Hotel

The Loews Lake Las Vegas is sold out for Saturday and Sunday night, August 23rd and 24th. Please see below for other hotel options.

Note as of June 22, 2008: if the website shows no availability at the discounted rate for the times selected, please call the hotel directly as there have been intermittent problems with the online reservation system.

The KDD 2008 conference will take place in the Las Vegas area, at the Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort, 101 Montelago Boulevard, Henderson, Nevada.

A rate of $159 (single/double) will be available to conference attendees for reservations between August 21st-30th, 2008. This rate will be inclusive of the resort fee, but not include taxes, housekeeping fees of $2.50 per room per day and bellman roundtrip of $7.50. Cut-off date for room reservations at this rate will be July 25th, 2008. Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-23-LOEWS or the hotel directly at 702-567-6000, and stating that you want the KDD group rate using group code: ACM824. The hotel's reservation office on property is open from 7 am - 8 pm PST. When calling the hotel directly, you will be asked to press (1) for Group or (2) for Transient. Pressing (1) will transfer you directly to the hotel rather than the Central Reservations Number (reservations agents at the hotel are more familiar with the group code reservations process than Central Reservations agents).

For online reservations, please follow these instructions:

  1. Visit the Loews Hotel website: http://www.loewshotels.com
  2. Under the "Book a Room" section on the left side of the page, select "Henderson, Nevada", enter your check in and check out dates, and then click the "MORE SEARCH OPTIONS" link which will open up more fields.
  3. Under "Partner Program", select "Group", and then under "Code", enter in "ACM824".
  4. Note as of June 22, 2008: if the website shows no availability at the discounted rate for the times selected, please call the hotel directly as there have been intermittent problems with the online reservation system.

Some may have been concerned about reports on the Lake Las Vegas bankruptcy. Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort is owned by Loews Corporation and is not involved with the Lake Las vegas financial matter, which involves the residential real estate in the area. Our KDD-08 conference hotel, golf course, etc. will continue to operate normally.

For any further inquiries or help with hotel registrations, please contact Kelly Miller at kmiller@loewshotels.com or 702-567-6000 ext 4118. Please also feel free to contact the local arrangement co-chairs if you need any other assistance.

Other Hotel Options

The following hotels are also options for those who cannot or do not wish to stay at the Loews Las Vegas.

Very Close

MonteLago Village Resort Lake Las Vegas
30 Strada Di Villaggio
Henderson, Nevada 89011
(702) 564-4700 or (866) 383-1592

Ritz Carlton Lake Las Vegas
1610 Lake Las Vegas Parkway
Henderson, Nevada 89011
(702) 567-4700 or (800) 542-8680

Shuttles are available from the MonteLago Village Resort and the Ritz Carlton to the Loews Lake Las Vegas.

Within 10 Miles

Americas Best Value Inn-Lakemead Saved Save Hotel (6.9 miles)
85 W Lake Mead Dr
Henderson, Nevada 89015
(702) 564-1712 or (888) 315-2378

Hawthorn Inn & Suites Las Vegas/Henderson (6.5 miles)
910 S Boulder Hwy
Henderson, Nevada 89015
(702) 568-7800 or (800) 527-1133

Fiesta Henderson Casino Hotel (7.2 miles)
777 W Lake Mead Parkway
Henderson, Nevada 89015
(888) 899-7770 or (702) 558-7000

Sunset Station Hotel And Casino (7.3 miles)
1301 W Sunset Rd
Henderson, Nevada 89014
(702) 547-7777 or (888) 786-7389

Siena Suites (6.2 miles)
6555 Boulder Highway Clark
Las Vegas, Nevada 89122
(702) 648-2100

Airport

The closest major airport is Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS). There will be shuttle services for registered attendees to and from the airport. Please check the registration form for additional details on setting up date and time windows for pick up and drop off.

Please check back before the conference begins as the schedule is subject to change.

Bus: Airport to Hotel

Near baggage claim there is an elevator that goes to "Level Zero." All bus pickups are on Level Zero. The KDD bus will have a KDD sign associated with it.

Saturday, August 23

11 am - 11 pm, every hour (e.g. 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm, ...) from the airport to the hotel.

Sunday, August 24

11 am - 9 pm, every hour from the airport to the hotel.

Bus: Night on the Town

The bus service to Las Vegas will begin after the evening poster session. The service is sponsored by Yahoo! Bus pickups in Las Vegas will be at the Bellagio hotel.

Tuesday, August 26

To Las Vegas: 8:45 pm - 12:45 am, every hour (e.g. 8:45 pm, 9:45 pm, ...)
From Las Vegas: 9:15 pm - 1:15 am, every hour (e.g. 9:15 pm, 10:15 pm, ...)

Bus: Hotel to Airport

Tuesday, August 26

5 pm - 9 pm, every hour from the hotel to the airport..

Wednesday, August 27

10 am, 11 am, 12 pm from the hotel to the airport.
12:30 pm - 5:30 pm, every half hour (e.g. 12:30 pm, 1 pm, 1:30 pm, ...) from the hotel to the airport.
6 pm, 7 pm, and 8 pm from the hotel to the airport.

Thursday, August 28

6 am - 11 am, every hour from the hotel to the airport.

Visa

The Association for Computing Machinery does not issue formal invitation letters for visas. We can however issue a visa support letter. For visa support letters, please send all requests with the following information to Laura Bucci (bucci at hq dot acm dot org).

  1. Name and mailing address as it appears on your passport
  2. The name of the conference you wish to attend
  3. Registration confirmation number
  4. If you are the author of any papers accepted for the conference, please provide the title
  5. Fax number

Please note that visa support letters are not issued via email.