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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That's the only real convention sized hotel besides National Harbor/Gaylord Marriott.  DC is about to lose a lot of small convention business ( 1500 - 4000 attendees).[/quote]

Washington Hilton in Dupont Circle can handle those. Been to plenty there. How about the new Marriott Marquis near the convention center? Haven't checked it out yet.[/quote]

Went to a medium-sized conference in late 2018 at the Marriott Marquis. It handles them quite well, as do newer hotels in Crystal City. The Wardman was a fine conference hotel, but as the energy of the city moves East, it makes sense that it would be the hotel that Marriott would look to offload in favor of its more central offerings.[/quote]

Most of the smaller conventions in DC involve member visits to Capitol Hill, so the hotels further east are more convenient.

This isn't good news for DC, though.  It's not clear when those conventions will come back, and between the loss of those, tourist visits and the drop in visits from people coming in to lobby, the District is going to feel the impact.

I used to be a lobbyist, and we were constantly hosting executives in from out of town to visit the Hill/Administration.  They stayed at the nicest hotels and ate at the best restaurants.  They aren't doing that now, at least not in anything like previous numbers.  It's not an insignificant amount of $$ lost. [/quote]

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