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Tenth International Symposium on
Mass Spectrometry in the Health & Life Sciences:
Molecular & Cellular Proteomics

Accommodations

San Francisco's beautiful Hotel Nikko has been chosen as the location for our conference. It is conveniently located in the heart of Downtown San Francisco. It is a short walk to the Financial District, shopping at Union Square, Chinatown and Moscone Center. The hotel is also a short street car, bus or cable car ride to Nob Hill, North Beach and Fisherman's Wharf.

The Hotel Nikko is an intimate hotel and was specially selected to offer an atmosphere to foster scientific exchange. We encourage participants to stay at the Hotel Nikko to fully enjoy the symposium format. A block of rooms has been set aside for registrants at a special Symposium rate of $129 per night for Deluxe King or Nikko 2 Double Bed rooms. All rates are subject to applicable State and local taxes (currently 15.565%).

Room types are available on a first come first serve basis. Please make your reservation directly with the hotel on line at Hotel Nikko Reservations and use Group Code: SMASSS. If reserving your room by phone please call the hotel directly at (415) 394-1111 and reference "UCSF Mass Spectrometry" to receive the discounted rate. We strongly recommend that you make your reservations immediately because the number of rooms is limited. Reservations must be made no later than July 24, 2009.

Airport-Hotel Transportation

Door-to-door shuttle service is available for both San Francisco International (SFO) and Oakland International (OAK) airports from SuperShuttle as well as other shuttle carriers (see links below).

For SuperShuttle, No reservations are necessary from SFO; cost is $15 per person. Shuttles are available 24 hours a day. For OAK, reservations are necessary. Please check the SuperShuttle website for more information.

Taxi service is also available. For 3-5 people, a taxi may be more economical (From SFO: $32 - $40 depending on destination, $2.00 exit fee added to trips originating at SFO). Taxis depart all terminals from the Baggage Claim level outside at the Center Island zone. Taxis should be available at all hours.

Bart is available from both San Francisco Airport and Oakland Airport (via a shuttle). The Powell Street station is the BART stop nearest the hotel, which is located at 222 Mason Street. Information about BART schedules, fares and station locations can be found at the 511.org web site, which is listed as resource below.

Directions

The Hotel Nikko is at 222 Mason St. in San Francisco

Parking

Parking is available to overnight guests of the hotel for a fee of $45 per 24 hours.

All of these garages are close to the hotel:

Hotel Nikko Garage

Ellis and Mason Street
Phone: (415) 394-1111
Hours: 24 hours
Rates:
$10.00   first hour or fraction thereof
$4.00   for each additional half hour
$45.00   maximum per day for hotel guests

Ellis-O'Farrell Parking Garage

123 O'Farrel Street
Phone: (415) 986-4800
Hours:
Sunday - Thursday   5:30am - 1:00am
Friday - Saturday   5:30am - 2:00am
Rates: Day Rate (5:30am - 6:00pm)
  Monday - Saturday
 
$2.50   first hour
$3.00   for each additional hour
$27.00   Rate Cap over 8 hours
$33.50   24 hour maximum charge
  Sunday
 
$6.50   Rate Cap over 2 hours
$13.00   24 hour maximum charge
 
  Evening Rate (6:00pm - 5:30am)
  Monday - Sunday
 
$2.50   first hour
$2.50   for each additional hour
$1.00   additional over 2 hours

Downtown Center Garage

325 Mason Street (between Geary and O'Farrell Streets)
Phone: (415) 673-6757
Hours: 24 hours
Rates:
$7.50   per hour
$29.00   Flat rate maximum for 24 hours
$15.00   Early Bird Special (in by 10am, out by 7pm)

Public Transportation

As mentioned above, 511.org is a comprehensive San Francisco Bay Area travel guide and resource.

Sightseeing

The Hotel Nikko is located in the heart of downtown San Francisco. The hotel is approximately six walking blocks from the Moscone Convention Center, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Symposium attendees may wish to attend a wide offering of cultural and theatrical events in the area. The Curran, Golden Gate and ACT theaters are located in the near vicinity of the hotel. The San Francisco Symphony, Opera and Ballet are located nearby as well. The Metreon and Westfield Shopping Center are also close to the hotel.

August weather generally is pleasant and dry, but can be variable.

Information regarding sightseeing and tours will be available at the Symposium. If you wish to obtain information prior to your trip, write to: San Francisco Visitor Information Center, 900 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94103-2804, or call 415-391-2000, fax 415-362-7323, or visit their website, San Francisco Convention and Vistors Bureau.


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