Lodging & Directions

Location

The 2009 CIC Accessibility and Usability Conference will be presented in the Indiana Memorial Union (IMU) located on the historic Indiana University campus in beautiful Bloomington, Indiana. The IMU's Biddle Hotel and Conference Center offers full service conference and hotel facilities and is located in the heart of campus.

A campus map is available online at http://www.iub.edu/~iubmap/IUBcampusmap.pdf (PDF, 304KB)

Getting to Bloomington

Coming from Indianapolis International Airport, take Interstate 70 east to Interstate 465 south, then to the Hwy. 37/Harding Street exit (Exit 4). Follow 37 south approximately 50 miles to the first Bloomington exit, (Walnut Street). Walnut Street becomes College as you get into town, and you should follow it to 7th Street. Turn left on 7th Street and travel approximately 10 blocks and turn right into the Indiana Memorial Union.

Classic Touch Limousine Service, Signature Limousine, and the Bloomington Shuttle Service operate out of the Ground Transportation Center at Indianapolis International Airport, and offer service directly to the Indiana Memorial Union.

If you are routing your travel via MapQuest or Google Maps, the IMU's address is 900 E. 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405.

Lodging

Overnight lodging at the Biddle Hotel are available to CIC Usabilty and Accessability Conference attendees at the conference rate of:

$84/night (economy single)
$94/night (one double bed)
$114/night (two double beds)
$124/night (two queen beds or one King bed)

The conference block will be available until May 21, 2009, after which time the block of rooms will be released to the general public. When making your hotel reservation, please indicate that you are a CIC Accessibility and Usability Conference participant, referencing group code CICUSABILITY. To make your reservation, call 800-209-8145, or register online at: http://www.imu.indiana.edu/hotel/index.shtml

The Biddle Hotel offers its guests:

Complimentary on-campus parking
Wireless internet access in most rooms
Fitness facilities
Front door service from Bloomington Shuttle Service (transportation to Indianapolis International Airport)
Free local phone calls
In-room movies
Six on-site eateries and room service
Bowling, billiards, and game center
Easy walk to IU Art Museum, IU Auditorium, Bloomington's wide variety of restaurants, and the many amenities of a world-class university campus.

Map of Bloomington
IU campus map (PDF, 304KB)
IMU map