Museums

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32-Inch-Wide Doorway

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Accessible Tables

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Adjoining Rooms

After Hours

Airport Service

Airport Shuttle

ATM

Balcony

Bar/Lounge

Beer/Wine

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Braille or Large Print Menus

Breakfast - Restaurant

Buffet

Bus Parking

Business Center

Buyouts

Cable

Cafe/Coffee Shop

Capacity

Catering

CBE: Certified Business Enterprise

Club Level

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Coffeemaker

Complimentary Breakfast

Concierge

Daily Newspaper

Dinner - Restaurant

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Easels

Educational Programming

Elevator

Fax

Feature Movie

FIT Voucher

Fitness Center

Fitness Center Privileges

Flip Chart

Free Admission

Free Parking

Free Wifi

Full Bar

Full Menu

Game Console

Green/LEED Certified

Group Dining

Group Minimum

Guided tours available

Hair Dryer

Handicap Parking

Handicapped access

Happy Hour

In-room Safe

Iron/Board

Kitchenettes

Late Night

Laundry Service

Limousine Service

Live Music

Lunch - Restaurant

Microwave Oven

Mini-Bar

Minimum Hours for Charter

Motor Coach Parking

Motor Coach Parking off site

Motor Coach Parking on site

Motor Coach/Bus Parking

Multilingual

Multilingual Staff

Multilingual Tour Guides

Non-Profit Organization

Open to public

Outdoor Seating

Owned by Person(s) with Disabilities

Pet Friendly

Portable Stages

Private Dining

Private Tour

Produces public facing events

Refrigerator

Reservation

Restroom

Rooftop Dining

Room Service

Sauna/Steam Room

Semi-Private dining

Sensory-Friendly Options

Separate Dressing Area

Set Menu

Shoe Shine

Smoking Permitted

Spa/Salon

Speakerphone

Sustainability District Member

T1/T3

Takeout

Taxi Service

Tennis/Racquetball Courts

Turn-Down Service

Type of Vehicles

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Veteran Owned

Voicemail

Wheelchair Ramp

White board

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Wifi in the room

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