Mid america Fenton Gala 2025

This is such a great hotel for the Gala!  

All rooms are two room suites with a king size bed or two double beds and the sofa folds out for another bed.  There is a complimentary hot breakfast buffet and a late afternoon  “Manager’s Reception” cocktail party for guests staying at the hotel.   Check for exact hours when you check in.  Please note: This is a non-smoking hotel.   Parking is free.

Reservations at the Embassy Suites are now available at the Gala rate of $145/night plus taxes.

Includes:

• Hot Breakfast Buffet
• Evening "Manager's Reception" Cocktail Party

Call for reservations on a weekday:  816-891-7788.

Be sure to tell them you are with “Fenton Glass Gala" to get the Gala Rate

This rate is good through August 20, 2025

If you require a Wi-Fi connection in your room, you will be charged a daily fee.  If you are a Hilton Honors member, your connection is free.  You can join Hilton Honors and earn points towards future stays at all participating properties for FREE.  

If you need to cancel your hotel room reservation, please email our Gala Committee member who coordinates with the hotel, Connie Duncan, so that we won’t lose a Gala Rate blocked room.  

Kansas City has a new airport terminal!  

The airport is in the same location, but the free hotel  shuttle service procedure is different.   Once you arrive and have collected your baggage, call the hotel on your cell phone at 816-891-7788.   They will send the shuttle.     Follow the signs for hotel shuttles and go to the green columns 3E-H and wait for pick-up.

You are encouraged to sell Fenton Glass from your room.  We plan lots of time for “shopping the rooms.”  

1.  Make your hotel reservation.
2. Contact Connie Duncan directly for room assignment details.
3. The hotel has tables available for $25.00 (plus tax) each for length of stay.  Please bring your own table covers and/or skirting unless you would prefer the hotel to furnish white tablecloths.  The tables are 30 inches wide by 72 inches long.  Let Connie know when you contact her.
4. When doing your registration online, there is an item for selling glass out of your room.  Your can also reserve any tables needed.  Please note:  If you do your registration online and request to sell glass out of your room, you MUST contact Connie for room assignment details.  Doing this online only alerts us that you have the desire to sell glass.  It does not assign your room.

For a few years now, we have had mounting complaints about how rooms are assigned for those selling glass.  There are many who want to sell substantial pieces of glass that have been denied the second floor.  Therefore, we are going to institute new requirements beginning Gala 2025.

• You must have a reservation booked at the hotel before any assignment is made. 
• You must be registered for the Gala before your room is assigned.  
  • We will not begin assigning rooms until registration is open in June.
  • For those of you who have the same room every year, we will do our best to honor your request, but this is not guaranteed.  
  • According to the policy of the hotel, guests that are in rooms on the second floor that wish to  extend their stay will not be moved.  This may cause a change in your room assignment.  This is beyond our control.  This is a rare occurrence.
  • Any arrangements for room assignments made directly with the hotel, if you are selling glass, without going through the Gala chair will be barred from the second and third floor for the current and next year.
• You must guarantee to have at least 25 pieces of glass to sell out of your room.  If you violate this requirement, you will be barred from the second floor the next year.  There are no exceptions to this requirement.  If you find after you reserve a room on the second floor and you will not be able to fulfill this requirement, the Gala chair must be notified at least two weeks prior to the Gala so your room can be offered to another attendee on the waiting list who wishes to sell glass.

Please note:

• If you are not  selling glass, we will no longer be assigning rooms.  
• You cannot request a second or third floor room through the hotel.  Any attempt to do so  will result in being barred from those floors in the future.
  • The hotel will assign you a room upon check-in if you are not selling glass
  • If you need a handicap room, you may request this in advance for floors other than the second or third. Handicap rooms are very limited in this hotel. Book early.
• This hotel is equipped with 3 elevators that access all floors.
• You are responsible for making your reservations and registrations. No follow up will be done to remind attendees to do this.
• The third floor will be used as overflow when the second floor is completely booked.

If you would like a printed copy of this policy, click here.