NPC Convention Sites
 

Hello NPC Sisters! Best wishes to those of you who will be attending your inter/national convention this summer. It seems like often we use the same hotels for these functions, so I thought it would be fun to share where we've been & where we're going!

Chi Omega
2006 - Washington, D.C. - Marriott Crystal City
2004 - San Antonio - Marriott Riverwalk
2002 - Palm Desert, CA - Marriott Desert Springs
2000 - Orlando, FL - Marriott World Center
1998 - Tucson, AZ - South Pointe Hilton
1996 - Tampa, FL - Innisbrook Resort
1995 (Centennial Celebration) - Memphis, TN - The Peabody, et al
1994 - Houston, TX - Hyatt
1992 - Orlando, FL - The Peabody
1990 - Palm Desert, CA - Marriott Desert Springs
1988 - St. Louis, MO - Adam's Mark
1986 - Scotsdale, AZ - The Camelback
1984 - Scotsdale, AZ - The Camelback
1982 - Scotsdale, AZ - The Camelback

DG was at the Marriot Crystal City in 2004. The hotel is like 1 stop on the DC metra from the airport. I would recommend taking it if you are flying in because it is so fast and so convenient, clean and cheap. I think I paid like $1.50 each way for the 5 minute trip. It was much faster and cheaper than a cab or shuttle bus.

AOII's Convention that I attended:

New York Marriott Marquis 1997 (Centennial Celebration)
Marriott Marquis NYC

Norfolk Marriott Waterside 2003
Waterside Marriott

Atlanta Marriott Marquis 2005, June 25-July 3, 2005
Atlanta Marriott

I'm waiting for them to have one in Memphis or New Orleans! That would be so awesome! I know they have had one or two in New Orleans already!

Alpha Gam Conventions
 

From 1981 on..

1981- Doral Country Club, Miami, Florida
1983- Camelback Inn, Scottsdale, Arizona
1985- Fairmont Hotel, New Orleans, Louisiana
1987- Clarion Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri
1989- Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, Texas
1991- Innisbrook Resort, Tarpon Springs, Florida
1993-Chicago Hilton and Towers, Chicago, Illinois *
1995- The Scottsdale Princess, Scottsdale, Arizona
1997- Innisbrook Hilton Resort, Tarpon Springs, Florida
1999- Adam's Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado
2001- Atlanta Marriot Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia*
2004- Chicago Downtown Marriot, Chicago, Illinois*
2006- Renaissance Esmerelda, Indian Wells, California*


* denotes Conventions I attended (will attend).

Dee

Pi Phi's convention is coming up June 24-28! It will be in Tampa, Florida at the Marriott Waterside Hotel. I'll be there, volunteering. I'm so excited!

Re: Alpha Gam Conventions
 

I also attended Atlanta in 2001 and Chicago in 2004. My goal is to pull a Jane A. Graf -- I think her record is 26 consecutive Conventions now? :D

To add on to Dee's AGD list, here are the ones pre-1981. It's interesting to see where Conventions have been held before -- some places I've never heard of, and I'm sure some of these venues have since closed. How fitting that Conventions were held in bigger cities and hotels as our membership grew.

Notice how a few Conventions were omitted to reflect the war conflicts. Have other GLOs done the same thing?

1907-Alpha Chapter House, Syracuse, New York
1909-Alpha Chapter House, Syracuse, New York
1911-Masonic Hall, Athens, Ohio
1913-Lathrop Hall, Madison, Wisconsin
1915-St. Albans, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

1917-Because of war conditions, Grand Council acted in lieu of National Convention, meeting at the Delta chapter house, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1919-Hotel Tudor-Nahant, Massachusetts
1921-Northshore Hotel, Evanston, Illinois
1923-Hotel Phoenix, Lexington, Kentucky
1925-Olympic Hotel, Seattle, Washington
1927-The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan
1929-Hotel Syracuse, Syracuse, New York (Twenty-fifth anniversary Convention)
1931-Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, California

1933-Omitted, as was done in the case of several fraternities, because of the economic conditions of North America

1935-Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
1937-Troutdale-in-the-Pines, Evergreen, Colorado
1939-Essex and Sussex Hotel, Spring Lake, New Jersey
1941-Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina

1943-Omitted because of war conditions
1945-Omitted because of war conditions

1947-Banff Springs Hotel, Banff, Alberta, Canada
1949-Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia

1951-Omitted because of the conflict in Korea

1954-Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, Quebec, Canada (Fiftieth anniversary Convention)
1957-Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, California
1959-French Lick-Sheraton Hotel, French Lick, Indiana
1961-Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
1964-Wentworth By The Sea, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
1966-The Empress, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1968-Tan-Tar-A. Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
1970-Marriott, Chicago, Illinois
1972-Del Webb TowneHouse, Phoenix, Arizona
1975-Crown Center Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri
1977-Oklahoma Center For Continuing Education, Norman, Oklahoma
1979-Hyatt Regency, Indianapolis, Indiana (Seventy-fifth anniversary Convention)

That hotel is absolutely beautiful.

I remember walking into the hotel for the first time 4 years ago and was in AWE of its design and atrium.

I was almost tempted to just lay down in the lobby and stare up to the top because the atrium was just...WOW.

The food was pretty good too. :)

This year, our Convention is at The Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort, Phoenix, AZ.

We alternate between Conventions & Conferences from year to year. Our recent conventions have been at:

2003 – The Westin Galleria, Houston, TX
2001 – Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, GA (150th Anniversary)
1999 – Registry Resort, Naples, FL
1997 – Westin La Paloma, Tucson, AZ
1995 – Omni Netherlands Plaza, Cincinnati, OH
1993 – Marriott Desert Springs Resort, Palm Desert, CA

OTW, I think most sororities suspended "major" operations during WWII. The first time I ever heard of Gamma Phi Beta was at my mother's cousin's house - she had this big old photo of her sorority (GPhiB) all sitting on the wings of a plane & gathered around it. Very military chic!

Just to add more places we've held our Conventions:
1906 - Macon, GA; Home of Mrs. E.J. Willingham
1907 - New Orleans, LA; St. Charles Hotel
1909 - Georgetown, TX; Southwestern University
1911 - Atlanta, GA; Piedmont Hotel
1913 - Chicago, IL; Auditorium Hotel
1915 - Berkeley, CA; Hotel Oakland
1917 - Waupaca Lakes, WI; Grand View Hotel
1919 - Natural Bridge, VA; Natural Bridge Hotel
1921 - Estes Park, CO; The Hotel Stanley
1923 - Marblehead, MA; Hotel Rock-Mere
1925 - Mt. Rainier National Park, WA; Paradise Inn
1927 - Ship on St. Lawrence River; S.S. Trinity
1929 - Blowing Rock, NC; Mayview Manor
1931 - Lake Louise, AB, Canada; Chateau Lake Louise
1934 - Swampscott, MA; The New Ocean House
1936 - Monterey Peninsula, CA; Del Monte Hotel
1938 - Montebello, QB, Canada; The Seignory Club
1941 - Hot Springs, VA; The Homestead
1946 - Estes Park, CO; The Hotel Stanley
1948 - Spring Lake, NJ; Essex and Sussex Hotel
1951 - Macon, GA; Wesleyan College (100th Anniversary)
1953 - Banff Springs, AB, Canada; Banff Springs Hotel
1955 - Portsmouth, MA; Wentworth-By-The-Sea
1957 - Nassau, British West Indies; Emerald Beach Hotel
1959 - Quebec City, QB, Canada; Chateau Frontenac
1961 - Pasadena, CA; The Huntington-Sheraton Hotel
1963 - Hot Springs, AR; The Arlington
1965 - Miami Beach, FL; The Doral Beach
1967 - Vancouver, BC, Canada; The Bayshore Inn
1969 - Scottsdale, AZ; Mountain Shadows
1971 - Freeport, Grand Bahama Islands; The King's Inn Country Club
1973 - Atlanta, GA; The Stouffer's Inn
1975 - Banff Springs, AB, Canada; Banff Springs Hotel
1977 - Palm Beach, FL; The Breakers
1979 - Minneapolis, MN; Radisson South Hotel
1981 - Nashville, TN; Opryland Hotel
1983 - Palm Beach, FL; The Breakers
1985 - Dallas, TX; Registry Hotel
1987 - Scottsdale, AZ; Registry Hotel
1989 - St. Louis, MO; Hyatt International Hotel
1991 - Naples, FL; Registry Resort

I wish I could have been at some of these conventions - on a ship, in Nassau, or even in the Grand Bahama Islands?!?!?! :eek:

How fun! What great places! :)

I second this. I also want to note that I only left the hotel once arriving but I believe I walked 25 miles in those 4 days. That hotel is not only beautiful but it is HUGE. Make sure your shoes are comfortable because the meeting rooms are quite a distance from your hotel room! We also got to see the Atlanta fireworks from the windows of the hotel.

Not meaning to hijack your thread...
 

but I loved the Marriott Marquis, as well. My senior prom was held there and I also had a corporate Christmas Party there one year. I remember back in the 80's when the hotel was completely trashed after a New Year's Eve celebration at the hotel. People were throwing soda machines and potted plants off of the balconies into the atrium. It was total mayhem and was a major item on the news in Atlanta back in the 80's...

End of hijack!

-Tish

Just how many floors does this hotel have, anyway? I swear I hate heights...and atriums...you should have seen me at Centennial at the Marriott Marquis in NYC. Terror doesn't describe it :)

I honestly don't remember how tall the place was. I think I was on the 9th floor for that one. It's not supertall, from my memory.

ETA: Just checked their web site which says it is 50 floors, a bit higher than I remembered!

Alpha Xi Delta is having our convension from June 29-July 3 at Westin La Paloma, Tucson, AZ.