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NBWA’s 87th Annual Convention and Product Showcase is less than one month away! Here are six reasons you can’t miss this year’s event:

1. See today’s hottest new beverages in the sold-out Product Showcase, featuring 150 beverage brands and service providers
2. Network with distributors, suppliers and retailers from across the world at our networking events
3. All-star speakers: Heineken USA CEO Maggie Timoney, Boston Beer Co. Chairman Jim Koch, Athletic Brewing Co. CEO Bill Shufelt,  former Barstool CEO Erika Ayers Badan, POLITICO’s Jonathan Martin & more
4. Exclusive firsthand insight into what distributors of all brands and sizes are seeing in their market
5. The only event where you can meet hundreds of distributor decision makers from all networks in one place
6. Explore the industry’s future at the biggest Making Moves lineup yet, featuring visionary leaders from global brands and today’s buzziest startups

If you want to understand where the beer and beverage industry is going, you need to be in San Diego this Oct. 1-2. Join leaders from across the industry and explore the products and technology that will define its future.

Register for NBWA’s Annual Convention

Hotel Accommodations

As of today, the official room block at the conference hotel (Manchester Grand Hyatt) is sold out. But there are plenty of other affordable options that put you right near the action:

• Embassy Suites, located across the street from the Hyatt, about a 5 minute walk
• Hilton San Diego Bayfront, located on the waterfront, about a 15 minute walk to the Hyatt
• Hilton San Diego Gaslamp, located in the gas lamp district, about a 12 minute walk to the Hyatt
• Marriott San Diego Gaslamp, located in the Gaslamp district, about a 14 minute walk to the Hyatt