The 2011 annual meeting was held January 6-9, 2011 in Boston with events scheduled in the John B. Hynes Memorial Veterans Convention Center, the Boston Marriott Copley Place (headquarters), and the Westin Copley Place Boston. Additional guestrooms and suites will be available at the Sheraton Boston (co-headquarters) and the Boston Park Plaza. The meeting hotels are located in Boston's Back Bay area, connected by climate-controlled walkways and two shopping malls, The Shops at Prudential Center and Copley Place Shopping Galleries, with more than 200 stores and restaurants.