Hotels/Travel

Hotel Information

The Hampton Inn Washington Downtown – Convention Center located at 901 6^th Street NW Washington DC 20001 is the Symposium hotel.

The Hampton Inn is a 100% smoke-free hotel. Amenities include complimentary hot breakfast, indoor heated swimming pool and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel is two blocks from the Convention Center, six miles from Reagan National Airport and easily accessible to two Metro stations.
 
Special Rate/Booking Code: RAS
 
Rate: $256.00 per night
Rate Includes complimentary hot buffet breakfast and wifi internet access throughout the hotel. The rates are valid for stay between Monday June 3 – Thursday June 6, 2013.
Rate available until Friday May 3, 2013 or until block is sold out.
 
Reserve your room
 
Online:
http://hamptoninn.hilton.com/en/hp/groups/personalized/W/WASHHHX-RAS-20130603/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG
 
Phone:
Please contact our toll free 24 hour Hampton Inn Central Reservations Line at 1-800-426-7866 or direct to the hotel on 202-349-2271 and quote the group code (RAS). Once an individual reservation has been made, any changes should be made directly with our Reservations Department. 
 
A credit card number will be required to secure a room out of this block. 

Travel Information to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center

  
The Walter E. Washington Convention Center is accessible from three major airports, Amtrak and METRO. It is located at 801 Mt. Vernon Place NW, Washington, DC, 20001, between 7^th and 9^th Streets and N Street and Mt. Vernon Place, right across from the new City Museum.
 

Metro

Take the Yellow or Green line to the Mt. Vernon Convention Center stop – there is an entrance to the convention center in the station.  For more information go to http://www.wmata.com
 

Parking

The convention center has more than 3,000 parking spaces within a three-block radius. Parking rates are around $20/day.  The spaces are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.  There are also approximately 100 metered parking spaces within close proximity to the facility.
 
There are 12 designated public parking spaces designated for vehicles displaying disability parking placards/permits or license tags in the following locations:
 

• North end of 7^th Street between L and Mt. Vernon Streets (3 metered spaces)
• South end of 9^th Street between Mt. Vernon Place and L Street (3 metered spaces)
• South end of 9^th Street between L Street and M Street (3 metered spaces)
• South end of 9^th Street between M Street and N Street (3 metered spaces)

 
Parking signs are posted indicating that the spaces are for two-hour parking from 7am – 6:30pm daily.
 
Click here to view a map outlining the parking options.
 

Driving Directions

 Click here for driving directions or see below.

From Points North: Take I-95 south to the Baltimore-Washington Parkway (exit 22B) toward Washington. Take the Washington exit - US 50 West (on the right). US - 50 West becomes New York Avenue. Proceed on New York Avenue. New York Avenue becomes Mt. Vernon Place. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right.

 

From Points South: Take I - 495 to 395 North, then 395 North to Washington, DC. Follow 395 North across the 14th Street Bridge.  Proceed across the 14th Street Bridge to Independence Avenue. Turn right on Independence Avenue and proceed 2 blocks to 7th Street. Turn left on 7th Street and proceed 10 blocks to Mt. Vernon Avenue. Turn left on Mt. Vernon Place. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right.

From Points East: Take US - 50 West. US - 50 West becomes New York Avenue. New York Avenue becomes Mt. Vernon Place. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right.

 

From Points Northwest: Take I-270 to the Washington Beltway, I-495 West toward Northern Virginia. Take the George Washington (GW) Parkway exit to 395 North across the 14^th Street Bridge. Take the 12th Street exit. Proceed on 12th Street and then turn right on Massachusetts Avenue. Massachusetts Avenue will become Mt. Vernon Place. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your left.

 

From Dulles International Airport and Points West:Take I-66 East to Washington. Take Route 50/Constitution Avenue exit.  Proceed on Constitution Avenue.  Turn left on 7th Street. Proceed 9 blocks on 7th Street and turn left on Mt. Vernon Place. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right
 
From Baltimore Washington International Airport: Take I-95 West to MD -295 South via exit 2B to Washington. Continue west on US-50. US - 50 West becomes New York Avenue. Proceed on New York Avenue. New York Avenue becomes Mt. Vernon Place. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right. 

From Ronald Reagan National Airport: Take the George Washington (GW) Parkway north to I-395 and Washington, DC. Follow signs to the 14th Street Bridge. Proceed across the 14th Street to Independence Avenue. Turn right onto Independence Avenue and proceed 2 blocks to 7th Street. Turn left on 7th Street and proceed 12 blocks to Mt. Vernon Place. Turn left on Mt. Vernon Place. The Walter E. Washington Convention Center will be on your right.