Travel and Lodging
Travel
The Amway Grand Plaza hotel is located in downtown Grand Rapids and is served by the Grand Rapids airport (GRR, 15 minutes from the hotel). The largest airport in Michigan is Detroit Metro (DTW, 160 miles away) and Grand Rapids can also be reached from smaller airports in Lansing (LAN, 65 miles away) and Kalamazoo (AZO, 50 miles away). Note that both Chicago airports (MDW and ORD) are on the west side of Chicago and require approximately four hours driving time to Grand Rapids. There is also a direct train (Amtrak) connection between downtown Chicago and Grand Rapids.
Ground Transportation
MetroCab is the official transportation of the Grand Rapids airport, they are highly recommended. If you will be driving, please note that the parking fees are $16/day for self parking and $25/day for valet parking at the hotel.
Runabouts is an appointment only company that allows online scheduling of transportation from GRR to the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel - $28/ride (for entire passenger limit of vehicle). Distance: 12 miles, estimated time: 27 minutes.
Accommodations
Participants will be housed in the Amway Grand Plaza hotel which is the conference venue. A block of rooms has been reserved at the hotel for participants from Sunday, 10 May through Saturday, 16 May, at a special low rate of $129/night for the EMIS2015 conference. Please use this link to make reservations within this block or call 1(800)253-3590.