Official travel agency
Congrex Travel AG
Association House
P.O. Box
4002 Basel, Switzerland
Hotel accommodation:
| Phone: | +41 616909411 |
| Fax: | +41 616909414 |
| Email: | eccmid.hotel@congrex.com |
Flight bookings
| Phone: | +41 6156075 60 |
| Fax: | +41 616909214 |
| Email: | businesstravel@congrex.com |
Rates and categories
| Hotels | Single room | Double room |
| Price-Category A | €300 – 350 | €350 – 400 |
| Price-Category B | €250 – 300 | €300– 350 |
| Price-Category C | €200 – 250 | €250 – 300 |
| Price-Category D | €150 – 200 | €200 – 250 |
| Price-Category E | €100 – 150 | €150 – 200 |
| Price-Category F | € 50 – 100 | €100 – 150 |
All rates are in Euro, per room and per night, including breakfast, service and taxes.
Online reservation
Participants can book their hotel room via this link. Full prepayment by credit card (Visa or Mastercard) is mandatory if you register online. Each participant will receive a confirmation. After 1 April 2009, hotel accommodation is subject to availability.
Hotel reservation form
If you have no internet access, please return the enclosed Hotel Reservation Form no later than 1 April 2009. Requests will be accepted thereafter, however, hotel accommodation is subject to availability and cannot be guaranteed. After this deadline, bookings are only possible against full payment by credit card and a late handling fee of EUR 30 will be charged.
To guarantee your reservation, a deposit of EUR 200 is required. Please include either a copy of your bank transfer, credit card details or a cheque made payable to Congrex Travel AG. Hotel requests without payment can not be accepted. All requests will be handled on a “first come-first served basis”.
Cancellation and refund policy
If your hotel reservation is cancelled until 1 April 2009, the deposit will be refunded less EUR 60 handling fee. If your reservation is cancelled after 1 April 2009 or if you arrive later or leave earlier than on the dates indicated on your reservation form, the total accommodation amount will be charged and no refunds can be made. Any change of reservation will be subject to a handling fee of EUR 30.
Changes or cancellations have to be made in writing to Congrex Travel AG, Basel, Switzerland. The hotels will not accept direct changes.
For further information as well as for group registration please contact Congrex Travel.
Official Airline
Save up to 20% on travel with the
Star Alliance Network!
The Star Alliance™ Members Airlines are pleased to be appointed as the Official Airline Network for the 19th ECCMID.
To obtain the Star Alliance Conventions Plus discounts, please
- book your flights online via this link or
- contact Congrex Travel by email (businesstravel@congrex.com) or on +41 61 560 75 60 or
- contact any reservation office of a participating Star Alliance Member Airline and quote the following Convention Code SK01A06 via this link
Registered participants plus one accompanying person travelling to the event are automatically granted a discount of up to 20%, depending on fare and class of travel booked.
The participating airlines for this event are: Air Canada, Air China, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, SWISS International Air Lines, Scandinavian Airlines, Spanair, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, United, US Airways
Discounts are offered on published business and economy class fares, excluding website/internet fares, senior and youth fares, group fares and Round the World fares.
Please note: For travel from Japan and New Zealand special fares or discounts are offered by the participating airlines on their own network. When making your travel plans please present confirmation of your registration or proof of attendance.

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