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Hotel & Travel Information

 

St Petersburg/Clearwater is situated on a beautiful peninsula located on Florida’s West coast. Home to some of America’s Award Winning Beaches, there are 35 miles of white-sand on some eight major barrier islands. Located close to many popular Florida attractions: just 30 minutes to Busch Gardens in Tampa and 90 minutes to Walt Disney World Resort, Sea World and Universal Studios Escape in Orlando.

Come personally experience the warm Gulf sunsets, unique cultural heritage, vast sporting and recreational activities, fresh seafood and great shopping. There are world-renowned museums, family fun and endless sunshine. Shop and dine amid boutiques and bistros, any pace . . . any taste . . . Florida’s Beach awaits. Click on link below for more information.


 

      
 

Hotel

This year's conference is being held at the Belleview Biltmore Resort.
Situated on a 22 acre bluff overlooking the crystal waters of Clearwater Bay, The Belleview Biltmore, built in 1897 by the railroad tycoon Henry Plant, sits in a private waterside enclave in the Bellair community of Clearwater, FL.

This full-service resort includes the Belleview Biltmore Golf Club - an 18 hole PGA Donald Ross designed course, a Tennis Club, a Spa and the Belleview Biltmore Beach Club on Sand Key. The Spa offers an extensive assortment of services and wellness programs specifically to pamper and balance your mind, body, and soul.

The Belleview Biltmore exhibits an artful blend of history and tradition and each guest room features complimentary internet service, phone, cable TV, private full-bath, and walk-in closet. It is 20 miles from Tampa International Airport and 12 miles from Clearwater/St Petersburg airport.

www.belleviewbiltmore.com

Guest rooms for National Perinatal Bereavement Conference attendees are $119 for single or double occupancy. This discounted rate is for rooms reserved during October 12, 2008 through October 22, 2008.

There will be an additional charge of $25.00 per day for each additional adult (age 18 or older) in a guestroom. A maximum of three adults may occupy each guest room. The hotel resort fee of $10.00 per day has been waived but you will still receive the following amenities: hourly transportation to golf club, hourly shuttle service to beach, newspaper and coffee service at Maisie's Pool, pool towel service, fitness center, indoor pool, business center, special pricing on golf packages, copies and faxes up to 10 pages, and complimentary historic tours. Hotel room rates are subject to state and local taxes currently at 12%.

Rooms at the discounted rate of $119 are available until September 15, 2008 (subject to room availability). After this date, reservations will be accepted based on room availability and the special conference rate will not be available.

To make your hotel reservations, please either use phone or online methods:

Phone: contact the hotel at 800-237-8947 and ask to speak with the reservations department. Please tell them you are attending a conference held at the hotel and make sure to reference our group name "PLIDA" when making your reservations to get our special discounted rate.

Online: go to a special hotel reservations website created just for our conference (click on link)
https://reservations.ihotelier.com/crs/g_login.cfm?hotelID=4733 and enter PLIDA (it is not case sensitive) when asked for attendee code.
Note: please do not use the general hotel website for reservations as it will tell you that the hotel is fully booked.

Travel

Travel Agency

Carlson Wagonlit Goli's can assist you with your travel to the 16th National Perinatal Bereavement Conference in Clearwater, FL. By contacting Carlson Wagonlit Goli, you will receive a 5% discount on airfares purchased on Northwest Airlines and American Airlines. These discounts apply for travel October 13-22, 2008.
To make reservations, call 1-800-657-4528 and ask for the corporate department or email Diane Campbell at diane.campbell@carlsongolis.com

Use online agency YTB Travel and PLIDA will be receive a percentage of the commissions from the bookings made on this web site: www.ytbtravel.com/dgparadisetravel

Airport Transportation to the Belleview Biltmore Resort

You will need to arrange for transportation (e.g., taxi, super shuttle, rental car) from the airport to the Belleview Biltmore Resort. PLIDA has arranged for a special airport transportation shuttle from the Tampa International Airport to the Resort with Eventions of Florida. This exclusive round trip shuttle service is $40 per person (includes driver gratuity) and will provide direct transportation for conference attendees/guests to the Resort. You must arrange for this shuttle service by October 6, 2008 to get this special rate.
Please click on this Eventions link for more details: http://www.eventionsflorida.com/plida.html