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SMU Steel Summit Hotels Filling Up
Written by John Packard
July 8, 2018
The 8th SMU Steel Summit Conference is scheduled to begin on August 27th at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta,, Georgia. Registrations are already close to 700 on our way to 750-800 attendees at this year’s event. You can find out more about the conference schedule, companies attending, costs and how to register on our website: www.SteelMarketUpdate.com/events/steel-summit
For those of you registered to attend our 8th SMU Steel Summit Conference on August 27-29th in Atlanta. The room blocks have been sold out on the three Gateway hotels next to the convention center. We still have rooms available at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel from which we will be running a shuttle to the Georgia International Convention Center. At our last count there were 70 rooms left in that room block.
The Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel, it is 1.5 miles south of the Georgia International Convention Center but includes a complimentary shuttle. Click here to book your stay here at $151/night or you may book over the phone at 1-888-239-1203 and asking for the ‘Steel Market Update room block’.
Here are some of the recent registrations as we bump up against 700 registered attendees for the 2018 conference with 50 days to go: Lapham-Hickey Steel, Honda Trading de Mexico, Norfolk Iron & Metal Company, Luminus Management, CAN-PACK S.A., Mississippi Steel Processing, MISA, Westman Steel Industries, Metal Center News, National Oilwell Varco, Quality Edge, Inc., Worthington Industries and Majestic Steel. If you have any questions about pricing, how to register, hotels or just general line questions I am happy to answer them for you. You can reach us at info@SteelMarketUpdate.com
John Packard
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