Registration
Deadline
for all participants is May 1, 2001.
Participants
from US, Canada and Europe registration fee:
$300
Participants
from Latin American registration fee: $150
Fee includes
all seminar activities: workshops, panels, lectures, and performances.
To submit a registration
form with fee payment, click on this link.
Conference
Travel
All
participants are responsible for their own travel arrangements.
Recommended
travel agency:
Stellar Access
Contact: www.stellaraccess.com
We have selected Stellar Access as our official event travel service. Book
on-line or call and ask for Group #669 to receive the group fares. Save
5-10% on American Airlines.
tel: 1-800-929-4242 Nancy Mallory,
bilingual travel agent (Se habla espanol)
phone: 1-800-929- 4242 x100; 619-232-4246 x100
fax: 619-232-6497
Recommended
hotels:
Howard Johnson MacroPlaza
Monterrey
Contact: http://www.hotelmty.com.mx/
Phone: 52 (8) 380 6000
Fax: 52 (8) 380 6087 / 380 6060
From U.S. and Canada: 1-800-432 9605; 1-800-446-4656
From Mexico: 01-800-832-400; 01-800-505-4900
Hotel
Colonial
This hotel is centrally
located and in walking distance to all seminar
activities. Good
for the budget conscious. tel:
8 343-67-91
A standard room (single or double occupancy) is $75
US at the Hotel Monterrey Howard Johnson. If you book on-line, you
save 10%. Prices for the Hotel Colonial vary from about 500 Mexican
pesos. They have rooms with single, double and triple
occupancies. Please note that you are with the Hemispheric Institute
/CONARTE seminar.
For those of you receiving financial aid from the Institute in the
form of a hotel credit, you will receive a check in the amount of aid
upon registration, which will be held all day June 14 at the Hotel
Monterrey. If you are a financial aid recipient, please note that you
are now responsible for your own reservations. If you sent a deposit
to us, we will not charge your credit card and will destroy your
check. You can use the financial aid check, in U.S. dollars, to go
towards the hotel of your choice.
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Mexico
Travel Information
For
US citizens: Proof of citizenship, which can consist of a passport,
voter registration card, birth certificate, or notarized affidavit.
Mexican
Tourist Office in US and Canada
Chicago 312-606-9252; Houston 713-772-2581; Los Angeles 213-351-2075;
Miami 305-381-6996; New York 212-821-0314; Vancouver, BC 604-669-2845;
Toronto, Ont 416-925-6061
For
non-US citizens or residents, you can contact the Nuevo Leon Tourism
office or
the Mexican consulate in your country to obtain travel requirements.
(Monterrey is in the state of Nuevo Leon.)
Nuevo Leon State Tourist office Nuevo Leon Zaragoza No. 1300
Sur Edif. Kalos Nivel A-1 Desp. 137 CP 64000 Monterrey, N.L. Tel:
(8) 344-4343 * Fax: (8) 344-1169 E-mail:
info@mty-mex-travel.com
For
all visitors to Mexico a tourist card is required which is given
to you at the airport upon entry, or by the airlines. A $17 tourist
card fee is added to your airfare. This fee may vary for non-US
citizens. For more information on the tourist card go to:
http://www.mexonline.com/visamex.htm
General
Information Links
Map of Mexico
http://www.lonelyplanet.lycos.com/north_america/mexico/map.html
Mexico Ministry
of Tourism: Monterrey http://cgi.aros.net/cgibin/cgiwrap/sanbachs/mexico2.cgi/City=MTY
General Information
for traveling in Mexico
http://cgi.aros.net/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/sanbachs/mexicoga.cgi
Mexico Tourist
Information http://www.KnowMexico.com/
General Information:
History, Politics, Government, etc.
http://www.mexonline.com/mexagncy.htm
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