Dear Sketching Guests, <div><br></div><div>Our room block at the Courtyard Portland City Center is now full, and the hotel itself is sold out for the weekend of Sketching. In case you haven't booked your hotel room yet, this is what we suggest:</div>
<div><br></div><div>1. Rooms may open up at the Courtyard Portland City Center over the next couple of weeks due to cancellations, although they won't be at our guaranteed room rate, which expires July 8. You might want to try calling the Courtyard first to find out if a room has opened up. Here is the reservation information again:</div>
<div><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.499999046325684px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="text-align:left;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#3333ff">Courtyard (by Marriott) Portland City Center</font></span></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.499999046325684px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="text-align:left;outline:0px"><i>(NOT the Portland Marriott City Center)</i></span><br style="text-align:left;outline:0px">
<span style="text-align:left">550 SW Oak Street</span><br style="text-align:left;outline:0px"><span style="text-align:left">Portland, OR 97204</span><br style="text-align:left;outline:0px"><span style="text-align:left">Group Rate: $149/night</span></font></div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.499999046325684px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="text-align:left">Expires: July 8</span></font></div>
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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">BY PHONE:<br style="text-align:left;outline:0px"></font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Reservations can be made by calling the central reservations line at<a href="tel:1-800-606-3717" value="+18006063717" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">1-800-606-3717</a>. The block will be listed under “Sketching in Hardware” so please reference this when you call. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div>2. We also recommend the following downtown Portland hotels, which are high quality and accessible by public transit or on foot to the conference venue (please note that we do not have room blocks at these hotels):</div>
<div><br></div><div>The Benson: <a href="http://www.bensonhotel.com/">http://www.bensonhotel.com/</a></div><div>Hotel Lucia: <a href="http://www.hotellucia.com/">http://www.hotellucia.com/</a></div><div>Portland Marriott City Center: <a href="http://goo.gl/EwHfM">http://goo.gl/EwHfM</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Please let myself or Mike know if you have any questions!</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Alex</div><div><br></div><div>--<br>Alexandra Creighton<br>415.407.3124<br><a href="mailto:awcreighton@gmail.com" target="_blank">alexc@thingm.com</a></div>
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