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AUSTIN, TEXAS
Live Music Capital of the World!
 Austin, Texas is known as the Live Music Capital of the World. Recognized
among the world's top creative cities, Austin supports a thriving arts and
cultural scene. Ranked as the city having the highest creativity index
score in Richard Florida's ground-breaking book "The Rise of the Creative
Class," Austin nurtures scores of musicians, artists, entrepreneurs and a
fabled laid-back lifestyle. Austin is one of only a few U.S. cities with
professional ballet, opera, symphony and theater companies.
ACPM
encourage you to maximize your conference experience by visiting some of
the wonderful attractions Austin has to offer, such as, the
Mexic-Arte Museum
exhibits art traditions of
Mexico;
Arthouse
features changing exhibits of contemporary
Texas artists. The
Austin Museum of Art
maintains collections in two locations, downtown and at Laguna Gloria, a
historic villa on
Lake Austin. A newly expanded
George Washington Carver Museum
reveals the city's deep-rooted African-American heritage with permanent
and changing exhibitions; and the former home and studio of 19th century
sculptress
Elisabet Ney
the city's oldest museum to name a few.
For more
information about Austin and its attractions, please go to
http://www.austintexas.org/visitors/all_about_austin
HOTEL/TRAVEL INFORMATION
Hilton Austin
500
East 4th Street
Austin, Texas 78701
Telephone: 800.236.1592 or
512.682.2700
PLEASE NOTE:
HILTON AUSTIN AND COURTYARD
ARE SOLD OUT!
Call the ACPM Overflow Hotel!
For reservations please call the Residence Inn at
1-800-331-3131.
Please note that
there are no more rooms
available at a group rate.
Preventive Medicine 2008
will be held at the Hilton Austin hotel located in the heart of
downtown in
Austin, Texas.
The Hilton Austin is
one block from the Sixth Street entertainment area and a short stroll to
shopping and dining in the Warehouse Entertainment District and 2nd Street
District; the hotel is also convenient to many attractions such as the
Capitol Building, Bob Bullock Texas Historical Museum and the LBJ
Presidential Library. The Hilton Austin is only seven miles from
Austin Bergstrom
International Airport.
Don’t forget to make your reservations
early!
Getting to Austin, Texas
Austin Bergstrom International Airport
offers 135
departures a day to all major hub airports and a significant number of
point to point service. With 35 nonstop destinations, and 119 direct (same
plane) destinations, ACPM attendees will enjoy easy access to/from the
capital of Texas. All major American airlines serve AUS,
American, United, Continental, Delta, and Northwest, plus four low-fare
carriers, Southwest Airlines, America West/US Airways, JetBlue Airways,
and Frontier Airlines.
ACPM Official Airlines
Preventive Medicine 2008
Conference attendees will receive the following airline discounts:
Frontier Airlines:
10% off all published roundtrip fares. To take advantage of
this offer please book your reservations online at
www.frontierairlines.com (select “More Search Options) ACPM meeting ID
is ACEN4G. Reservation can also be made via phone or by a travel
agency. Just make sure to use ACPM meeting ID when booking your ticket.
Some restrictions may apply.
American Airlines:
5% discount of the lowest applicable published fare. Call 1.800.433.1790
and reference A1428AC to get your discount today or book your
flight online at
www.AA.com. Please note that there will be a separate
ticketing charge of $10.00 USD for tickets purchased via the phone or
$15.00 USD for tickets purchased at the airport. This amount is subject
to change. There is no ticketing fee for reservations made and ticketed on
www.AA.com.
Continental Airlines:
Special discounts will apply on selected published fares
for coach, first class and BusinessFirst tickets. Note that some
restrictions may apply. To avoid a service fee book your reservations
online at
www.continental.com enter the Z code ZBZB and agreement code CV6VVT.
Ground Transportation:
Use Super Shuttle from the AUS
International Airport – Preventive
Medicine 2008 Conference attendees can take advantage of the
discounted rate of $19 (round trip) from the AUS airport to the Hilton
Austin. Please call 1-800-BLUE VAN or go online at
http://www.supershuttle.com and make reference to the ACPM group
discount code REGHK to get the discounted rate.
Please note that an additional $2
dollars discount will apply if you make your reservations online.
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