Lodging

The conferences will be held at the Sofitel Melbourne at 25 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia (Tel: +61 3 9653 0000; Fax: +61 3 9650 4261). There is no special conference rate available for lodging at the Sofitel. Click here for the Sofitel fax reservation form.

Hotels located in and around the Sofitel Melbourne include the following:

Mercure Hotel (4 Star)
Spring Street,
Melbourne, VIC, AU 3000

Mantra on the Park, Melbourne
333 Exhibition Street
Melbourne, VIC, AU 3000

Rydges Melbourne
186 Exhibition Street
Melbourne, VIC, AU 3000

Hotel Grand Chancellor - Melbourne
131 137 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne, VIC, AU 3000

Marriott Melbourne
Exhibition And Lonsdale Street
Melbourne, VIC, AU 3000

Victoria Hall (Shared and single rooms available)
380 Russell Street
Melbourne, VIC, AU 3000

Conference participants are encouraged to make their travel arrangements and secure their lodging as early as possible.

The following websites include useful travel and accommodation information:
http://www.visitmelbourne.com.au
http://www.melbournehotelsaccommodation.com

The best hotel rates may be obtained from a hotel booking site rather than from the individual hotel. Some of the best rates can be obtained at:
http://www.lastminutetravel.com
http://www.flightcentre.com.au/hotels/
http://www.wotif.com/

The International Education Support Scheme offered by HotelsCombined.com enables all students and teachers worldwide to claim a 10% rebate whenever they book their conference accommodation through top travel partner sites including Booking.com, Hotels.com, Intercontinental Hotels, OctopusTravel.com, Priceline.com and many others. (See what Arthur Frommer, the world's foremost travel authority and the founder of Frommer’s Travel Guides says about HotelsCombined.com:http://www.frommers.com/blog/2008/06/theres-now-aggregator-for-finding.html). More information is available at http://www.hotelscombined.com/Education_Support.