A three-day card and a four-day convention
The PVA Annual Convention at MariTrends 2027 runs at the Tampa Convention Center, 333 S Franklin St, Tampa, FL 33602. The City of Tampa event card reads Fri, Jan 22 2027, 8am to Sun, Jan 24 2027, 3pm. Event Status reads Scheduled. Free/Open to the public reads Yes. Location reads Tampa Convention Center West Exhibit Hall and Meeting Rooms.
The organiser publishes a longer run. The Passenger Vessel Association dates the convention Jan. 21-24, 2027 in Tampa. The MariTrends registration portal dates the event Thu, January 21, 2027 to Sun, January 24, 2027. Its summary agenda opens Wednesday, January 20 with committee meetings, a committee working lunch, exhibitor move-in, a welcome reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and a leadership dinner from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Hold both dates. The city window starts at 8 a.m. Friday. The programme starts at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
The published grid
Friday, January 22: past presidents coffee 8 to 9 a.m., education sessions 9 a.m. to noon, general session 1 to 2 p.m., education sessions 2 to 5 p.m., exhibit hall 2 to 6 p.m., happy hour in the hall 5 to 6 p.m., gala dinner 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, January 23: education sessions 8 a.m. to noon, exhibit hall 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., exhibit hall lunch noon to 1 p.m., general session 1 to 2 p.m., education sessions 2 to 3 p.m., Captain Call competition reception 3 to 5 p.m., Passenger Vessel Foundation Region Competition 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., exhibitor move-out 5 to 8 p.m., Emerging Leaders reception 6 to 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, January 24: exhibitor move-out 8 a.m. to noon, Passenger Vessel Operators Day 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., PVA Board of Directors meeting 3 to 4:30 p.m.
The two windows a day room fills
Arrival sits before Friday. An operator who lands Wednesday for the welcome reception holds bags until a 4 p.m. check-in. Thursday carries education sessions from 9 a.m., an opening general session at 1 p.m., exhibit hall hours of 2 to 6:30 p.m. and an opening reception from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
Departure sits after the Sunday close. Operators Day ends at 3 p.m. The board meeting runs 3 to 4:30 p.m. A day room carries the hours between a morning check-out and an evening flight.
The downtown day set opens at 10 a.m.
No Downtown Tampa day card opens before 10 a.m. in the Dayuse set read on 21 Oct 2026.
Aloft Tampa Downtown runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Westin Tampa Waterside runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hotel Flor Tampa Downtown, Tapestry Collection by Hilton at 905 N Florida Ave runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hotel Flor's 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. window is the longest of the three and the only one that runs past a 3 p.m. close.
Downtown rates on 21 October 2026
Dayuse lists 13 properties on its Tampa page, and three sit downtown.
Aloft Tampa Downtown: $109 for the slot plus a $7 booking fee, $116 at checkout, against a $250 overnight rate.
The Westin Tampa Waterside: $129 plus a $9 fee, $138 at checkout, against $330 overnight.
Hotel Flor Tampa Downtown: $139 plus a $9 fee, $148 at checkout, against $240 overnight.
The page publishes no city average day rate. Re-price on the day of booking.
Walk distance from 333 S Franklin St
The venue nearby-hotels page carries its own figures. The Westin Tampa Waterside, 725 S Harbour Island Blvd, sits 0.3 miles out. Aloft Tampa Downtown, 100 W Kennedy Blvd, sits 0.6. The Floridan Palace Hotel, 905 N Florida Ave, sits 1 mile. The same page lists Le Méridien Tampa, The Courthouse at 0.7 miles and again at 1 mile.
Hotel Flor runs a complimentary shuttle on a three-mile radius and puts the convention center within 10 minutes, by its own card description.
The airport run
Tampa International sits about 8.5 road miles from 333 S Franklin St, a drive the OSRM routing estimate puts at 19 minutes.
The downtown day rooms open at 10 a.m., two hours after the 8 a.m. start the city event card publishes for Friday.
Parking
Front Drive at 333 S Franklin St holds 36 metered spaces at $4 an hour, open Monday to Sunday 8 a.m. to midnight, with no overnight parking. The Tampa Convention Center garage at 141 E Brorein St holds 454 spaces at an event rate of $5.00 to $50.00. Its non-event rate runs $3 an hour to an $18 daily maximum, with a 6 ft 6 in clearance.
Saturday carries a city parade
The Children Gasparilla Parade runs Saturday, January 23, 2027 along Bayshore Boulevard from Bay to Bay Blvd to Edison Ave. gasparillapiratefest.com lists a 1.5-mile route and an alcohol-free event, with the parade window at 3:30 to 6 p.m.
Book the Saturday slot before the Friday one.
Florida restricts day-use booking
hotelslots.org states on its home page that Florida, Hawaii, Iowa and Washington restrict day-use bookings under state travel laws. The platform directory carries no Florida page: /directory/florida returns a 404 with a 2-byte body on 21 Oct 2026.
Reserve Tampa day rooms direct with the property. The platform publishes 30 to 75 percent off nightly on its home page and 40 to 60 percent on its day-use page.
Registration for the convention
The MariTrends portal lists vessel member registration at $985, government registration at $985, associate registration without a booth at $2,195, exhibit booth staff at $575 and a spouse or non-member guest at $575. Booth space sells at $2,195 with 56 of 115 spaces left on 21 Oct 2026.
