Happy new year! Each year the hotel sells out. The room rate that we have at the Royal Palm was valid through Dec 19.

Our staff are busy looking for other hotel alternatives now. But, the $189/night rate for a hotel of that caliber will be nearly impossible to get. We found the Continental Hotel on Kayak for something like $129 a night. (We needed extra rooms for our staff).

Here is a link of hotels on Kayak (sorted by price: Jan 22-27) :
http://bit.ly/v6T14C

Best of luck. You should find a place without a problem.

If you are checking this the week before the event, check the Royal Palm hotel....sometimes people cancel their room reservations.

Marc Lesnick

We have found the Wyndham Garden Hotel at South Beach Miami @ $150/night on Kayak.com.

The Wyndham Garden is at 1050 Washington Avenue (11th and Washington), 1 mile from the event and 0.6 miles from the Royal Palm Hotel (where the iDate Awards will be held Jan 24).

We're still working on other hotels. But its a Wyndham in South Beach with an extremely economic price.

Most other good hotels are $300+ per night.

Please people... You know this event is every year here. Those that came before know you need to plan your travel early as the hotel always sells out.

Marc Lesnick
Conference Organizer
Internet Dating Conference

Here is the correct link for the Wyndham Garden Hotel at South Beach Miami @ $150/night on Kayak.com.

Marc Lesnick
Conference Organizer
Internet Dating Conference

Some of you wanted hotels closer to the Convention Center...(while the Wyndam is $150/night - its a 20 minute walk - I guess some of you don't have New Year's Resolutions to save money and get more exercise... ;-) ) So we found the following for you:

1) The Betsy Hotel - 14th & Ocean Drive - Special sale via Jetsetter.com for $250/night + which includes upgrades, daily breakfast for 2 and some cocktails. (Ranked #2 on Trip Advisor.)

2) Townhouse Hotel ($215/night on Tablet Hotels & Travelocity) @20th St. around the beach, modern, ranked #30 on Trip Advisor. Trip advisor is offering a 20% off deal for January.

3) Catalina Hotel ($100- 130/night -- $122 on Kayak) - 17th & Collins - geared toward a 'younger'/hip? crowd. #45 on Trip Advisor

4) Riviera Suites (Just went up from $160 to $220/night $194 /night on Kayak) - VERY close to the convention center (2000 Liberty Avenue) - ranked #62 on Trip Adviser - mixed reviews, mostly ok.

If anyone sees anything - please post here.

Marc Lesnick
Conference Organizer
iDate Dating Industry SuperConference
http://www.idate2012.com

We've heard the rates posted above have gone up a bit.

Now is a good time to also recheck with the Royal Palm, sometimes they get last minute cancellations.

Marc Lesnick