ABA.

Based on the sellouts at last year's Hotel ABA and at the host hotel for the upcoming Winter Institute, ABA is encouraging booksellers who would like to stay at the 2008 Hotel ABA to register as soon as possible.

Questions about ABA membership status should be addressed to ABA Program Assistant Margaret Nafz at [email protected]. Once reservations have been made via the hotel website, questions and requests for changes should be addressed to the hotel directly at (866) 835-7681.

Registration for the BEA trade show is scheduled to open around the end of December.