WASHINGTON, DC — September 14, 2009

You must CALL the hotel directly to make your reservation. Toll Free: 1-800-824-5419 or 202-638-6900. Do not book online.

Remember to mention the Hemp Industries Association or Group Code #13403 when booking in order to get the HIA group rate, and be sure to get a reservation confirmation number.

Please note: Attendees are responsible for making their own room reservations directly with the Phoenix Park Hotel. Once our block of reserved rooms runs out, the price goes up to the hotel's regular rates and we cannot guarantee the hotel will have a room for you.

We have arranged for special room rates for Sunday and Monday nights at the Phoenix Park Hotel. Through a special arrangement, the hotel is also offering the same room rates for a limited number of rooms for HIA members who are exhibiting at or attending the DC Green Festival, so you can conveniently stay there for both events. This helps the HIA as the hotel is generously counting these room nights to our convention contract. (You must stay at least one of the nights of the HIA Convention to get the special festival rate.) The hotel is close to the Washington Convention Center where the DC Green Festival is being held, see the map on our convention page.

HIA Group Rates:

• $159 single
• $189 double
• $219 triple
• $249 quad
• $329 bi-level suite
• $399 penthouse suite

About The Phoenix Park Hotel:

• Amenities include high-speed Internet, fitness center, valet parking, concierge services, 24-hour business office, and much more.
• Excellent Irish pub called The Dubliner located in the hotel.
• Limited number of smoking rooms available.
• Located a short block from Union Station (Amtrak, MARC and Metro trains).
• Train access available directly from BWI and Reagan National airports.
• Shuttle and taxi service available from Dulles airport.
• Close to the Washington Convention Center (where the Green Festival is being held)

The HIA is happy to announce that our hemp pavilion at the Washington, DC Green Festival on October 10th and 11th is sold out. We have fifteen companies, plus the HIA filling seventeen booths in our 4,000 sq. ft. area. To check out who is participating please check out our directory listing. Please join us for the HIA Hemp Pavilion at the Green Festival and the HIA Convention at the Phoenix Park Hotel directly after.

There is just under one month left until the 16th Annual HIA Convention & Annual General Meeting, which will be held on Sunday and Monday, October 11-12, 2009 at the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington, DC, USA, directly after the DC Green Festival on October 10-11.

Join us in Washington, DC this October!

Late Registration Fee - (first attendee): $300 per person August 15 - October 11. HIA Full Company Members may bring additional attendees (company employees) at a $50 discount each. All other attendees must be HIA Supporting Members.

The registration fee includes pastries and coffee in the morning, lunch and dinner on Monday, October 12. (The hotel also offers a complimentary breakfast.) It also includes attendance to our Annual General Meeting, panel discussions and awards dinner, as well as the opportunity to network with other members. Your travel, lodging and meals (except as noted above) are not included.

Additional information, including the hotel phone number, registration form, payment options, and other event details, like the Tentative Schedule, is available on the 2009 Convention page on our Web site.

If you need more information or have any questions, please feel free to call the HIA office at 707-874-3648 x3.