Lodging
The hotel is the Holiday Inn Bloomington I-35, 1201 W 94th Street, Bloomington, MN 55431. (952) 884-8211. Rate is $82.00 (plus 13.65% Tax or $82 + $11.20 for a total of $93.20/night) and good on nights from 10/14 (Tuesday) thru 10/19 (Sunday) 2008. Call the hotel directly at (952) 884-8211 and make sure to mention "Microwave Update 2008".
The cut-off date for reservations is 30 September 2008. Requests made AFTER THAT DATE will be on an "space and rate availablity" basis. Most rooms reserved are non-smoking, but there are a few smoking room available in the hotel. The rooms reserved are pretty much split between King Bed and two Queen Beds (30 each for Thu-Sat nights). We have a total of 195 room nights reserved, with a peak of 60 rooms for for Thu-Sat.
WEB Based booking instructions:
Using the hotlink: Holiday Inn Bloomington I-35 , look on the left
side for the "PriorityClub" Rewards, and "Check Availability". Enter arrival and
departure dates (10/14/2008 thru 10/20/2008, inclusive). Under GROUP CODE, enter
"MIC" (for Microwave Update !). Click on "Check Availability".
You should see a screen that says "Reservation Desk", has the tag of "Microwave Update", and the room rate of $82 USD for each of the two choices (1 King bed or 2 Queen beds). Both are non-smoking. There are a few smoking rooms in the hotel, but not many.
The hotel features the award-winning Green Mill Restaurant open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Take advantage of the hotel's free high speed wireless Internet access. Enjoy the hotel's free shuttle service to and from the Airport and Mall of America. Relax in the pool, hot tub, sauna or game room all located in our beautiful atrium area.
If you have any lodging difficulties, please involve your host team and let's see if we can help. Contact us at the email addresses on the main page.