Travel and Accommodations
Hotel Accommodations
Preliminary hotel reservations for participants have
been made at hotels situated comfortably in the city center. These
rooms are at special convention rates and can be booked directly
by participants using the hotel websites and emails provided below.
Reservations are on a first come first served basis. To receive
the convention rate, you must indicate you are attending the “ABC
convention”. Convention participants will settle their
hotel bills individually. You can also visit the web sites provided
at the end of the page if you’d like further information about
accommodations in Lugano.
Reminder: May 29, 2003
is a holiday, and long weekends are traditional in some countries.
Participants are encouraged to reserve their rooms early.
A smaller number of rooms is also being held by the Hotel Excelsior.
Other hotels can be found by visiting the website of the Association of Ticino Hotels: www.scta.ch.
How to Reach Lugano
Lugano can be easily reached by air, train and auto.
For travel information, see www.lugano.ch/tools/come_arrivare.cfm.
For train schedules go to www.rail.ch
and use the “fast timetable” on the left frame.
A few more details:
The Lugano Agno Airport is located on the outskirts of Lugano. From
the Zurich airport, you can transfer to a flight to Lugano Agno
or you can take the train from Zurich to Lugano (just over 3 hours).
You can also fly to the Milan Malpensa Airport, located outside
of Milan, Italy, and just over an hour from Lugano. The Malpensa
Shuttle runs between Lugano and the Milan Malpensa airport (Terminal
1 is the new terminal). The schedule is available at
http://www.busexpress.com/shuttle.asp. The departure from Malpensa Terminal 1
is on the arrival level, in front of door/exit no. 4, bus parking place no. 19
Current fares for the Malpensa Shuttle: Swiss Francs 30 / Euros 20 one-way, and Swiss Francs 50 / Euros 35 round trip.
Please note: Milan’s other airport, Milan Linate,
hosts limited travel. Although Linate is located in the city of
Milan, Malpensa is more conveniently located for travel to and from
Lugano because there is no need to get too close to the city of
Milan itself.
Websites of Interest
For information on Lugano: www.lugano.ch
(for travel information go to “welcome” on the English
version and then “how to get here”) and www.lugano-tourism.ch
For more information on Lugano, Ticino and Switzerland: www.ticinoinfo.ch
and www.myswitzerland.com.
Additional Information
Hosting institution:
The University of Lugano (name in Italian: Università della
Svizzera italiana)
Via Giuseppe Buffi 13 (formerly Via Ospedale), 6900 Lugano Switzerland
The main university building is called the “Centrocivico”
and may still appear with this name on some city maps.
Currency: Swiss Francs (CHF)
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