We expect the participants to take care of their accommodation by themselves. We have arranged a special service, incl. reduced rates, with the Geneva office de tourisme, and refer for booking to their page (see the footnote below!). A list of hotels with pre-booked rooms can be obtained here, in order to know beforehand what to choose. The deal with these pre-bookings holds until June 27, 2008. At the hotels, you should receive a complimentary all-week ticket for Geneva public transportation; ask for it if you are not given one automatically.
Note too that there are (typically somewhat cheaper) hotels in neighboring France. We do not provide any further reservation service, and participants who plan to use French hotel facilities should contact the hotels directly. Be aware that the connection to CERN via French public transport is very limited, and a car might be convenient if not necessary. Also, keep in mind that you may need a separate visa to enter France.
A list of nearby hotels is here both in Switzerland as well as in France.
Moreover, note that if you like to stay also before and/or after the conference and obtain accommodation, a desk etc, you need to arrange this via the regular visitor program at the TH Division, or more aptly, via the TH Institutes on string theory which take place before and after the conference.
Finally, note that we have reserved a very limited number of rooms in the CERN Hostel. Applications have been closed, as announced, by April 15. Accepted applicants will be notified around April 30.
Please note the following for the web site of the office de tourisme
- Do not specify the classification of a hotel - only then you will obtain the full list of hotels.
- Reserving a hotel outside the allowed range of Aug.15- Aug.24 causes an error.
