2008 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Beijing, China, November 2-5, 2008

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2008 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
Beijing International Convention Center (BICC)
Beijing, China, November 2-5, 2008 (View: Conf. Photos/Videos and Beijing Photos )

Sponsored by the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society

In Cooperation with the Acoustical Society of China and the Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Conference Hotels

Table of Hotels:

Hotel Names (and Walking Time)	Prices	Deadlines
Continental Grand Hotel (4-star) (Connected to BICC):	Standard: RMB 828 * Suite: RMB 1,188	*September 15, 2008*
Crowne Plaza Hotel Park View Wuzhou (5-star) (5 minutes):	Standard: RMB 1,500 Luxury: RMB 1,700	*October 5, 2008*
Grand Skylight Catic Plaza Hotel (4-star) (8 minutes):	Standard: RMB 1,050 Suite: RMB 1,250	*October 5, 2008*
Beijing Ao You Hotel (3-star) (10 minutes):	Single: RMB 350 Standard: RMB 500 Suite: RMB 800	*October 5, 2008*
Ya Yun Cun Hotel (3-Star) (12 minutes):	Standard: RMB 380 Suite: RMB 480	*October 5, 2008*
Celebrity International Grand Hotel (5-Star) (18 minutes):	Standard: RMB 950 Suite: RMB 1,100	*October 5, 2008*
Beijing Tibet Hotel (3-Star) (18 minutes):	Standard: RMB 650 New Part: RMB 750	*October 5, 2008*

"*" "RMB" means Chinese Yuan (CNY). The currency exchange rates will be determined at the time of transactions. To get a rough idea of the exchange rates of Chinese Yuan, one could check at https://www.x-rates.com/d/CNY/table.html or https://www.xe.com/.
The prices in the table include one breakfast and all taxes. Special services such as laundry, room services, and mini-bars are the responsibilities of attendees.
You could download the addresses (English-Chinese translation) of the hotels above for taxi drivers.
Please notice that the tap water in China is not drinkable. Please drink water only from boiled thermal bottles, designated drinking buckets, or bottle water.

Introduction and Hotel Reservation:

The China International Conference Center for Science and Technology (CICCST) has prepaid and negotiated with a group of hotels listed in the table above for the 2008 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) (the list is according to the distance from the hotel to the Beijing International Convention Center (BICC), where our conference will be held). Each hotel may have a different price. All the hotels are reserved on the "first come, first serve" principle. Because each hotel has agreed only to provide a limited number of rooms to the 2008 IEEE IUS, it is advised to book the hotel you would wish to stay as early as possible. (Note: New subway lines, Lines #8, #10, #5, and Airport Lines, which connect BICC with the center of Beijing or the Beijing International Airport (PEK), and have stops in short walking distances from BICC have been built recently for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Attendees who could not find a suitable room in one of the hotels listed above could find some hotel rooms vacated by the hundreds of thousands of Olympic visitors near the subway stops.)

To obtain the guaranteed hotel room rates listed in the table above, attendees should book the hotels through the hotel reservation website provided by CICCST below, "CICCST Hotel Reservation for the 2008 IEEE IUS". When booking hotels, please follow the procedures below (assuming you do not have password established with CICCST yet):

Read through the information on the CICCST page regarding the details of hotels via the link "CICCST Hotel Reservation for the 2008 IEEE IUS" below.

Click the link "here" near the bottom of the CICCST page. (You should also see the "Payment Methods" and "Cancellation and Refund" policy of CICCST before coming back and clicking "here".) The next page will be a "Login" page.

If you have not established an account on the CICCST page through this page, "Three Local Guest Tours", or "China Tours" before, please click the button "registration" on the page. The next page will be "Your Account" page. (If you have already had the password through the prior registration via CICCST, simply enter your email address and the password. Then, you could proceed directly to fill out the hotel registration form below.)

On the "Your Account" page, enter your email address, select your password, and then retype your password. Click the "Registration" button at the bottom of the page when you are done. If successful, a message box, "Login Success!", will popup. Click "OK" will return you to the "Login" page.

Enter your email address and password you have just selected during the "Registration" process. If successful, a message box, "Login Success!", will popup. Click "OK".

A form will appear after you have clicked "OK" button above. Provide your personal information and fill out this form. If you also need to book tours via CICCST (please follow the links "Three Local Guest Tours" and "China Tours" of the conference web for details), you could also enter information into the form here instead of entering the information in those pages.

After you have finished with the form, please click "Submit" button near the bottom of the page. Then, a message box, "Success!", will popup after you have successfully submitted the form. An email confirmation of receiving this form will be sent to you within 48 hours (the email will be sent manually to you from CICCST, instead of automatically).

Then, please send a deposit of $200 USD for each room you have reserved to CICCST using the "Payment Methods" and you will receive another notice after CICCST has received your deposit to confirm that you rooms are now guaranteed.

To check the information you have submitted, you could login to the form page again with your email address and password that you have used when you fill out the form (the form may also contain information of your Beijing local tours and China tours if you have booked them via CICCST). Please notice that the submission of the form only completes part of the hotel booking process. A deposit of $200 USD per room should be paid to and received by CICCST before the rooms can be guaranteed (you will receive another notice when your hotel rooms are guaranteed). Please also notice that CICCST does not take any credit cards when you book hotels (only personal checks, certified bank checks, or wire transfers are acceptable). However, all the hotels listed above will accept major credit cards such as Visa/Master cards when you check out. Your $200 USD deposit will be deducted from your final payments to the hotels. If you experience any problems when booking hotels via the CICCST website, please address your questions directly to CICCST with the contacts listed in the links below (including payment methods and cancellation policy). (Please REFRESH your browser to view an updated page that contains correct links below!)

Alternatively, if you could find lower room rates via internet or other sources than those listed in the table above, you could book hotels directly through your own sources. If you would like to pay credit cards to book hotels, you could search internet or find some travel agencies to book hotels through them directly. Please be advised that due to the Beijing Olympics, hotels that normally have a room rate under $100 USD could be $1,000 to $2,000 USD per room/night during the Olympics, and there will be no guarantee that the room rates will return to normal shortly after the Olympics.

Notes: Please notice that sometimes Macintosh (Apple) computers do not work well with the CICCST websites. In addition, Firefox browser (a free community-based open source software) in Microsoft (MS) Windows might work better than MS Internet Explorer in MS Windows for the CICCST websites. If you experience any technical problems, please do not hesitate to contact CICCST directly.

          CICCST Hotel Reservation for the 2008 IEEE IUS: https://cast-meeting.cn/hotel.htm (Closed)
               CICCST Payment Methods: https://cast-meeting.cn/payment.html
               CICCST Cancellation Policy: https://cast-meeting.cn/Cancellation.html
               CICCST Contact Information for Questions: Phone/Fax: 011-86-10-82116226; Email: bjsjcenter@sina.com
               Within 48 hours after submitting the hotel reservation form successfully, you should receive an email confirmation.
                         If not, please contact CICCST via email or phone above.

Hotel Locations on Maps - Please Click on the Maps to Enlarge:

1. Beijing Continental Grand Hotel (4-Star):

* Beijing Continental Grand Hotel *

* Beijing Continental Grand Hotel - Room *

The Beijing Continental Grand Hotel (This link is for information only, not for reservation!) is connected directly to BICC through an indoor walkway and thus would be most convenient to attendees. It is a 4-star hotel with a total capacity of 527 guest rooms and suites (13 floors with 42000 square meters). However, the hotel has only agreed to provide a limited number of standard rooms for the conference attendees at a discount rate for nights between October 31, 2008 and November 8, 2008. The deadline for this discount rate is September 15, 2008. After the deadline, the rate will not be guaranteed. Attendees who could not get rooms at this hotel could check other hotels listed in the table above.

The address of the Beijing Continental Grand Hotel or the Beijing International Convention Center (BICC) is as follows:

          Beijing Continental Grand Hotel or Beijing International Convention Center (BICC)
          No. 8, East Beichen Road
          Andingmen Wai
          North Sihuan Road
          Chaoyang District
          Beijing 100101, China
          Tel. 011-86-10-84985588 or 011-86-10-84980248 or 011-86-10-84973060
          Fax: 011-86-10-84970107 or 011-86-10-84980256
          Link to Hotel Reservation via CICCST: Please Click Here for Hotel Reservation
          Taxi Ride Help: Handout to Taxi Driver for This Hotel (English-Chinese Translations)
          Web (Not for Reservation): https://www.bcghotel.com/english/index.asp

2. Crowne Plaza Hotel Park View Wuzhou (5-star):

* Crowne Plaza Hotel Park View Wuzhou *

* Crowne Plaza Hotel Park View Wuzhou - map *

The Crowne Plaza Hotel Park View Wuzhou is next to the Continental Grand Hotel and is about 5 minutes walk from BICC. Its address is as follows:

          Crowne Plaza Hotel Park View Wuzhou
          NO. 8 North Si Huan Zhong Road
          Chaoyang District
          Beijing 100101, China
          Tel. 011-86-10-84982288
          Fax: 011-86-10-84992933
          Link to Hotel Reservation via CICCST: Please Click Here for Hotel Reservation
          Taxi Ride Help: Handout to Taxi Driver for This Hotel (English-Chinese Translations)
          Web (Not for Reservation):
                    https://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/hotel/pegpv?_requestid=395833

3. Grand Skylight Catic Plaza Hotel (4-star):

* Catic Plaza Hotel *

* Catic Plaza Hotel - Rooms *

The Grand Skylight Catic Plaza Hotel is about 8 minutes walk from BICC. Its address is as follows:

          The Grand Skylight Catic Plaza Hotel
          No. 18 Beichen East Road
          Chaoyang District
          Beijing 100101, China
          Tel. 011-86-10-64921188
          Fax: 011-86-10-64940958 or 011-86-10-64940887
          Link to Hotel Reservation via CICCST: Please Click Here for Hotel Reservation
          Taxi Ride Help: Handout to Taxi Driver for This Hotel (English-Chinese Translations)
          Web (Not for Reservation): https://www.hoteltravel.com/china/beijing/catic.htm

4. Beijing Ao You Hotel (3-star):

* Beijing Ao You Hotel Front *

* Beijing Ao You Hotel Registration *

* Beijing Ao You Hotel - Room B *

Beijing Ao You Hotel is located in the Asian Games Village sports complex. It is about 10 minutes walk from BICC. Its address is as follows:

          Beijing Ao You Hotel
          Entrance 11, Tower B, Huiyuan Apartment, Asian Games Village
          Chaoyang District
          Beijing 100101, China
          Tel. 011-86-10-84105566
          Fax: 011-86-10-84105666
          Link to Hotel Reservation via CICCST: Please Click Here for Hotel Reservation
          Taxi Ride Help: Handout to Taxi Driver for This Hotel (English-Chinese Translations)
          Web (Not for Reservation): https://www.aoyouhotel.com/introduce_en-us.php

5. Ya Yun Cun Hotel (3-Star):

* Ya Yun Cun Hotel *

* Ya Yun Cun Hotel - Rooms *

Ya Yun Cun Hotel is about 12 minutes walk from BICC. Its address is as follows:

          Ya Yun Cun Hotel
          No. 8 East Beichen Road, Yayun Village
          Chaoyang District
          Beijing 100101, China
          Tel. 011-86-10-64991199, 011-86-10-64993172, or 011-86-10-64992828
          Fax: 64991199
          Link to Hotel Reservation via CICCST: Please Click Here for Hotel Reservation
          Taxi Ride Help: Handout to Taxi Driver for This Hotel (English-Chinese Translations)
          Web (Not for Reservation): https://www.huiyuangongyu.com.cn/eng/jianjie.htm
          Web (Chinese) (Not for Reservation): https://www.huiyuangongyu.com.cn

6. Celebrity International Grand Hotel (5-Star):

* Celebrity International Grand Hotel *

* Celebrity International Grand Hotel - Rooms *

Celebrity International Grand Hotel is nicely decorated and has comfortable rooms with city-views, in addition to its well-known Aegean Western Restaurant and Minghuang Restaurant. It is about 18 minutes walk from BICC. Its address is as follows:

          Celebrity International Grand Hotel
          No. 99 Anli Road
          Chaoyang District
          Beijing 100101, China
          Tel. 011-86-10-58651166 or 011-86-10-64981166
          Fax: 011-86-10-64962522
          Link to Hotel Reservation via CICCST: Please Click Here for Hotel Reservation
          Taxi Ride Help: Handout to Taxi Driver for This Hotel (English-Chinese Translations)
          Web (Not for Reservation): https://celebrityintl.warwickhotels.com/

7. Beijing Tibet Hotel (3-Star):

* Beijing Tibet Hotel *

* Beijing Tibet Hotel - Rooms *

Beijing Tibet Hotel is about 18 minutes walk from BICC. Its address is as follows:

          Beijing Tibet Hotel
          118 Bei Si Huan Dong Road
          Chaoyang District
          Beijing 100029, China
          Tel. 011-86-10-64981133
          Fax: 011-86-10-69181904
          Link to Hotel Reservation via CICCST: Please Click Here for Hotel Reservation
          Taxi Ride Help: Handout to Taxi Driver for This Hotel (English-Chinese Translations)
          Web (Not for Reservation): https://www.beijinghotelchina.com/tibet_hotel/beijing.html