Farpoint 24 will be held on February 17-19, 2017 (President’s Day weekend)! Our convention is returning to the Radisson Hotel North Baltimore in Timonium, MD. The Radisson has extended the $121 per night before taxes room rate, which they lowered for us in 2016, for our 2017 convention too!

This loyalty to us and our attendees is one of the reasons we decided to return to the Radisson for 2017. As promised, we received proposals from multiple hotels after our 2016 Radisson contract was completed. The Hunt Valley Inn and Hilton BWI Airport Hotel sent us 2017 proposals along with the Radisson. The Hilton pricing would have caused us to pass on a large ticket price increase to our fans, which was not acceptable. The Hunt Valley Inn bid was also higher, though closer in price to the Radisson, but they could not give us our preferred President’s Day weekend dates.

The Radisson did not raise room rate prices from the 2016 rate. The increase to us for meeting space is small enough that we do not have to raise convention ticket prices or table prices for the FIFTH year in a row, which is coupled with lower service charges than both the Hunt Valley Inn and the Hilton. Everyone attending the Open Committee Meeting at the end of the convention last month agreed that the hotel’s services were markedly improved over 2015. Many of the remaining issues we have with the Radisson will be addressed by the conference floor remodel that is commencing in April 2016. All of this, coupled with the Radisson being able to give us our preferred President’s Day weekend dates, led us to the conclusion that the Radisson will again offer us the best option in hotel size and pricing for 2017.

We look forward to your joining us again at Farpoint 24!