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University
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Directors: An on-campus hotel, Hotel Alma, reserved a block of Euro-Style rooms for Conference participants at $125 a night. These rooms have now all been booked. The Rozsa Centre, the site of the Conference, is next door to the hotel -- a hop, skip, and jump from the front door of the hotel. ----- You may also reserve traditional dormitory rooms at $51.30 a night. Each includes two single beds, desks, dressers, and a minifridge. Washroom and shower facilities are shared by gender with other guests on each floor. Basic daily housekeeping is provided, with linens changed every three days. Common lounges on floors 2 thorugh 7 each have a TV. Reservations for both the Alma Hotel and the dormitory rooms may be made by phone: 403.220.2588 or 877.498.3202 or via email: stay@hotelalma.ca. The fax is 403.284.4184. Please refer to the International Hume Society when reserving your room. All rates are subject to GST (5%) and the Alberta Tourism Levy (4%). You should note that only a limited number of rooms have been reserved. ----- If you are unable to obtain accommodations at the University, you should try what is called Motel Village, a large number of hotels within walking distance of the University on 16th Avenue near, and on, Banff Trail NW. The easiest way to find these is to use Google Map, put in Hotel Alma, Calgary, Alberta, and when the information about the Hotel Alma comes up on the left-hand side of the screen, go to the Search function just below it and put in 'motels.' A new map will appear with the cluster of motels called Motel Village to the southeast of the University. Among the motels there are the Best Western Village Park Inn, a Super 8, Econo Lodge Motel Village, Canadas Best Value Inn, Centro Hotel, Travelodge Calgary University, Savory Lodge, Banff Trail Motel, and EconoLodge Inn and Suites University. You can find information about hotels in Calgary at the official Calgary website, and, of course, TripAdvisor gives detailed comments. The offical website also provides information about other forms of accommodation -- guest ranches, hostels, B&Bs, and so on. There are several hotels downtown -- the Fairmont Palliser and the Hotel Arts, among others. If you go to Expedia or some other such site, you may be able to get a good deal. These hotels are at least 30 minutes by train from the University. Those who want more detailed information about B&B's in Calgary should look at a local list as well as two different national directories, Canadian Bed & Breakfasts and Bed and Breakfast. You may also go to Google maps and do what I suggested for finding motels near the University except put in B&Bs for the search. You will find one, unreviewed, relatively near the University. ---- We will also be posting information about breakfast, lunch, dinner, and the banquet. There are dining facilities on campus, but we will also provide a list of restaurants in nearby neighborhoods.
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