Conference Specifics

About Halifax
Halifax is a modern port city teeming with culture and heritage and the perfect place for the conference to be held. In the heart of the downtown, and the Historic Properties, you’ll find art galleries, museums, historic sites and churches, shopping, sidewalk cafés and friendly nightclubs. Lively pubs and livelier entertainment and a nightlife that doesn’t quit, spectacular shows, first class sporting events, riveting live theatre on both sides of the harbour, scrumptious dining and non-stop fun are the ticket to an exciting Halifax experience.

Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel Information
The Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel is located at 1919 Upper Water
Street, Halifax, NS, B3J 3J5. The phone number is (902)-421-1700 and fax number is (902) 422-5805. You can visit them on the internet at www.marriott.com and search Halifax.

Hotel Reservations
The conference will be held at the Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel. The hotel is offering AHP conference attendees a special rate of $159.00–$249.00, plus tax, depending on room type. To make reservations, call the hotel at (800) 943-6760 or (902) 421-1700 and identify yourself as an Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) conference attendee.

Please be advised
The AHP room block special room rates apply to the nights of April 13–15, 2008. AHP has reserved a limited number of rooms at the special rate. Please make your room reservations as soon as possible. The hotel deadline for the special hotel rate is March 12, 2008. If all hotel rooms reserved at the special rate are sold prior to this date, AHP can not guarantee availability of additional special rated rooms. Please contact the hotel directly for rates and information.

Registration Policy
To qualify for the early bird rate, your registration and payment must be postmarked no later than March 14, 2008. Registration forms will not be processed without payment.

Registration Includes
Full conference registration starts with the opening reception on April 13th and includes: education sessions, the continental breakfast and lunch on April 14th; and continental breakfast and lunch and the banquet dinner on April 15th. The single day registration includes the education sessions for the selected day of registration and the meal(s) that are scheduled for that day only. Tickets for meals on other days may be purchased.

Lobster Dinner and Brewery Dinner
The optional events on Monday, April 14th are $65 per person (guests welcome). There are a limited number of tickets available for each event and they are on a first paid, first reserved basis. Tickets for this event are non-refundable.

Guest Tickets
If you would like to bring a guest to the opening reception, breakfasts, or lunches, you may purchase additional meal tickets. Tickets can be purchased before the conference or on-site.

Exhibitors/Vendors/Affiliate Companies
If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting, visit AHP’s web site www.ahpcanada.com and click the conference logo. You will be redirected to information about the conference. You can also contact AHP directly by calling (703) 532-6243.

Conference Dress
The conference dress is business casual. Consider bringing a jacket or sweater, as meeting room temperatures can fluctuate. The Awards Dinner dress is business professional.

Weather
The average daytime temperature in April is 8 ˚C and in the evenings 2 ˚C. Remember to bring a light sweater or jacket for the air-conditioned meeting rooms.

Transportation
Halifax International Airport—YHZ. You can call the airport (902) 873 4422 for more information on travel. Rental car facilities and taxi service is available from the airport to the hotel.

Driving Directions
Driving directions from the airport: Take highway 102 south to the Dartmouth turn off, MacKay Bridge. Cross MacKay Bridge and take the Barrington Street exit. Follow Barrington to George Street. Take left off George Street. Take a left off Water Street. Hotel is on the right just before the Casino.

Bus service, fee: 18.0 CAD (one way)
Estimated taxi fare: 53.0 CAD (one way)

AHP Contact Information

Association for Healthcare Philanthropy
313 Park Avenue, Suite 400
Falls Church, VA 22046
Phone: (703) 532-6243
Fax: (703) 532-7170
Email: ahp@ahp.org
Web Site: www.ahpcanada.com

Visit AHP’s web site at www.ahpcanada.com for up-to-date information regarding the conference AHP Canada Regional Conference and to register online.