Want to make your next meeting a success in every way? Plan on it in Baltimore, an exciting city with surprises around every corner. With a major renaissance underway including groundbreaking growth in accommodations and meeting facilities, nightlife, and attractions just a short walk away from our expanded Convention Center-Baltimore is your place to meet.

2. Then & Now:
Baltimore History

3. Then… A Blue Collar and
Agricultural Heritage

4. Baltimore’s Big Makeover

5. Now…
An Easy, Breezy
Cosmopolitan City

6. Then……
Site of an Epic Battle

7. Now…
A Major Attraction and Historical Shrine

8. Then……
An Industrial Waterfront

9. Now…
An Urban Renewal Success Story
The Stunning
INNER HARBOR

10. Harbor East

11. West Side

12. Baltimore’s Convention Community
Baltimore’s Convention Center
Community

13. An Accessible Community
• 7,000 rooms within walking distance
• 4,000 committable rooms
• Overhead walkways link to Inner
Harbor, hotels and fine dining

14. An Accessible Community

15. Baltimore Convention Center

16. Baltimore Convention Center
• 300,000 square feet of exhibition space
• 50 meeting rooms
• 36,672-square-foot ballroom

21. The Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel

22. The Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel
• Scheduled to open August 2008
• 757 rooms–including 19 suites
• 60,000 square feet of flexible meeting space
(25,000 square-foot Grand Ballroom & 15,000
square-foot Junior Ballroom)
• Underground parking (750 spaces)
• 5,000 square feet of dining space

23. The Hilton Baltimore Convention Center Hotel
• Only hotel connected to the Convention Center
via enclosed, climate-controlled sky-bridge
• Located directly across the street from Camden
Yards
• Features a fully equipped fitness center and
large indoor pool
• Includes Finn & Porters Restaurant
• Walk to Inner Harbor and Hippodrome Theatre

24. Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel

25. Baltimore’s Tremonts Suite Hotels

26. Sheraton City Center
• Exciting Changes at the Wyndham Baltimore Inner Harbor!
• $30 million dollar renovation
• August 2006 - North Tower guestroom renovations began!
• November/December - 2006 - Complete Lobby Renovation
• December 2006 - North Tower guestroom and Lobby Renovation Complete!
• January - February 2007 - All lobby level meeting space to be renovated
• February - July 2007 - South Tower guestrooms to be renovated
• Spring 2007 - Fitness center renovation and expansion
• August 2007 - Remainder of meeting space to be renovated.
• Fall 2007 - Project Complete - Welcome to our new Hotel!

27. Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore

28. Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor Hotel
at Camden Yards

29. Baltimore Marriott - Waterfront

30. Renaissance Harborplace Hotel

31. Hyatt Regency Baltimore

32. A Walkable District with
an Ambassador Force

33. Baltimore: Easy to Get Here

34. Easy to Get Here

35. Baltimore Washington International
Thurgood Marshall Airport

36. Baltimore Washington International
Thurgood Marshall Airport
• 15 minutes from the Inner Harbor
• Super Shuttle/Light Rail Service
• 714 average daily arrivals and departures
• 64 average daily nonstop destinations
• 52 carriers–hub for major airlines

37. Penn Station

38. Penn Station
• Amtrak’s fifth busiest station
• Serves more than 855,000 passengers each year
• Major stop for Amtrak’s high-speed Acela
Express service
• MARC commuter–an easy connection to
Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

39. An Easy Drive
City Miles Approximate
Driving Time
Washington, DC 39 57 minutes
Atlantic City, NJ 155 2 hours, 45 minutes
New York, NY 192 3 hours, 15 minutes
Philadelphia, PA 103 1 hour, 54 minutes
Pittsburgh, PA 248 4 hours, 15 minutes
Richmond, VA 152 2 hours, 38 minutes

40. Easy to Enjoy

41. Water Taxi

42. Ed Kane’s Water Taxis
• Serve more than 35 attractions
• Offer a unique way to travel
• Feature ports around the Inner Harbor,
Fell’s Point, Fort McHenry and more

43. There’s Always Something
New in Baltimore

44. National Aquarium in Baltimore Animal
Planet Australia: Wild Extremes

45. Sports Legends at
Camden Yards

46. Frederick Douglass -
Isaac Myers Maritime Park

47. The National Great Blacks
In Wax Museum

48. Maryland Science Center

49. Geppi’s Entertainment
Museum

50. Heritage Walk

51. The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland
African American History & Culture

52. Dining Experiences to Savor

53. Dining Experiences to Savor
• Chesapeake Bay Cuisine on the
Waterfront
• Eateries at Harborplace and the Gallery
• Dozens of Choices in Surrounding
Neighborhoods

54. Baltimore’s Charming Neighborhoods
A Gateway to More Attractions and Fine Dining

55. Mount Vernon: An Arts &
Culture Destination

56. Fell’s Point & Canton:
Maritime History Comes Alive

57. Little Italy: Casual and Fine Dining
in a Historic Neighborhood

58. Walk on the Wild Side: Baltimore Nightlife

59. Walk on the Wild Side: Baltimore Nightlife
• Dance the night away at Power Plant Live!
• Get a good belly laugh at Rascals Comedy
Club
• Rock with the bands at Rams Head Live

60. Unique Venues for Parties
and Receptions

61. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum

62. American
Visionary Art
Museum

63. The Walters
Art Museum

64. Baltimore Museum of Art

65. Evergreen House

66. M&T Bank Stadium

67. Oriole Park at Camden Yards

68. Baltimore is Tops
• Frommer’s Top 10 Up-And-Coming
Destination for Summer Travel – 2005
• #7 Top Arts Destinations
(American Style – 2006)
• #1 Hospital–Johns Hopkins Hospital
(U.S. News and World Report – 2005)

69. Baltimore is Tops
• #10 Favorite U.S. City for African Americans
(Black Enterprise – 2004)
• #1 America’s Fittest City
(Men’s Fitness – 2006)
• #10 Best Walking Cities
(Prevention – 2005)

70. Top Medical Institutions
• Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
• University of Maryland: Maryland General
Hospital
• Kennedy Krieger Institute
• Mercy Medical Center
• St. Agnes HealthCare