Lincoln Hall sits right on the beautiful campus of the University of Hawaii at Manoa just a few steps away from the conference venue. Enjoy a room surrounded by nature and step into the Japanese garden right outside the hall. Then immerse yourself in the university as you walk around the 112-year-old campus. Lincoln Hall offers the cheapest rate. Limited slots available. First come, first served. Food and Accommodations If you would like to use Lincoln Hall or East-West Center accommodationson campus, be sure to reserve early as there are limited slots available. The rates are low but these are modest accommodations. It is right next to the conference venue but is farther away from restaurants. Here is the link. For your convenience, here are a few dining places on campus--Gateway Café, Paradise Palms and Ba-Le. |
Sheraton Waikiki Hotel is right at the heart of Waikiki and is about a 14-minute drive from the conference venue. Enjoy a room with a nice view of the ocean and get some fresh air in the morning as the hotel offers an ocean front view. Watch the sunset from the balcony of your room or from their club lounge. The club lounge, located at the 30th floor, also offers the view of Diamond Head and Waikikil. A fitness center and two swimming pools, infinity pool and Helumoa pool, are available for the guests to use. The hotel has a great location if you want some nightlife and stay close to the beach. Shopping areas and restaurants are only couple of blocks away so you don’t have to worry about transportation. Rates begin at $341 per night. Link |
Ambassador is just a little bit far away from the shopping areas, but nearby there’s a lot of convenience stores and high-class restaurants like Tony Roma’s. It is a couple of blocks away from the Waikiki beach. Even though the location of the hotel is not walking distance from the shopping area and local attractions, the hotel offers a lot of amenities and benefits like a discount voucher at The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, discount on Airport Shuttle Transportation, free local, long distance and toll-free telephone calls, and $25 Activity Credit on Oahu excursions or tours. Also, enjoy some relaxing time using the outdoor swimming pool and in-house fitness center that is open 24 hours. The hotel is about an 8-minute drive from the conference venue. Rates average at $101.15 per night. Link |
Link Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa has a pretty convenient location and is about 12 minutes’ drive away from the conference venue. It is right across the Waikiki Beach and there are a lot of shopping stores that are walking distance. If you want to sing, “Wang Chung’s Karaoke Bar” is right across the street from the hotel. Services and amenities include swimming pool, concierge, fitness center, laundry, spa, Wi-Fi and Google Chromecast that is now available at the guest’s rooms. There’s also a buffet that is an ideal dinner option for foodies with hearty appetites, with an array of fresh local seafood and salt crusted prime rib nightly. SWIM Poolside Bar and Lounge serves tropical cocktails and lite fare. Visit them for late night Happy Hour from 8 to 10 pm nightly. Some cultural classes are also being offered for you to try and enjoy like lei making, ukulele, and hula. Link |
Love shopping? Ala Moana Hotel is a nice place to stay if you want to be close to the shopping area. It is about 2 – 3 minutes’ walk to the Ala Moana shopping center and there’s a lot of restaurants surrounding the hotel. You can try a variety of cuisines, especially Asian, near the hotel. It is close to the conference venue where it is about 8 minutes’ drive. Enjoy some fresh air and sunlight at the Ala Moana beach park, a 7- to 10-minute walk from the hotel. After a long day, relax at your hotel room and enjoy the air condition, cabled TV, and complimentary Wi-Fi. The hotel also offers a swimming pool, sundeck, and a fitness center with steam and sauna that is open until midnight. Link |
Waikiki Resort Hotel offers a seaside view of Waikiki Beach. It is a great location to have a view of the beach and the city. In the morning, you can enjoy the fresh air and the morning sunlight at your balcony while at night, you can enjoy the city lights from your balcony. It is a block away from the beach, so if you want to swim or just get walk around the beach, it is just a walking distance. There’s an ABC store right across the street from the hotel and a laundromat if you want to wash your clothes. A lot of restaurants that you can find around the area. If you like some seafood and steak, there’s a restaurant called Blue Ocean Seafood & Steak nearby. An international market place is just a couple of blocks away and some tourist attractions that are just walking distance. Link |
Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel is just right across the street from the beach. If you want to walk by the beach in the afternoon/night time to get some fresh air or early morning before the conference, you can just cross the street to go to the beach. The Honolulu Zoo is a block away from the hotel and is about 7-minute walk. This will give you a chance to learn more about the local and other imported animals to the island of Oahu and state of Hawaii. There’s a lot of food choice as you find different types of restaurants in the area. It is about 9 minutes’ drive to the venue of the conference. After the conference, enjoy an air-conditioned room with cabled television and complimentary Wi-Fi. A heated swimming pool is also available for the guests to use. Link |
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort has a great location where it is close to shopping areas, restaurants, tourists’ attractions, and is about 8-minute drive from the conference venue. Enjoy a room with a private balcony, 37” flat screen television with premium cable channels and PlayStation 3, complimentary coffee/tea, high-speed Internet access, in-room controlled air-conditioning, and clock radio with connection for MP3 player. On Fridays, the hotel displays fireworks for their guests and other people that are at Ala Moana and/or Waikiki area. The fireworks start at around 7:30 p.m. and lasted for about 10 minutes. At the Village Green, they held many activities that the guests can enjoy like yoga, tai chi, lei making, hula, ukulele lesson, and kid-friendly movies every Wednesday and Saturday nights. Hilton Hawaiian Village is also committed to providing some of best island entertainment. They have local artists and musicians play every night of the week that you can enjoy at Tropics Bar and Grill and Tapa Bar and on Paradise Lounge on Fridays and Saturdays. Enjoy some live music, energetic and beautiful dances, and dramatic fire knife dance at the Waikiki Starlight Luau inside the village. Link |