The link to reserve rooms online at the Renaissance Grand & Suites, the St. Louis convention hotel, is available here. You will be directed to the hotel’s home page with the code already entered in the appropriate field. All you need to do is enter your arrival date to begin the reservation process.
Some people reserving rooms have noted that the online system returns a message that says room types cannot be guaranteed. If you make room reservations and request a room with two double beds, your immediate feedback from the hotel will be that they are not available. This is due to some software system they have that can’t be overridden as to the response.
However, if you provide them with your e-mail address when making your reservation, you should subsequently receive an email from hotel staff saying that the room(s) with two double beds are reserved for you. We have all 475 of the hotel’s double-double rooms held aside for our convention.
St. Louis convention attendees will be able to view a special exhibit created by Pictures of the Year International (POYi) at the Missouri School of Journalism. Pictures of the Year International is the oldest and one of the most prestigious photojournalism programs in the world. POYi presents public exhibitions to engage and educate citizens about their world and the role of a free press in a democratic society. The POYi 50-Print Traveling Exhibit is a collection of the most significant documentary photography culled from winners in the 66th annual POYi competition. The display includes 18×24 inch prints from a wide selection of news, sports, feature, and issue reporting photography. Pictures of the Year International is a program of the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. You can see some of the most recent winners of POYi contests at their Web site,