Travel & Lodging
Special Hotel Rates
The Hilton Alexandria Mark Center Hotel is offering specially discounted room rates for DCAC participants. Only $139.00 for single, double, triple & quad occupancy! Hurry and reserve your room today.. To make your sleeping room reservation, please call the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center directly at 1-703-845-1010 or by calling the toll-free number 1-800-HILTONS (1-800-445-8667). To receive these special rates, you MUST specify that you are an attendee of the DCAC 19th Annual Washington, D.C. International Fitness / Personal Training / Mind-Body Conference & Trade Show. Special DCAC rates apply only to reservations made before July 7, 2010. After this date, reservations will be accepted based on availability and are subject to regular hotel rates.
BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM NOW AT A SPECIAL RATE!!!
Food Options
The hotel has many food options/restaurants within two miles of the hotel. In addition they have the restaurant FINN AND PORTER on premises. Finn and Porter has a fantastic sushi bar, dinner menu and reasonable breakfast and lunch options. In addition to these options, DCAC and the Hilton will be offering the following to give attendees easy and quick solutions for meals during the main convention. Cash concessions (includes beverages, snacks, fruits, yogurt, and sandwiches) Friday & Saturday, 5:30 a.m. – 4 p.m., and Sunday, 5:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. We will have a special SOUP AND SALAD BAR available on Friday & Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The soup and salad bar will be $10 a person and it will include 2 “Soups of the Day”, one of which will be a vegetarian option. The salad bar will include a minimum of 12 items such as tossed mixed greens, sliced cucumbers, tomato wedges, shredded carrots, ripe olives, pickled beets, garbanzo beans, sliced banana peppers, sunflower kernels, shredded cheese, chopped hard boiled eggs, croutons, etc. There will also be a minimum of four dressings offered.
Parking At The Hilton
FREE Parking at the hotel, in the garage and over by they Retreat portion of the hotel. All attendees need to do is identify themselves when they leave the garage as DCAC Attendee, (such as showing their DCAC Badge) and they do not pay.
IMPORTANT PARKING INFORMATION…CLICK HERE
During the busiest hours, we will have DCAC Staff Members on duty outside, near the parking garage at the HILTON to direct you on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 6:30 am to 9:30 am.
Airport Travel
The closest airports are the Dulles International Airport (DIA) and Ronald Reagan National Airport.
From Ronald Reagan National Airport
The Hilton offers a complimentary shuttle to and from the Ronald Reagan National Airport and Metrorail, Pentagon City Mall and Metrorail and the Pentagon. Call the hotel at 703/845-1010; tell the operator what airline you have arrived on; they will tell you where to meet the shuttle.
From RonaldReagan National Airport by car
Go South on Abingdon Drive towards VA-233 by turning left. Turn right onto VA-233. Take the US-1 South ramp. Merge onto Jefferson Davis Highway/US-1 South. Turn right onto VA-120/S. Glebe Road. Turn left to take the I-395 South ramp towards Richmond. Keep left at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto I-395 South. Take the Seminary Road Exit – 4. Keep right at the fork in the ramp. Merge onto Seminary Road. Go to far left lane and turn left onto Nottingham Drive. Make a right into the hotel entrance.
From Dulles Airport
Take Dulles Access Road to I-495 South towards Richmond. Take I-395 North towards Washington, DC (left exit), take Exit 4 Seminary Road West. Continue one block. The Hilton is located on the left.
The Washington Flyer is a van service that provides transportation for Dulles Airport and the Ronald Reagan National Airport. Go to the Washington Flyer booth and request transportation, the cost is $15.00. Reservations are required 703/685-1400.
Traveling By Car
If you’ll be traveling by car, please refer to the driving directions below. There is ample parking at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center Hotel, and it is FREE of charge.
From Downtown Washington, DC
Take I-395 South towards Richmond. Follow for seven miles. Exit 4 Seminary Road West. Continue one block. The Hilton is on the left.
From Richmond
Take I-95 North to I-395 exchange to Alexandria and Washington, DC. Take Exit 4 Seminary Road West. Continue one block. The Hilton is located on the left.
From Baltimore
Take I-95 South to Virginia for approximately 30 miles. Take exit I-395 North towards Washington, DC – Exit 4 Seminary Road West. Continue one block. The Hilton is located on the left.
Tips For Your Trip
You will be moving quickly from session to session and sometimes from one location to the other, so pack accordingly. You might want to bring a sweatshirt or cover-up with you to sessions each day in case you get cold during those times when you aren’t exercising. The conference and trade show are a great networking opportunity, so don’t forget to bring your business cards. Many participants bring snacks with them such as bagels, crackers, energy bars, etc. Please note that NO audio taping, videotaping, or photography will be permitted at any time in any conference activity sessions except by authorized personnel. As a courtesy to others, please turn your cell phone off while in sessions. In response to attendee requests and to preserve the educational atmosphere and safety of all participants, children and babies are not allowed in sessions. In an effort to join the “Green” movement, no paper outlines will be given out this year. Session outlines will be available for download on the website prior to the conference.
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