To serve you better - Special Libraries Association designates official conference hotels

Information Outlook, Feb, 2002

After reviewing many hotels in the vicinity, SLA has agreed to designate the following hotels as its official conference hotels.

Why should you book your accommodations through the Housing Bureau using one of the official conference hotels?

* To ensure the best possible rates and added amenities, SLA needed to commit to a particular number of bookings at each hotel. We need your help fulfilling those commitments!

* The more rooms booked this year through the Housing Bureau, the better rates we'll be able to negotiate for next year's conference site.

* Booking through the Housing Bureau enables SLA to better anticipate attendance at conference events and plan accordingly.

* Booking through the Housing Bureau is fast and easy -- we've done all the busy work for you!

Please help SLA get the most for your conference dollars by staying at one of the hotels listed below!

Headquarters:

The Westin Bonaventure 404 S. Figueroa Street

This landmark, located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles business district, is six blocks from the Los Angeles Convention Center and within walking distance of all major office buildings, attractions, restaurants, museums, and theaters. A gleaming cluster of five glass towers, the 35-story Westin features a six-level atrium lobby housing a five-story shopping gallery and a one-acre indoor lake. There are 40 shops, boutiques, and restaurants to choose from in the gallery. Rooms feature cable television, in-room movies, private bars, two telephones, hair dryers, irons and ironing boards, video checkout, and luxurious down pillows.

Guest Services: valet/laundry, 24-hour room service, business center, multilingual staff, currency exchange, in-room safes, child-care referral, physician referral, concierge, FAX, Telex, car rental, non-smoking floors, atrium shopping gallery, wheelchair access, and more.

Recreational Facilities: adjacent state-of-the-art fitness facility including tennis courts, is available to hotel guests for a nominal fee. Off the fourth level is an outdoor heated pool, deck and grassy park, set amidst the towering skyscrapers of downtown.

Room Rates: Single - $179; Double - $199

Additional Facilities:

Figueroa Hotel 939 S. Figueroa Street

The Figueroa Hotel can best be described as a fun ecclectic boutique hotel with a Mediterranean-Spanish decor. A twelve-story Mediterranean-style hotel (1926) located one and 1/2 blocks from the convention center and 16 miles from the airport. Rooms come with climate control, color TV, and phone. The hotel does have an outdoor heated pool, jacuzzi, garden, and gift shop.

Room Rates: Single - $114; Double - $118

Holiday Inn L.A. City Center 1020 S. Figueroa Street

Multistory commercial hotel is located one block from the convention center and 15 miles from the LA airport. The rooms are air-conditioned, with phone, radio and color TV. Suites are available and the hotel has nonsmoker's floors. The hotel does have room service, restaurant, cocktail lounge, and a patio bar. Swimming pool and sundeck are available.

Room Rates: Single - $145; Double - $145

Hyatt Regency Los Angeles 711 S. Hope Street

Internationally renowned luxury hotel is centrally located in downtown's business center, within walking distance of the Convention Center. The hotel is located at MCI Center, which also houses the Broadway Plaza shopping mall. The downtown contemporary luxury hotel features a dramatic lobby, 443 deluxe, spacious guest rooms with marble bathrooms, and 42 custom-designed suites.

Guest Services: valet/laundry, room service, concierge, currency exchange, turndown service, FAX, data port hook-up, car rental, non-smoking rooms, multilingual staff, gift shop, and handicapped access.

Recreational Facilities: The California lifestyle is yours to embrace with the Hyatt's fully equipped complimentary fitness facilities, including Lifecycles and Stairmasters, and an adjoining outdoor sundeck and spa.

Room Rates: Single - $179; Double - $204

Los Angeles Athletic Club 431 W. 7th Street

This downtown hotel is close to the Federal Building. Guest rooms come with hair dryers, an iron/ironing board, bathrobes, a phone, a data port, a minibar, and a coffee maker. The hotel has rooms for nonsmokers. The facility does have three restaurants and two bars for hotel guests. Recreational facilities include an indoor swimming pool, basketball/volleyball, indoor running track, racquetball, handball, squash, spa with steam Jacuzzi, sauna, and massage. Parking is available.

Room Rates: Single - $134; Double - $134

Marriott Downtown

Los Angeles

333 S. Figueroa Street

All rooms have individual climate control, two telephones, modem access and voice mail, color TV, alarm clock radio, cable movie channels, in-mom pay movies, mini-bar, in-mom safe, and coffee maker. "The Room That Works" available at extra charge. The hotel is located diagonally across the street from the Headquarters Hotel.

Room Rates: Single - $175; Double - $175.

The Millenium Biltmore

Hotel

506 S. Grand Avenue

The Millenium Biltmore is located at the comer of Fifth Street and Grand Avenue, in the financial and cultural heart of Los Angeles. The Music Center, Civic Center, theaters, shopping and restaurants are within a few blocks of the hotel, and LAX is just 17 miles away.