We will be there with a nice selection of torts. See you there!
For hotels, I usually get on Priceline and do the "name your own price" thing. I bid $80/night for 3.5 star rating and got one downtown real close to the venue. Don't remember the hotel, but Priceline is the way to shop for hotels (unless you need it to be at a specific hotel). The location is random, but price is always good in comparison to the star rating (quality) of the hotel. Hard part is finding a parking spot nearby for the trailer!
We are bringing some, but not massive amounts.... It's a lot of weight in the trailer to bring in addition to all the glass show tanks and Mazuri; just in the past hasn't been a real high priority to load up on (it's a long way to take it and work and effort for very little value in a show setting). If you're there on Saturday we'll have some; mostly 1 cubic foot bags (the previous bags were 2 CF, but we are out of those). I hope to sell out of it on Saturday or early Sunday because I think I would rather leave it on the curb in San Diego than haul it back to Vegas