Annual Meeting 2009 - Accomodation

The 3rd annual meeting will take place in accomodation centre Hotel Mitland, located in the east of Utrecht.

Hotel rooms

• The meeting starts early at Monday (June 29), so we advise you to arrive on Sunday (June 28).
  
• Please book your own hotel room at Hotel Mitland. Please use the code "NERIES" when booking your hotel room (not online available, but per phone or e-mail)".
  
• Until May 31, 2009, 65 rooms are reserved for a specially arranged price:
  Standard single room: EUR 107,50; (50 rooms),
  Deluxe room (lake side): EUR 122,50; (5 rooms),
  Superior room: EUR 142,50; (10 rooms).
  
• After May 31, the block booking (reference code "NERIES") at Mitland will expire. Please note that after this date, availability (and prices) at Hotel Mitland cannot be quaranteed.
  
• When full, please check one of the other hotels in the area: Malie Hotel, NH Hotels Utrecht or Hotel Oorsprongpark.
  
• For cancellation of your room reservation, please contact Hotel Mitland yourself. Up to 24 hrs before arrival, cancellation is free. Cancellation within 24 hrs will be charged on your credit card.

Meeting rooms
The main meeting will take place in the "Vijverzaal" of Hotel Mitland, subsessions can be held in two other smaller rooms (40 persons). Please send us your suggestions on any subsessions or cross-meetings. 

Posters
We strongly recommend bringing a poster (please indicate this on your registration form). We have allocated space for posters in the meeting rooms.

Internet connection
Internet connection is available in the meeting and hotel rooms via a special internet card (handed out at registration). 

Hotel Mitland Ariënslaan 1 3573 PT Utrecht The Netherlands Tel. +31 (0)30 271 58 24 Fax. +31 (0)30 271 90 03 info@mitland.nl http://www.mitland.nl

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Transportation
Hotel Mitland lies in the east part of Utrecht. It can be reached by bus or taxi from Utrecht Central Station (10 min.), or by train or taxi from Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam).

Train
Trains go every quarter of an hour to station Utrecht Centraal from Schiphol Airport (at .00, .14, .30 and .44) from platform 3. (Do not go in the direction of Amsterdam.)

Bus
From Utrecht Central Station, take bus 11, 50, 52, 53, 54, 74 or 77 and get off at bus stop "Oorsprongpark" at the end of the street called "Biltstraat". From here it is a 10 minute walk to Hotel Mitland:

• When getting off the bus, get to the opposite side of the Biltstraat and go to your right (east);
• Cross the railway crossing and keep walking left of the Biltstraat;
• Turn left at the end (after the apartment blocks) to the Karel Doormanlaan;
• Turn right and cross the road by passing the pedestrian fly-under (tunnel);
• Hotel Mitland is on the right after 50 meters.

You can buy a single ticket ("strippenkaart") in the bus for EUR 1,60, or buy a 15-strippenkaart for EUR 7,30 at the machine and share it with others. One bus ride from the center/station to Mitland costs you 2 "strippen".

Taxi
From Schiphol (Amsterdam Airport), the "Utrecht Taxi Centrale" (UTC) can bring you to Utrecht with 4 persons for EUR 55,-. If you have ordered a taxi before your departure, please report to the Schiphol Transfer Assistance (STA) desk. The staff there will bring you into contact with the (waiting) taxi driver (UTC, tel. +31 30 2300 400).

At Utrecht Central Station, please go to the taxi platform. The "Utrecht Taxi Centrale" (UTC) has taxi's available, which can bring you to Hotel Mitland (UTC, tel.: +31 30 2300 400).