Accommodations
Participants of DPF-2009 have a wide variety of options for accommodations. We recommend two main options, WSU Towers Residential Suitesand Hilton Garden Inn. There are also other nice hotels in the area (suggested below), but we the conference will not be able to arrange transportation form those hotels to WSU. If you have any questions regarding housing options, please e-mail them to the Organizing Committee at dpf2009@physics.wayne.edu.
- WSU Towers Residential Suites. This option is no longer available. We can no longer make changes to the pre-paid itinerary. Please see below for other housing options.
Also, please do not send your housing requests to housing@wayne.edu, as they are not affiilated with this conference.
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The Towers Residential Suites is an 11 story tower, with views as far as the Ambassador Bridge. The majority of rooms are suite style, containing four bedrooms attached to a shared living space. Within the building is a café-style dining hall, a mini Barnes & Noble bookstore and multiple fitness rooms. It is within a pleasant, two minute cross-campus walk form the conference location. Unique Features:
View the Towers Residential Suites on the WSU Campus Map (click "Housing" -> "The Towers") The units available for the conference are one common living space and 4 private bedrooms. There are no single rooms available at the dormitories. |
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On-line reservation and payment for WSU Towers Residential Suites is available. Note that participants who wish to stay at the Towers will need to prepay their accommodations. No on-site payment option is available. The rates are
First night: $49
Each night thereafter: $36.05
Parking: $5.15 per vehicle per night
Please pay for your Towers accommodations here.
The final deadline for Towers accommodations is July 13.
- Hilton Garden Inn – Detroit Downtown Hotel. 100 hotel rooms have been reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn – Detroit Downtown Hotel at a significantly discounted rate of $119/night. We will provide shuttle transportation between Hilton Garden and WSU. The shuttle schedule is available here.
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The new Hilton Garden Inn Detroit Downtown hotel is in a prime downtown Detroit, Michigan location. Hotel guests will be within a short drive from Wayne State University. Outside of the conference, the hotel is within walking distance to area's cultural attractions (such as the opera, museums, and sporting events), and nice Detroit neighborhoods such as Greek Town (a little area which includes Greektown Casino and many bars and casual restaurants including Fishbones, Pegasus, Mosaic, and Astoria Bakery). This Hilton Garden Inn Detroit Downtown hotel offers deluxe accommodations, friendly service and a relaxed Michigan style atmosphere.
Conference participants who elect to stay at the Hilton Garden can make their reservations here. Alternatively, you can go to the hotel's main website. To access a special DPF-2009 conference fee of $119 per night there, please enter Group Code "APW". If you arrive by car, there is a $30/night valet parking, which is not included in the accommodation fee. |
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- Other hotels in the area that we can recommend include The Inn on the Ferry Street (a very nice, but small B&B on the edge of campus), The Atheneum (a luxury hotel in the Greek Town district), MotorCity Casino Hotel (a new hotel across the street form the MotorCity Casino), Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center (a downtown hotel on the Detroit River with breathtaking views from its rooms) and many others.
- Please also check the newly reopened Hotel St Regis Detroit (tel 313-873-3000) - they informed us that they can provide a shuttle from the hotel to WSU campus. There is a specail WSU rate of $99/night. We have also been informed by the conference participants that you can get a rate as low at $62/night on Orbitz.com at this hotel.
Please note that some of those hotels have their own shuttle services. You can also get around the city using The People Mover, a monorail transportation system connecting the downtown area (see the coverage map).