09/01/2016

Official NY17 Room Block Now Open @ Marriott

Book your room now!

The official NY17 sleeping room block is now open! 

Book online HERE. 

To book via phone, please call 877-303-0104 and reference New York Podiatric Conference to secure our reduced group rate. 

New York Marriott Marquis
1535 Broadway
New York, NY 10036

As a reminder, any company calling or emailing you suggesting that they represent the event is not affiliated with NYSPMA, The Foundation for Podiatric Medicine, NY16 or NY17. DO NOT BOOK A HOTEL ROOM WITH THEM. 

Room poaching is a practice carried out by third-party companies that act as travel agencies, wholesalers or destination management companies to solicit registrants and exhibitors for room reservations for society or other organizations meetings. The practice of room poaching makes it more difficult for us to meet our room block commitments and exposes NYSPMA to penalties and increased room rates for our conferences.
 
When NYSPMA secures sleeping rooms at the Marriott for our conference (commonly referred to as room blocks), we make certain that our attendees and exhibitors are adequately accommodated. Our room block is established to ensure that rooms meet our standards and are offered at a discounted price. NYSPMA is working directly with the New York Marriott Marquis for NY17.
 
Often room poachers may misrepresent themselves as the NYSPMA official housing provider and registrants and exhibitors may be contacted by fax, email or phone with offers for cut rate housing. The poacher might inform registrants and exhibitors that the hotel room block is "sold out," and that if you do not book with them immediately, you may not get a room. Additional deceptive tactics may include:

• Forms or promotional materials that appear to be issued by NY17
• Not delivering on promises to customers. When customers arrive, reservations are sometimes non-existent or the hotels are not conveniently located.
• Representing themselves as being affiliated with NY17 by illegally using our name or logo.