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Tampa steel hotels are going fast!
Written by Becca Moczygemba
November 21, 2023
The 2024 Tampa Steel Conference is only nine weeks away. Tampa Steel is one of the premier steel conferences in the country. It is a great follow-up to the record-breaking SMU Steel Summit in August.
The event runs from Sunday-Tuesday, Jan. 28-30 and will be at the JW Marriott Tampa Water Street hotel. We anticipate beating last year’s mark with over 500 attendees.
There will be an outdoor networking reception on Sunday evening. A golf tournament and a harbor tour of Port Tampa Bay are slated for Monday morning, with the conference program beginning on Monday afternoon.
You’ll want to book your accommodations soon this year because rooms are going fast. This period is high season for tourism in Florida and just follows the Gasparilla pirate festival. You can learn more about the agenda, explore networking opportunities, and register here.
Below are some links for alternate hotels close by:
The Westin Tampa Waterside – Harbour Island Tampa Hotels | The Westin Tampa Waterside (marriott.com)
Marriott Water Street Marriott Water Street
Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Downtown Convention Center Embassy Suites – Convention Center – Tampa Hotels (hilton.com)
Hilton Downtown Tampa Hilton Tampa Downtown – Guest Reservations
Sheraton Riverwalk Hotel Sheraton Tampa Riverwalk Hotel – Guest Reservations
Hyatt House Downtown Tampa Hyatt House Tampa Downtown – Extended Stay Hotel
Hampton Inn Tampa Downtown Hampton Inn & Suites Tampa-Ybor City/Downtown – Guest Reservations
We will have attendees from all over North America talking about what’s happening in the steel industry.
Here’s a list of companies that have already registered. Those with an asterisk next to their name are sending more than one person to the event:
A.R. Savage & Son, LLC*, ADM Investor Services, Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC, Algoma Steel Inc., All Metals, Alliance Steel LLC*, American Heavy Plates*, Ameristar Perimeter Security*, AMS Specialty Steel, ArcelorMittal, ArcelorMittal Dofasco*, ASSA ABLOY Door Group, Associated Terminals, BNSF Railway*, BofA*, Borroughs LLC, Celtic Marine and Logistics, Century Metals & Supplies, Inc., Chancey Metals LLC, CIH*, Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., Cleveland Steel Container*, CloudForge, Cooper Consolidated LLC*, C-River Logistics, Crown Products Co., Inc., CSX*, Dass Steel*, Diehl Tool Steel, Elgen Manufacturing, Friedman Industries, General Kinematics Corporation*, Gibraltar Industries, Inc.*, Goldman Sachs, Great Circle Shipping Corporation, Greenway Steel, Heidtman Steel*, Heritage Capital Group, Huntington Bank, Illinois Tool Works*, ITW Drawform, Jemison Metals, JIT Warehousing & Logistics, JSW Steel USA Inc.*, Klauer Manufacturing Company*, Kloeckner Metals*, Koch Supply & Trading LP, Lapham Hickey Steel, LB Steel, Magswitch Technology Inc.*, Marian Shipping Ltd., Marubeni-Itochu Steel America*, Metal Edge Partners LLC*, Misetal Trading Solutions*, North Star BlueScope Steel, Northview Advisors, Ohio Steel Sheet & Plate, Optimus Steel LLC*, Pacific Metals Trading, Inc., Peak Metals Inc., PGT Services, Pier 48 Stevedoring, Primetals Technologies, QSL – Americas*, Ram Steel Framing, Reynolds Services, Inc.*, Ryerson*, Second City Metals, South Jersey Port Corporation*, SSAB Americas*, State Plate LLC*, Steel Dynamics, Steel Warehouse*, SteelSummit-Tennessee, Summit Global Trading*, Superior Steel Supply, LLC, Tata International, Ternium USA, Inc., The Bradbury Group, The Kinetic Company, Timber Products Trucking*, Tri County Metals, U.S. Steel*, Webco Industries, Wesman Salvage*, West Coast Metals, Wheeling-Nippon Steel, Inc.*
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