Hotel
Hotel reservations can be made by contacting the conference-site hotel directly. Please refer to the "Closing The Gap Conference" when making your reservations to receive conference room discounts when applicable. A limited number of handicapped accessible rooms are available. If you require an accessible room, state your needs when making your reservations and reserve your room early to better insure a room that will best accommodate you.
A deposit of one night's room rate plus tax is required to reserve a guest room for the Closing The Gap Conference.
Cancellation policy: Guest rooms may be cancelled up to two weeks prior to arrival with no cancellation penalty and your total deposit refunded to you. Any guest room cancelled less than two weeks prior to arrival will be subject to forfeiture of the entire deposit.
The conference site hotel:
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bloomington
7800 Normandale Blvd.
Bloomington, MN 55439
Phone: 952-835-7800
Fax: 952-893-8419
$149 - Single occupancy
$159 - Double occupancy
$169 - Triple occupancy
$179 - Quad occupancy
(South Tower)
(Plus applicable state and local taxes)
Complimentary Internet in all guest rooms
Complimentary airport shuttle service
Travel
Twelve commercial passenger airlines service the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP). Conference goers are encouraged to choose the airline that best meets their needs and budget. For detailed airport information, please visit www.mspairport.com
For those interested in flying Delta, Closing The Gap has arranged for them to offer discounted conference rates. For the lowest possible air fares, in the United States and Canada, call Delta at 800-328-1111, Monday through Friday, 7:30 am - 7:30 pm Central Daylight Time and reference the Closing The Gap Conference, I.D. code NM8QH.
Accessible Transportation
To arrange for accessible transportation while visiting the Minneapolis area, have your ADA certifying agency fax your certification information along with the address where you will be staying and dates you plan on being in Minneapolis to 651-602-1660 four weeks prior to your arrival date. Riders must be ADA certified in the state in which they live. For questions regarding certification, call Jim Nieman at 651-602-1665. If you are not ADA certified, call Airport Taxi at 612-331-8294 (special assistance provided if requested).
What participants have said
This is by far the best conference‚ year after year‚ just top notch!
~Speech Language Pathologist
This conference has ALL the AT resources for ALL.
~Special Education Facilitator
Great hands-on -- good explicit instructions, great application, CD to take home.
~Speech Language Pathologist

