2024 Texas Watermelon Association Annual Convention
When:
November 7-9, 2024
Where: Embassy Suites, McAllen Convention Center
(956) 688-8329
The special room rate will be available until October 21, 2024.
Dear Texas Watermelon Association Family,
We are pleased to announce that our upcoming 58th Annual Convention is in McAllen, Texas at the Embassy Suites by Hilton McAllen Convention Center starting on November 7th through the 9th. Please make sure to book your rooms soon. The room block cutoff is October 21st for the room rate of $189.00 per night. The hotel has graciously extended the special rate from November 6th-11th for those that are coming in early to the Rio Grande Valley or staying late. After 10/21/24, rates and availability are subject to the hotel.
Enclosed in this packet are the convention registration form, sponsorship form and convention schedule. Our theme for this year’s convention is “Denim, Diamonds…and of course, Watermelon!”. We look forward to our schedule of events starting on Thursday night with the President’s Reception. The remainder of convention will take place at the Embassy Suites Hotel.
Please make sure you note which events you will be attending when you register, so we can make sure we have enough food for everyone or that we aren’t paying for too much. We certainly appreciate all of you and we look forward to seeing you in McAllen very soon!
Please mark your calendars as well for our 2025 Texas Watermelon Convention to be hosted in San Antonio, TX November 6th-8th, 2025. We will be announcing the host hotel at the end of our convention banquet on Saturday, November 9th of this year.
Sincerely,
Barbara Duda TWA Secretary/Coordinator
About Texas Watermelon Association
The purpose of the Texas Watermelon Association (TWA) is to promote the production and consumption of Texas Watermelons. TWA constantly seeks to improve the growing, grading, handling, transportation, distribution, and sales of watermelons. The association works to enhance efficiency within the industry, increase profits and provide consumers with a better product. TWA is a proud member of the Texas Department of Agriculture's GO TEXAN program.
HISTORY
The association was originally organized in 1966 under the name Texas Watermelon Growers and Distributors Association. The name was changed in 1978 to Texas Watermelon Association to better reflect the scope of membership and was shortly chartered as a nonprofit organization in 1979. In 1986, the name was changed again to the Texas & Oklahoma Watermelon Association to better reflect the associations membership. In 2006, the name of the Texas chapter was changed back to the Texas Watermelon Association to reflect it's current membership and goals of promoting Texas grown watermelons. The TWA is a member of the National Watermelon Association. The NWA is comprised of nine different state chapters and more than 700 members in 30 States and Canada. Membership is open to the entire watermelon industry.
