wfn.org | Marriott Hotel Price Reduction for RCCongress 2010 in Chicago

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> Religion Communication Congress 2010
> April 7-10, 2010 - Chicago

Congress Newsletter Issue: #17  February 18, 2010

> A Price Reduction from the Hotel!

The Marriott Chicago Downtown Hotel has informed us that the room 
rate for RCCongress 2010 has been reduced by $20.

The new room rate is $169 per night, a great deal for conference participants.

Register now and take advantage of this great offer!

> http://www.rccongress2010.org/registration

Honey Bees and Herb Gardens featured at Chicago Marriott Downtown

http://www.rccongress2010.org/news/marriottgarden.shtml

> RCCongress 2010 flower

When we picked a red flower with a green leaf as part of the logo 
for RCCongress 2010, we had no idea it would tie in so neatly with 
our convention hotel.

The Marriott Chicago Downtown Hotel is known for a number of its 
unique initiatives, including an in-house honey-making operation and 
an herb and vegetable garden located on its own roof. The projects 
are part of the Marriott's efforts to be environmentally responsible 
by engaging in green activities.

Each spring, the hotel releases upon Chicago's flora some 200,000 
Italian five-striped honey bees, which fly from its Michigan Avenue 
location to Grant Park, Lincoln Park - wherever there are flowers in 
the city - to pollinate the buds, before heading back to three 
beehives housed on the hotel's ninth floor.

Once home - and they always return - the bees begin producing the 
honey used in hotel desserts and pastries, and in the honey wheat 
craft beer made by a local brewer and sold in the hotel lobby.

Banquet Chef Nathan Duensing says they were amazed by the bees' 
prodigious output when they first began producing honey last year.

"We were expecting about 50 pounds of honey from the bees but we 
actually got about 200 pounds from the bees," Duensing said before 
explaining the floral scent that characterizes the honey.

Read more about the Chicago Marriott Downtown's bees, rooftop 
gardens, and other green initiatives

http://www.rccongress2010.org/news/marriottgarden.shtml

> Early Bird Reminder

Religion Communication Congress 2010: April 7-10, 2010 in Chicago 
Save $25 when you register for this once-decade religion 
communication event by March 1.

> http://www.rccongress2010.org/registration

Please forward this e-mail to your friends and colleagues and share 
the discount.

Visit the RCCongress 2010 Newsletter Archive to read previous issues.

http://www.rccongress2010.org/news/newsletterarchives.shtml

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