There are two major options for hotel accomodations:

Option 1. Stay at the Palisades Conference Center.  This option is good if you are attending the conference by yourself and you want to focus on the conference.  Sharing your room will cost additional, and an extra bed will not be provided.  The only case in which room sharing at the Palisades will reduce your spending is if you and your significant other want to share a room and are both conference delegates.

Option 2.  Stay at a hotel in the area.  This option is good if you want to share your room with another person (including significant other who is not a conference delegate), or if you want to do things other than attend the conference during the day.

Regardless of which hotel option you pick, your conference registration covers breakfast, lunch, and dinner for each full day you register and breakfast and lunch for half day morning sessions you register.  So, for example, if you register for the main technical program on April 5th, 6th, and 7th morning, you get breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the 5th and 6th, and breakfast and lunch on the 7th.

Staying at the Palisades Conference Center

The charge per night at the IBM Palisades Conference Center is $135.00 + incidentals for single occupancy.  If you stay at the Palisades, you get dinner on the night you check in, in addition to the conference meals you get with your registration.

Each room at the Palisades has a single queen size bed, a 20'' TV with cable, a network computer with flat monitor (internet enabled), and other amenities such as coffee maker, ironing board in closet, etc.

If you want to share your room with an SO who is also attending the conference, please indicate this when you call for a guest room.

Reservations can be made via the following:

PHONE:
- 914-732-6746 -- Anyone, worldwide
- 800-426-0889 -- United States and Canada only
- T/L 360-6746 -- for IBMers, worldwide, that have tie-line access.
Phones are manned Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM EST.  Messages can be left on voicemail after that.

FAX:
- 914-732-6568 -- Anyone, worldwide
- 800-426-1235 -- United States and Canada only
- T/L 360-6568 -- for any IBMers, worldwide, that have tie-line access

E-MAIL: abienrol@us.ibm.com

The following information is required for all attendees:  name, phone number, dates of arrival and departure,  smoker, handicapped, majorcredit card, number and expiration date.

Staying at a hotel in the area

Palisades area:

There are a few hotels in the Palisades area.  Call these hotels directly for reservations:

• Holiday Inn: 914 359 7000 (5 mins away by car), Fax: 914 359 7196.  Van service from the hotel to the conference center may be available, please check with the hotel.
• Westchester Marriot: 914 631 2200.  This is 15 mins away by car, on the other side of the river.
• Pearl River Hilton: 914 735 9000, Fax: 914 735 9005.  This is 10 - 15 mins away by car.  Availability if tight, so call early.

In general, if you decide to stay at these hotels, you will need a car to get to the Conference Center and back.

Manhattan:

There are any number of hotels in the Manhattan area.  Click here for one possible list.   If you decide to stay in Manhattan, you have the option of taking public transportation to the Palisades Conference center:

Take the subway (A train) to 178th street.  Go up the stairs to the bus terminal at George Washington bridge, top level.  Take bus number 9A (Red and Tan bus company) to Palisades, which is about a 30 minute ride.  This will put you within 1.5 miles of the Palisades Conference Center.  If you call the front desk of the Conference Center (914 732 6746) and tell them you're taking the bus, they will come pick you up at the bus stop.