VENUES
GROW Workshops - August 22 2012
Location TBD
GROW Conference - August 23 2012
Vancouver Convention Center - West Building
1055 Canada Place - 3rd Floor
Vancouver, BC, V6C 0C3
www.vancouverconventioncentre.com
DIRECTIONS
By Car
- Head west on Grant McConachie Way.
- Make a slight right at SW Marine Dr and continue on Granville St.
- Once you come into the city over the Granville Street Bridge, take the Seymour Street exit off the bridge.
- Follow Seymour Street and you will come to West Georgia Street.
- Turn left on West Georgia St, then turn right at Burrard St.
- The Vancouver Convention Centre is straight ahead at 1055 Canada Place.
By public transit/Canada Line
- Board Train - 980 - Canada Line Skytrain at the platform sign "CANADA LINE TO WATERFRONT". The trip is approximately 20 mins.
- Disembark at Waterfront Station Northbound.
- Head northwest on W Hastings St toward Howe St.
- Turn right at Burrard St.
- The Vancouver Convention Centre is straight ahead at 1055 Canada Place
PARKING
Vancouver Convention Centre West
Impark | 1055 Canada Place
$23.00 daily max 6am-6pm
$7.00 hourly rate
$9.00 evening rate 6pm-6am
* Enter off of Canada Place, ½ block west of the Burrard Street intersection on the right-hand side.
* Enter the Convention Centre through the doors adjacent the pay stations.
* The Information Desk is directly ahead as you enter the Burrard Street Lobby.
* Take the elevators to Level 2. At Level 2, proceed along the east pre-function space (with views of Canada Place) and take the mid-corridor elevator to Level 3 or the escalators at the end of the corridor.
*If arriving from alternate parking locations:
Enter Vancouver Convention Centre West through the lobby doors located at Burrard Street or Thurlow Street.
* The 300 series Meeting Rooms are located on Level 3.
TRANSPORTATION
Airport: Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
Air Canada promotion code: XQAXMTW1. To book a flight with this promotion code, access aircanada.com and enter your promotion code in the search panel.
International Attendees: Please visit travel.state.gov for information about traveling to Canada.
Getting Around: Downtown Vancouver is very walkable but a highly convenient public transit system traverses the city by bus, rail and ferry.
Taxi: Yellow Cab Company – (604) 681.1111 or 1 800 898 8294
HOTELS
The Coast Coal Harbour Hotel -- Special price for Grow attendees: $167 per night -- Price expires on 7/17/12 (limited rooms)
1180 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6E 4R5, Canada
Reservation: 1-800-663-1144 or online
Discount Code: TBD (online) or Grow 2012 (phone)
Overnight Parking: parking for guests is $28 plus taxes - $38.
Day Parking: $7 an hour to a maximum of $21 per day (plus taxes $9.50 an hour or $28 per day).

Renaissance Vancouver Harbourside Hotel
1133 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6E3T3, Canada
Reservation: 604-691-2759 or online

Other Hotels:
Westin Bayshore Hotel
1601 Bayshore Drive Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4, Canada
Days Inn - Vancouver Downtown
921 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6C 1M2, Canada
Best Western Downtown Vancouver
718 Drake Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2W6, Canada
The Fairmont Pacific Rim
1038 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC V6C 0B9, Canada
