{"id":11,"date":"2014-03-07T16:12:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T20:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ppcm\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2014-04-17T13:39:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T17:39:18","slug":"travel-hotel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ppcm\/travel-hotel\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel &amp; Hotel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Reaching BU\/Kenmore Square from Logan Airport<\/span><\/b><br \/>\nThe Center for Computational Science is located at <b>3&nbsp;Cummington Mall, PRB (Physics Research Building) Room&nbsp;595.<\/b>  The map below shows Boston University, the Center for Computational Science, the Hotel Commonwealth and the Hotel Buckminster:<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=215219937910737644652.0004e76222286d6ca6689&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=42.34922,-71.099095&amp;spn=0.011101,0.018239&amp;z=15&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=215219937910737644652.0004e76222286d6ca6689&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;t=m&amp;ll=42.34922,-71.099095&amp;spn=0.011101,0.018239&amp;z=15&amp;source=embed\" style=\"color: #0000ff;text-align: left\">View larger map<\/a><\/p>\n<p>From Logan airport, there are two main options to get to BU\/Kenmore Square:<\/p>\n<p><b>Taxi:<\/b><br \/>\nTake a taxi from Logan to <em>Kenmore Square<\/em>. Both the Buckminster Hotel and Hotel Commonwealth are in Kenmore Square, with Buckminster on the west side and Hotel Commonwealth on the southeast side.<\/p>\n<p><b>Public Transit (the T):<\/b><br \/>\nThe <em>Blue Line<\/em> is accessible from Logan airport. Take an inbound Blue Line train (towards Bowdoin) until the <em>Government Center<\/em> stop.\u00a0 At Government Center, transfer to the <em>Green Line<\/em> (a free transfer). Take a <em>C Green Line<\/em> towards Cleveland Circle (do <b>not<\/b> get on an E or on a train that says &#8220;Lechmere&#8221;). Take the <em>C Line<\/em> six stops until the Kenmore Square stop.<\/p>\n<p>A map of Boston&#8217;s public transit is available <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/simac3\/files\/2013\/09\/Rapid-Transit-w-Key-Bus.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr width=\"50%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The deadlines for our group rates at the hotels below have passed.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Hotel Commonwealth<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotelcommonwealth.com\/directions-map\/index.cfm\">Travel Directions<\/a> (will get you within a couple blocks of the Center for Computational Science)<br \/>\nSpecial group rate: $259 per night, plus tax<\/p>\n<p><b>Start date:<\/b> 7 May 2014<br \/>\n<b>End date:<\/b> 10 May 2014<br \/>\n<b>Deadline for booking:<\/b> 16 April 2014<\/p>\n<p><b>To book<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call (866) 784-4000 (toll&#8211;free) or (617) 532-5019, or email reservations@hotelcommonwealth.com<\/li>\n<li>Mention the PPCM Workshop at Boston University, and the dates you would like to book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr width=\"50%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Hotel Buckminster<\/b><\/span>:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonhotelbuckminster.com\/directions2.html\">Directions<\/a><br \/>\nRates: single rooms for $275 per night, plus tax; shared two-bedroom suites for $326 per night, plus tax<\/p>\n<p><b>Start date:<\/b> 7 May 2014<br \/>\n<b>End date:<\/b> 10 May 2014<br \/>\n<b>Deadline for booking:<\/b> 16 April 2014<\/p>\n<p><b>To book<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call (800) 727-2825 (toll-free)<\/li>\n<li>Mention the PPCM Workshop at Boston University, and the dates you would like to book.  We recommend that you request a newly-renovated room, if available<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr width=\"50%\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Residence Inn Marriott Boston Back Bay\/Fenway<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marriott.com\/hotels\/maps\/travel\/bosfn-residence-inn-boston-back-bay-fenway\/\">Maps &amp; Transportation<\/a><br \/>\nSpecial group rate: $299 per night, plus tax<br \/>\n<b>Booking link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marriott.com\/meeting-event-hotels\/group-corporate-travel\/groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=BU%20PPCM%20Workshop%5EBOSFN%60PPCPPCM%60299.00%60USD%60false%605\/6\/14%605\/11\/14%604\/9\/14&amp;app=resvlink&amp;stop_mobi=yes\">BU PPCM Workshop<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Start date:<\/b> 7 May 2014<br \/>\n<b>End date:<\/b> 10 May 2014<br \/>\n<b>Deadline for booking:<\/b> 9 April 2014<\/p>\n<p><b>To book online:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marriott.com\/meeting-event-hotels\/group-corporate-travel\/groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=BU%20PPCM%20Workshop^BOSFN%60PPCPPCM%60299.00%60USD%60false%605\/6\/14%605\/11\/14%604\/9\/14&amp;app=resvlink&amp;stop_mobi=yes\">the PPCM reservation Web page<\/a> and enter preferred dates that fall between 7&#8211;10 May 2014<\/li>\n<li>Click &#8220;Check Availability&#8221;, then continue to reserve the room and enter your personal information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>To book by phone:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call (800) 331-3131 for the toll-free Marriott reservation line, or (617) 236-8787 to reach the Residence Inn Boston Fenway directly<\/li>\n<li>Mention the PPCM Workshop at Boston University, and the dates you would like to book<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reaching BU\/Kenmore Square from Logan Airport The Center for Computational Science is located at 3&nbsp;Cummington Mall, PRB (Physics Research Building) Room&nbsp;595. The map below shows Boston University, the Center for Computational Science, the Hotel Commonwealth and the Hotel Buckminster: View larger map From Logan airport, there are two main options to get to BU\/Kenmore Square: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4408,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ppcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ppcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ppcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ppcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4408"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ppcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ppcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ppcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/ppcm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}