Book before January 8 to lock in your early-bird discount at the Conference 2010 hotel

Posted by conference on January 3, 2010 under Blog: New Postings, Registration Updates | Comments are off for this article

Conference organizers have negotiated an excellent rate at the Doubletree by Hilton–Toronto Airport. In fact, the early-bird rates match the OGS Seminar 2004 rate at the same hotel! So if you need accommodation, act before January 8 to lock in the rate for your room—even if you haven’t yet registered for Conference. After all, if your plans change, you can adjust your reservation (or even cancel) without penalty on 24 hours notice.

For more about accommodation at Conference, including rates, special-needs rooms, roommate matching and so on, please visit the “Accommodation” page of the Conference website.

Back in the summer, Conference volunteers toured the Doubletree, including not only the public spaces where our events will be held, but also typical guest rooms. We were suitably impressed with our tour.

Conference registrants arriving by public transit will enter the Doubletree at the north end of the hotel, near the front desk. Visible across Dixon Road are off-site eateries, like Tim Hortons, Swiss Chalet and Milestones. In the hotel, you will find several restaurants and bars: the Orchid Café, where many conference attendees will have breakfast and other casual meals, Alfredo’s (northern Italian and Continental), Ginko (classical Japanese), Grand Chinese Cuisine (dim sum and elegant traditional dishes) and Harry’s Bar. For more information, see the “Meals” page.

Also on the main floor are the west entrance from the parking lot, a small retail area, and the pool and fitness centre. (See floor plan, below.)

The Plaza conference centre, where OGS Conference 2010 will be held, is on the second floor. Our registration area will be at the bottom of the stairs, but there’s an escalator and an elevator, too. Getting lost will be a virtual impossibility and everything is extremely compact. At the top of the stairs, escalator and elevator, the spacious Plaza foyer will be home to a number of activities and will serve as a gathering place. The 10,000 square-foot Marketplace and almost all meeting rooms are all clustered around this foyer.

And to top it all off, all sectors of the hotel, both public spaces and guest rooms, have complimentary wi-fi access.

We were impressed with the facilities, the attention to detail, and the staff at the Doubletree—and confident that it will be a great venue for OGS Conference 2010.

Fully wheelchair accessible, the Doubletree by Hilton–Toronto Airport, is located near Toronto Pearson International Airport, close to highways 401 and 427, and convenient to GO Transit and TTC (Toronto Transit Commission). For more information about the location and directions, please visit the “Location” page.

A SPECIAL NOTE:
If you have tried to reach us this weekend at conference2010@ogs.on.ca, your message may have been returned. We expect the problem to be resolved on Monday, January 4. If you want to reach us before then, please use info@torontofamilyhistory.org. We apologize for any inconvenience.