Accomodations at SFU (Simon Hotel and Dormitory -- on the Burnaby Mountain Campus)
and also at The Executirve Plaza Hotel in nearby Coquitlam have been blocked, May 21 - 25, 2008
for the LON-CAPA Conference.
The following rooms and nightly rates are available:
| Simon Hotel | Queen | $93.96 |
| Simon Hotel | Queen/Sofa | $117.16 |
| Dormitory | Single | $36.75 |
*Note: SFU Reservations must be made by April 15, 2008.*
(All rooms, including the Dormitory Singles, are wired with high-speed internet.)
Rates are in Canadian Dollars (which are pretty close to par with US Dollars these days).
Rates include 6% GST, 8% Hotel & 2% Municipal Tax.
Check-in from 3:00 PM to midnight, except by special prior arrangement.
Check-out is 11:00 AM.
On the SFU Conferences and Guest Accomodations website, you should find a form for the 2008 LON-CAPA conference.
We highly recommend these on-campus accommodations as being the most convenient for conference participants.
The walk across campus to the IRMACS Centre conference venue in the Applied Sciences Building (see map location items 6 & 32) should entertain you for 10 to 15 minutes...possibly much more. :-)
SFU Burnaby Campus is scenic and communal as well as architecturally interesting.
Off-campus hotels require a significant commute, as the campus is altitudinally remote.
Public transit on and off Burnaby Mountain is nontheless good, typically involving a bus ride down the hill to the Production
Way--University Skytrain ALRT station, from whence a quick "next-stop" trip east (or alternative bus connection) brings you to the Lougheed Town Centre station adjacent to Lougheed Mall shopping centre. Depending upon the connection times at Production Way--University station, the trip can take from 13 to 42 minutes. To select an optimal travelling time and connection, use the TransLink Trip Planner, specifying "Lougheed Mall" and "SFU" as endpoints. The SFU Transit Exchange (bus loop) is very close to the Applied Sciences building and IRMACS Centre, where the conference is taking place (see map location items 39 & 32).
Just across North Rd from the Lougheed Town Centre station you will find The Executive Plaza Hotel -- Coquitlam.
Accommodations at The Executive Plaza Hotel
| Executive Plaza Hotel | Standard Deluxe |
$105 |
| Executive Plaza Hotel | Double Deluxe | $105 |
*Note: Executive Plaza Reservations must be made by April 21.*
These rates will have a further 14% in taxes applied to them.
Make a reservation by calling 1-888-433-3932 or 1-604-936-9399.
Be sure to specify LON-CAPA Conference & Workshop Rate or Group#262.
(Some shuttle times between the Executive Plaza Hotel and SFU may be arranged.)
Area visitors should find this location convenient for shopping at Lougheed Mall, or as a central point for taking the ALRT, either west to Vancouver or east to New Westminster. At it's Vancouver Waterfront terminus, Skytrain connects with the Seabus rapid passenger ferry service across Vancouver Harbour to North Vancouver's Lonsdale Quay. In the opposite direction, it is a short trip from Lougheed Town Centre to historic New Westminster with it's namesake Quay and extended pierside boardwalk along the Fraser River (navigable and tidal for miles into the Fraser Valley beyond). Both Quays feature markets and diverse attractions. See a bronze bust of Simon Fraser himself, 19th century cannon and antique sternwheelers at the New Westminster Quay. River boat tours leave from this location also.