Lodging, Travel and
Optional Tour
Note important update on July 31, 2010
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Conference Venue
The GLOW-in-Asia VIII Conference will be held on the campus of Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU). The opening ceremony and all plenary sessions will be held at the main Lecture Hall 209 of the Main Building. For parallel sessions, the adjacent Run Run Shaw Lecture Hall will also be used. Hallways will be used for the poster sessions.
The TEAL Workshop (August 15) and the Zhu-Lu Conference (August 17-18) will be held on the campus of Peking University (PKU).
BLCU and PKU are located in the Haidian District, marking the eastern and western ends, respectively, of Chengfu Road that is about 10-15 minutes by taxi ride. Another leading university, Tsinghua University (Beijing), is located between BLCU and PKU. A map of this complex is downloadable here.
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Traveling to BLCU
The BLCU is located at 15 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District of Beijing.
The Conference will provide airport pick-up service for those who arrive on August 11, 2010. For those who arrive at Terminal 3, meeting service will be available beginning 12:00 noon until 20:00 pm. And for those arriving at Terminal 2, meeting service will be available from 12:00 non to 18:00 pm. As you exit the customs area to the arrival hall, look for the GLOW Conference welcome sign and identify yourself. Bus transportation will be provided to take you to the Mengxi Hotel (across from front East Gage [Front Gate] of BLCU).
If you arrive at a time not covered by the meeting service above, or if you prefer not to wait for others for the free transportation, or if you will not be staying at Mengxi or near BLCU, the best alternative transportation is by taxi. Taxi rides from the Beijing Capital Airport (PEK) take about 35-40 minutes, and cost about ¥100 (100 Yuan, RMB, about US$15, US$ being about 6.8 RMB). No tipping is expected.
For the taxi, the following directions in Chinese will be useful:
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★“Please take me to ...”
请您带我去 ching ni dai wo qu -
★Mengxi Hotel (at the intersection of Xueyuan Road and Chengfu Road)
梦溪宾馆 Meng-xi bin-guan
北京语言大学对面，学院路15号，成府路交口 -
★Beijing Language and Culture University
北京语言大学 Beijing Yu-yan Da-xue -
★Downnload a campus map of BLCU, showing the conference venue, and the Mengxi Hotel across the Xueyuan-Chengfu corner. Download
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Hotel Accommodations
We have reserved a large block of rooms at Mengxi Hotel － 梦溪宾馆, a reasonable 3-star hotel adjacent to BLCU, with rooms costing between RMB260 - RMB520. Those who would like us to help reserve a room for them must fill out the Pre-registration FORM A (for presenters), or FORM B (for non-presenters), and indicate their requirements (check-in and check-out dates, number of nights, and room types needed).
If you are interested in booking your accommodations at other hotels, here is a list of good hotels in the Haidian District, which you can download here.
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Excursion and sightseeing
The Conference is organizing an optional one-day excursion of Beijing and Vicinity. The tour will include a visit to the Great Wall (Badaling Section) outside of Beijing, a full lunch at the Bai Family Mansion, followed by a visit to the Summer Palace (of the Empress Dowager of the late Ching Dynasty). The tour fare includes bus transportation in a 53-seater air-conditioned coach, admission fees to Badaling Great Wall, Summer Palace, the lunch at Bai Mansion, as well as full tipping for the English-speaking tour guide and the driver. The tour fare is 335 RMB (about $50) per person for a group of 30 or more, and 310 RMB if the group reaches 40 people. If interested, please register your request on Form A (for presenters) or Form B (for non-presenters) and return it to us by July 15. Payment of tour will be collected at the time of on-site registration (August 11 or August 12). [To simplify payment at registration, we shall charge a flat rate of 300 RMB per person for this tour, and the amount above (10 RMB or 35 RMB will be subsidized by the Conference.]
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Currency exchange
The local currency in Beijing is Chinese Yuan, also commonly as RMB (renmin bi ‘people’s currency’). Currently the exchange rate about US$1 = 6.80 RMB). You can exchange your money for the local currency at the Xijiao Hotel front desk, at the airport, or any major bank service in the city.
Posted July 19, 2010
