Okay FinTwit, we have the links setup from @JW_Orlando and @RC_Orlando so you can start booking your rooms for the @FinTwitConf during Columbus Day weekend (October 8-10, 2021)
We have 200 rooms blocked off at the JW Marriott Orlando (@JW_Orlando) and 150 rooms blocked off at The Ritz Carlton Orlando (@RC_Orlando)
We negotiated a room rate of $239/night at both hotels -- they are right next to each other and share amenities including the pools.
Once these 350 rooms are gone there's no guarantee we'll be able to get more rooms at these two properties and there's no guarantee the rate will be $239/night so hurry up and book ASAP.
The actual conference on Saturday October 9th will be in the ballroom at the JW Marriott
It’s official — the FinTwit Conference in Orlando over Columbus Day weekend has the green light 🚀
I signed the contract today. Now I’m just waiting for the sales team to send over the our special reservation links so everyone can book their rooms and get the negotiated rates.
I’ll be launching a website tomorrow with all the details, schedules, speakers, tickets and hotel reservation links so make sure you fill out this form to ensure you get that email
Between the keynote speakers, breakout sessions and panels we'll have approximately 12 speakers in total.
Since attendees will have to pick which breakout sessions to attend it means they'll miss some however everyone that buys a ticket will also get the recordings for free.
We've negotiated a block of rooms at both properties for $239/night plus $20 resort fee (down from $40 normally).
We've also decided to do all the content/speaking in one day (Saturday from 9am-1pm) instead of breaking it up over two days which just increases F&B costs.
This means the new schedule would be:
Friday 6-8pm: happy hour (cash bar)
Saturday 8-9am: buffet breakfast (included)
Saturday 9am-12:30pm: speakers, breakout sessions, panels (included)
Saturday 12:30-1:15pm: lunch (included)
Saturday afternoon: OPEN
Sunday: OPEN
On a related note, we got a perfect bounce off the trend line today for $UPST -- this could be the near term bottom that many investors and large funds have been waiting for post-IPO lockup expiration which was three weeks ago.
Lastly, here's a recent interview with Sam Sidhu, COO of Customers Bank (one of $UPST's bank partners); they've been working with $UPST for several years and are now processing $100+ million of consumer loans per month through the $UPST platform.