[JPL] 2008 JazzWeek Summit dates and location announced

[Ed Trefzger]

Hi All,

We have a confirmed contract for a location and dates for the 2008 
JazzWeek Summit.

We will be meeting at the same location as in 2006, the Clarion 
Riverside Hotel in Rochester, N.Y., coinciding with the final three days 
of the Rochester International Jazz Festival, which this year drew 
121,000 people. The dates are June 19-21, 2008.

Hotel reservation information will be available shortly and conference 
registration will open later this summer.

The Clarion Riverside is undergoing a complete renovation and 
modernization of all guest rooms, which will be completed in Feb. 2008. 
Despite this, we have been able to negotiate with the hotel's new sales 
manager a lower room rate than in 2006: a single- or double-occupancy 
rate booked through the summit will be at $89 per night. That rate 
extends from the Monday before to the Monday after the summit for those 
who would like to take in more of the festival or tour the region.

In addition, the hotel's restaurant and lounge are under new management, 
with more casual seating available in the bar area, including leather 
couches and chairs.

The hotel has also extended a more favorable rate for meeting space, so 
we are going to be able to reduce our registration rates from 2006 as well.

Opportunities will be available for artist appearances; sponsorship of 
continental breakfasts, afternoon refreshments and the awards brunch; 
and promotional items for the summit gift bag. In addition, those 
wishing to provide other hospitality at the summit will be able to 
arrange this with hotel.  Parts of the hotel are open for outside 
beverages and/or catering while the conference level areas are only 
available for food and beverage service through the hotel.

We will follow with more information as it becomes available.  More 
summit details and the opening of registration will coincide with the 
relaunch of the JazzWeek website and magazine later this summer.

Ed