WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THE HWBTA CONFERENCE & SEE BALTIMORE!

1.  BALTIMORE is easily accessible by car, plane, bus or train.  BWI (Baltimore/Washington International Airport) is just 15 minutes from downtown, with over 700 average daily arrivals and departures.  AMTRAK trains run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, connecting Baltimore to major cities in the Northeast corridor, including New York City, Philadelphia and a 45-minute ride to Washington, DC.

2. BALTIMORE Marriott provides a free shuttle from the BWI airport and also a free shuttle to the light train to go to the inner harbor.

3.  BALTIMORE is fun!  Water Taxis and Ride the Ducks tours offer a unique way to see the city -- and there's so much to see:  more than 130 attractions, including the inner harbor, Edgar Allen Poe's gravesite and Fort McHenry where the Star Spangled Banner was written!  Annapolis Naval Academy is also only a short distance away.  And..did you know the first tin can was invented in Baltimore?

4.  BALTIMORE's famed inner harbor is lined with numerous attractions, restaurants is the crown jewel of the city and is only a 15-minute ride by Light Rail from the conference hotel.

5.  BALTIMORE's average weather in June is a high of 83 degrees F to a low of 67 degrees F.

6.  BALTIMORE's extraordinary neighbors include Little Italy (great food); Mount Vernon (arts & culture) and Fell's Point and Federal Hill (antique shopping and pub crawling).

And, last but not least, the famed MARYLAND crab!