Feb. 4th Kicks Off Room Sign Ups for 39th National Arts and Crafts Conference
by Kate Nixon
Date Announced For Reserving Your Grove Park Inn room in 2025
The starting date to make a reservation for a 2026 National Arts and Crafts weekend package at the Grove Park Inn kicks off tomorrow!
The Omni Grove Park Inn. Starting tomorrow February 4th, the Omni call center will start accepting room reservations for the 2026 National Arts and Crafts Conference.
Every year before you make your 2026 reservation, there are a few things to keep in mind before you call.
1. The Dates
Reservations for the 2026 National Arts and Crafts Conference can be made starting tomorrow at the following time:
at 10:00am (EST) on February 4th, 2025.
Those interested in making your reservations for the Grove Park Inn at that time can do so by calling the Grove Park Inn’s call center at (800) 438-5800.
The 2026 National Arts and Crafts Conference & Shows will be held February 20th – 22nd, 2026.
2. A Recent Restoration
According to the Grove Park Inn’s website, the main inn rooms have gone through a restorative design change late last year. The new rooms are designed to accommodate both in comfort and still paying homage to the Craftsman style and the American Arts and Crafts movement. Please visit The GPI’s website page on the renovation.
The newly renovated main inn rooms located in the historic Grove Park Inn.
3. Our Conference room package is under GROUP reservations and you will need to CALL rather than book online
When contacting the Omni reservations call center at (800) 438-5800, please make sure to press #1 for group reservations. In order to get your room at the group rate, you must make sure your reservation is with the National Arts and Crafts Conference group.
Additionally, please make sure you call in rather than book online. Attendees have tried to book online and the wrong rates have applied; please call the Omni line at 800-438-5800 in order to make your reservation in the group reservations.
4. Your room requests are just requests
Due to the popularity of the historic main inn rooms with the large population of conference attendees, Arts & Crafts enthusiasts have first shot at reserving a Main inn room when they call. When speaking with an agent, you are placed in a group room block in the historic main inn. While the Omni reservation agent cannot guarantee any request, Conference Director Kate Nixon works with admin at the Grove Park Inn to assign any requests for modern rooms in the Vanderbilt wing and the Sammons wing. Meanwhile, the office of the National Arts and Crafts Conference will do their best to take special requests into consideration when assigning rooms.
Your information will be sent to the office of director Kate Nixon to organize room requests, which will be filled in the order in which they are received. When making the reservation, you can request your bed preference (king, queen, or two doubles) and, if known, even a specific room number you may have had in the past. When a requested room has already been assigned to an earlier caller, every effort is made to assign the closest room matching the requested description.
5. Paying the deposit
When making the reservation, a credit card number is required to take a deposit to hold the room. The deposit is the amount of the first night’s stay and the remainder of the fee can be paid on arrival. The Grove Park Inn offers full refunds if the cancellation is made eight days before your day of arrival.
As always, if you have any questions about the process, please call the office at (828) 628-1915. Be aware, however, that this office is not connected to the Omni Grove Park Inn’s computer system and cannot make any room reservations from our office. However, this issue can be documented and sent to the Grove Park Inn for further review.
For more information, please visit arts-craftsconference.com.