Originally Posted by SFOLIS

I am planning to attend AALL annual meeting at St. Louis in mid-July. The meeting is hold at American's Center.

Using Google Map, it looks like Hyatt is 1.1 Miles away, not too much for me to walk. But as a former resident of San Francisco's Tenderloin district(or as my mother calls it, Lower Pacific Height), I also know that 1.1 miles can make huge distance. So how "walkable" is the route between Hyatt and American's Center?

Hyatt is not on the convention hotel list. One of my senior peer (who is on the meeting committee) had been jawboning me to use the official housing service.(For the good of association, etc.) Of course, it's easy for him, he is HHonor Diamond, and the Hampton inn is on the list.

If Hyatt is not "walkable," which of the following will be best second option? I am HGP Dia, SPG Gold, HH Silver, not status with Marriot. The list looks dreadful in term of status benefits potential.

Ren Grand Hotel(headquarter hotel)
Ren St. Louis Suites
Hampton Inn-Gateway Arch
Holiday Inn Select Convention Center
Robert Mayfair Wyndham
Drury Inn Convention Center.