We are just over one week out from the 2016 NAE4-HA Conference!
This past spring, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to visit our conference location while at the NAE4-HA Board Meeting in March. Below are a few items you may consider in preparing for the conference.
Each hotel room at the conference hotel has a refrigerator – a major bonus! There is a terrific grocery store just a short walk from the hotel. This wonderful combination equals more sleep in the morning.
The high tech (smart) elevator system is amazing, but don’t expect to just hit the up button and casually wait for the next open elevator. You are an active participant in making this system work efficiently. You scan your room card, enter a floor number, and are “assigned” one of the elevator cars. Read between the lines – pay attention and move quickly.
There are eight (8) elevator banks next to each other. Elevators A, B, C & D travel to floors 1-18. Elevators E, F, G & H travel to floors 1, 2 & 3 and 19-32. Let’s say your room is on floor 8 but you want to go the gym on floor 32. You will need to travel down to a “connecting floor” (think the DC Metro) to travel back up.
All the conference meeting rooms are on the bottom floors that are connected by stairs and/or escalators.
Check out this video on the elevator system – you won’t be disappointed with the elevator music!
See you in NOLA
