A limited block of rooms at the Federal Government rate has been reserved for conference participants at the following hotels:

Room Blocks	Cut-off Date
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center 5701 Marinelli Road, Bethesda, MD 20852 Telephone: (800) 859-8003 Reference Code: AHRQ Annual Conference	BLOCK FULL
Hyatt Regency Bethesda 7400 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD  20814 Phone: (301) 657-1234 Reference Code: AHRQ Annual Conference	Friday, August 22, 2008
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel 2660 Woodley Road, NW Washington, District Of Columbia 20008 Phone: (202) 328-2000 Reference Code: AHRQ Annual Conference	Friday, August 29, 2008

NOTE: The reservations at the conference rate are subject to availability during the official conference dates and on a first-come, first-serve basis. Once the room block is full, the conference rate is not guaranteed.

There are a number of hotels in the area within close proximity to the Marriott Bethesda North Conference Center. Some of those hotels are listed below. In addition to these hotels, any hotel that is on the Red Line of the Metro system (the Washington, D.C., subway) would provide easy access to the Conference Center. Attendees are encouraged to make reservations as soon as possible because the time of the conference is a very busy season for major meetings in the Washington, D.C., area.

Some Hotels in the Area:
Hilton Hotel 1750 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD  20852 Phone: (301) 468-1100 Web site	The Legacy Rockville Hotel 1775 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD  20852 Phone: (301) 881-2300 Web site
Marriott Bethesda 5151 Pooks Hill Road Bethesda, MD  20814 Phone:  (301) 897-9400 Web site	Marriott Bethesda Suites 6711 Democracy Boulevard Bethesda, MD  20817 Phone: (301) 897-5600 Web site
Bethesda Court Hotel 7740 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD  20814 Phone: (301) 656-2100 Web site	Residence Inn by Marriott 7335 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD  20814 Phone: (301) 718-0200 Web site
DoubleTree Bethesda Hotel 8120 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD  20814 Phone: (301) 652-2000 Web site