Sheraton Fort Worth Hotel and Spa

Our convention was at the Fort Worth Plaza Hotel. My roommate was the convention's organizers, so we shared the "Presidential suite" with BookCrossing's founders.

Overall, the hotel seemed to be in need of a freshening up. It was last renovated in 1999 and some things like the elevators and bathrooms seemed like they were about ready for another one. They had started to install high speed internet access in all of the guest rooms, however the company that was doing it got fired and only the 12th floor and a few other rooms were completed.

The elevators were quite slow and unreliable. The staff is well meaning and friendly, however most of them seem ill-informed and somewhat lost.

Unique Quality: The Fort Worth Plaza Hotel is quite convenient to Sundance Square, and with the ITC so close, it is easy to get back and forth from different parts of the city.

We were impressed that the staff really got into the spirit of our book club. Several of them brought their own books in to swap and wore the bookcrossing buttons we gave them. We had absolutely no complaints about the meeting facilities at the hotel.

Directions: On Commerce Street, at Lancaster. Near the Intermodal Transportation Center.