From Routledge Journals - Society for Personality Assessment

ACCOMMODATIONSHotel ReservationsThe Fairmont Hotel blends historic grandeur with all thehigh-tech excitement of Silicon Valley. To learn more:www.thefairmont.com/sanjose. Hotel reservations mustbe made directly with the hotel. To get the special conferencerate, please inform the hotel that you are with theSociety for Personality Assessment (SPA). Reservationdeadline to receive the conference rate: March 1, 2010The Fairmont170 S. Market StreetSan Jose, CA 95113Tel: 408-998-1900Fax: 408-287-1648Reservations: 800-346-5550Online Reservations: Group Code #MM0308Room Block Dates: March 22-29, 2010Single Room: $149 per nightDouble Room: $159 per nightAdditional Person: $25 per night(no charge for children up to 18 sharing with parent)Fairmont President’s Club: This exclusive guestrecognition program offers special benefits designed toreflect your individual travel preferences and offer anenhanced level of service. Membership is complimentaryand your experience begins the moment you arrive atany of our properties with express check-in at our privatereception desk and continues during your stay withcomplimentary high-speed Internet access, freelocal calls, complimentary health club access,complimentary use of TalyorMade golf clubs, and use ofFairmont Fit. Sign up online at www.thefairmont.com/sanjose.SPA realizes that you have a number of options whensecuring your accommodations for the SPA Annual Meeting.We would like you to know that, in order to secure areasonable room rate, SPA has made a financial commitmentto The Fairmont. If the block is not filled, there arefinancial implications for SPA, and it will affect our ability tonegotiate room rates for future meetings. Also, to keepour financial liability minimal, we do not reserve an unusuallylarge block of rooms. Consequently, the rooms in theblock may be taken early. If so, the hotel has no obligationto honor the low room rate for additional rooms,although they will try to accommodate your needs.Airline TicketsCall Travelink, Incorporated, at 1-800-821-4671 tofind the best available air travel to San Jose, CA.Parking$5 for the first half-hour, $1.50 each additional twentyminutes, with a maximum of $26. For overnight parking,the fee is $26. Free ‘Green’ parking for overnightguests who drive hybrid vehicles.TransportationNorman Y. Mineta International Airport is located threemiles (5km) from the hotel. Taxis to and from NormanY. Mineta International Airport cost approximately $20to $25. For driving directions: http://www.fairmont.com/sanjose/MapAndDirections.htmDiningThe Fairmont provides options for everyone: FairmontExpress Cafe, Fountain Restaurant, Pagoda Restaurantand Bamboo Lounge, The Grill on the Alley, TheLobby Lounge, Cafe Stretto, and McCormick andSchmick’s. There are also 105 restaurants within a fiveblockradius of the hotel, from fine dining to JohnnyRocket’s!Discover San Jose, CAAbout a 45-minute drive south of San Francisco and anhour northeast of Monterey, the capitol of Silicon Valleyis edged by oak-dotted hills and set in a wide valley thatwas once blanketed with orchards. Basking in the sun(300 days of sunshine annually with average temperatureof 70 degrees), it’s both clean and safe—for sixyears in a row San Jose was crowned the nation’s safestbig city. San Jose’s amazing diversity is mirrored inthe many flavors of its shops, restaurants, and festivals.For information on San Jose visit: www.sanjose.org.22 / SPA Annual Meeting