We urge you to make your hotel reservation at one of our three official conference hotels for NACM to maximize its meeting space, room block and help keep negotiated room rates as low as possible. The guest room block and group rate negotiated with the hotels includes costs to provide us with the large quantity of meeting spaces we require for the meeting. If we do not occupy a sufficient amount of guest rooms throughout the conference, we will incur penalties and additional costs. Therefore, we strongly urge all meeting participants to stay in the conference hotels. Consequently, guests not staying at one of the official hotels during the conference will be charged a Facilities Usage Fee, a flat fee of $250, to offset penalties and fees. Please note: If your residential address is in St. Louis, Missouri, you are exempt from the Facilities Usage Fee stated above.