American Orff-Schulwerk Association
AOSA 2011 Professional Development Conference
Pittsburgh, PA
November 9 - 12, 2011
Important Hotel Information
TREAT YOURSELF!You'll have a better conference experience in the conference hotel!
That's obvious. But there are other reasons that you need to consider before you look at another hotel.
Did you know? read on…
- Your conference planners take the role of finding a conference site very seriously. Location, attendees’ needs, meeting spaces, and quality service are all taken into consideration.
- Conference hotels provide discounted rates for meeting room spaces, catering, and other services in exchange for a guaranteed number of attendees staying at the hotel and filling the room block. Conference planners depend upon the attendees to stay at the conference hotels to meet the contracted numbers. If the room block is not filled AOSA must pay for these rooms anyway. Unfilled rooms can cost AOSA thousands of dollars. This can affect not only the current conference but future negotiations.
- Room rates are negotiated and are discounted from their normal room rate.
The bottom line is that staying at the conference hotel gives you a better conference experience AND helps keep registration rates low.
So...please do your part…find some roommates…support the conference…support AOSA
and stay at a conference hotel!
Hotels
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Live the Experience!
Stay at a Conference Hotel
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There are always conference attendees in the lobby and public spaces! |
It’s much easier to network at the conference hotel! |
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It’s convenient to run back to your room for a break! |
It’s a quick trip to meeting rooms. |
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HOTEL >> |
The Westin |
Omni William Penn |
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single |
THE WESTIN IS NOW COMPLETELY SOLD OUT. PLEASE MAKE YOUR SLEEPING ROOM RESERVATION AT THE OMNI. |
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$192.66 |
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double |
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$192.66 |
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triple |
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$204.06 |
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quad |
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$215.46 |
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Hotel Info:
The Westin Convention Center
The Westin is completely sold out. Please make your sleeping room reservations at the Omni.
Omni William Penn Hotel
Address: 530 William Penn Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: 1-888-444-OMNI or (412) 281-7100
Cut-off date for these reduced rates is extended to October 20th
(see note below).
Omni Hotel Web site for AOSA Special Rates »»
Check in and check out times for both hotels:
check in: 3:00pm, check out: 12:00 noon
Cut-off Dates:
PLEASE NOTE that the hotels’ reservation cut-off date has been extended to October 20th. The hotels will hold the block of AOSA sleeping rooms until 10/20/11. After this date, the hotel reserves the right to offer these rooms to other guests outside of the AOSA conference. Additionally, any reservations made by AOSA after this cutoff date are subject to availability and a higher room rate.
Ground Transportation:
For shuttle and other info for the Westin, see their Web page.
For shuttle and other info for the Omni, see their Web page.
More info on ground transportation from the airport:
Neither hotel provides shuttle service to and from the airport. Here are some suggestions from Diane, who has tried them all.
• The Super Shuttle can be arranged on line at http://www.supershuttle.com/Default.aspx A round trip fare costs about $40 plus tip. It does stop at other hotels so it may not be a direct route.
• Taxis are available. The more people you have the better. One taxi with three people cost close to $18.00 but with six, it is much more affordable at $8.00. The cheapest was the X28 Airport Flyer. This is a public bus that you can get at the airport between exits 6 and 7. For $3.25 (exact change) you can ride downtown and get let off near the hotels. It does drop off and pick up passengers en route, but ordinarily takes about 35 minutes. It runs every 20 minutes on weekdays and every half hour on the weekend. At rush hour it may take longer. Get off at Liberty/Wood St. You will still have to walk around 3 blocks to each hotel. Daytime-not a problem; evening-travel in groups. For schedule and map visit: http://www.portauthority.org/PAAC/tabid/241/default.aspx
Megabus
Consider this low cost transportation if you are coming from Akron, Buffalo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Detroit, Erie, Frederick, Harrisburg, New York, Niagara Falls, Philadelphia, Toledo, Toronto, or Washington D.C. For those who have access to Megabus-it drops you off right at the Convention Center. Skip the parking fees and have fun with your friends on the way. Check with the bus 
driver before breaking out into canons. NBT member Lissa Ray has tested this method of transportation. Don't count on the Wi-Fi but there are places to plug in chargers for your laptops and phones. A three block walk will get you to either conference hotel.
Link to Megabus
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