OFFICIAL MEETING & EVENT PLANNERS GUIDE

AccessibilityBruce Feeley & DCVBAccessibilityDurham is within an hour’s flight or aday’s drive from 54% of the nation’spopulation. Durham is intersected bytwo major interstate highways, I-40and I-85, and RDU InternationalAirport serves nearly nine millionpassengers annually.Getting Here Via AirRDU International Airport is coownedby and located midwaybetween the two mid-sized destinationsof Durham and Raleigh. On the westernedge of Wake County, it’s a mere twomiles from Southeast Durham includingResearch Triangle Park and only 12 milesfrom Downtown Durham.Named one of the nation’s fastestgrowing airports (2000), RDU servesnearly nine million passengers annuallywith 400 daily flights. Non-stop flightsarrive from 50 North American citiesand three international locales. Durhamand RDU enjoy service from nine majorairlines and 11 commuter carriers.Major AirlinesAmerican • Air Canada • Air Tran •America West • Continental • Delta •Northwest • Southwest • US AirwaysCommuter Air CarriersAmerican Eagle • Atlantic Coast Jet(for Delta Connection) • Comair (forDelta Connection) • ContinentalExpress • Skyway • United Express •US Air Express (including AirMidwest, Chautauqua, Piedmont,Midway, Southeast)Getting Here Via Highway/RailDurham is within a day’s drive of halfthe nation’s population and also midwaybetween Atlanta and Philadelphia. Thecommunity is well-connected byInterstate 85 (from the north andsouth), Interstate 40 (from the west andeast), and three US Highways, as well asGreyhound/Trailwaysbus service.Durham’s Amtrakstation serves passengerstraveling both thePiedmont (Charlotteto Durham toRaleigh) andCarolinian (Charlotteto Durham to NewYork City) routes.Getting AroundDurham is a compact, single-citycounty. Downtown is just 12 miles fromthe airport, four miles from ResearchTriangle Park (RTP), and two milesfrom Duke University. Hotels inSoutheast Durham are only two milesfrom the airport and encompass RTP.Durham transportation to and fromthe airport is available via taxicab,limousine, other public transport, hotelshuttle, or one of eleven Durham rentalcarcompanies.Though Durham itself has plenty tooffer leisure guests, Durham’s primelocation also makes it great for pre- orpost-meeting tours of thearea. Midway between themountains and beaches ofNorth Carolina, midwaybetween the outlet malls ofBurlington and the statecapital of Raleigh,midway betweenPinehurst, NC, andVirginia, and midwaybetween Charlotte andNorfolk, Durham suggestsany of these destinations fora two- to three-day extensionto meeting or convention stays.For Additional Information Call 1-800-446-8604 or Visit www.durham-nc.com3