Venue: Hotel Cascais Miragem
How to Get to Hotel Cascais Miragem
From the nearest airport – Lisbon Portela International airport (LIS):
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By public transport (90 mins - €8):
- Subway: take the red line from the Airport to Alameda.
- Subway: change in Alameda for the green line to Cais do Sodré.
- Walk: exit the subway station and walk to the train station (also called Cais do Sodré).
- Train: take the train to Monte Estoril.
- The hotel is 450m from the train station.
Some additional information:
Train ticket prices: 2.30€ single ticket, 20.70€ for 10 tickets.
The timetable for the train can be found here.
There is some disruption planed in the Cascais line (the train line) for the conference dates, with a bus replacement service in place between Cais do Sodré and Algés. Check the times affected here.
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By pre-booked ride (25 mins - €39): Welcome Pickups
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By executive car with meet and greet (25 mins - €70): Presidencial Tours or +351 917 524 013
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By shared ride (25 mins - €35)
In case you are staying in Lisbon for the conference dates:
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By public transport:
- Get to the train station at Cais do Sodré – not to be mistaken with the subway station.
- Train: take the train to Monte Estoril (around 40 minutes).
- The hotel is 450m from the train station.
Some additional information:
Train ticket prices: 2.30€ single ticket, 20.70€ for 10 tickets.
Timetable can be found here.
There is some disruption planed in the Cascais line (the train line) for the conference dates, with a bus replacement service in place. Check the times affected here.
Why Stay at the Conference Hotel?
The conference hotel is the center of conference activity, that’s why! You’ll be able to network easily with other conference attendees. It’s a quick trip to get to the program and functions, and just as quick to nip back to your room for a break. You’ll have a better conference experience. That’s obvious. But there are other reasons that you need to consider before you look at another hotel.
The conference leaders have taken their role of finding a conference site very seriously. They looked at a number of locations. The needs of attendees as individuals were considered as well as the need for conference meeting spaces.
Everyone enjoys meeting in a comfortable conference venue, offering quality service and support for workshops, tutorials, plenary sessions, etc. As the quid-pro-quo for that service and support, the conference guarantees that a percentage of attendees will stay in the hotel.
The hotel rates are negotiated based on the number of expected attendees and the meeting space required to comfortably accommodate them. The basis for negotiation with the hotel is statistics from that conference in prior years. The contract with the hotel then guarantees specific numbers of sleeping rooms will be used each night during the conference. A complex negotiation of meeting room space, functions and events (with food), and sleeping room provides the most value per dollar for the conference and those attending it.
If the conference does not meet the contracted sleeping room commitment, the hotel gets paid anyway. Unfilled rooms can cost the conference thousands of dollars. (The conference does not get credit for the re-sale of sleeping rooms unless the hotel is completely filled.) The next conference in the series cannot negotiate as beneficial a hotel contract, and the registration fee is then under pressure to increase unreasonably.
On occasion, one of the many internet providers or sometimes the hotel itself will offer a few rooms in their inventory at a lower price than the conference is offering. There are often restrictions and penalties associated with these rates. If you somehow obtain a better rate than the one offered by the conference, your stay will still be counted toward our required room block.
What if we don’t contract for sleeping rooms? Attendees will pay more to stay at the conference hotel. The conference will incur additional expenses for meeting room rental fees, which can be quite costly. The hotel will not hold a block of rooms for attendees, which may leave some people quite a distance from the conference venue. In short, the conference ends up with higher expenses, many of those attending will pay a higher price for their hotel rooms, future conference registration fees will be pushed higher.
Please support the conference and the SIG by staying at the conference hotel!
Hotel Rates
*The hotel is fully book on some of the nights of SPLASH. We are currently in the process of negotiating better prices with other hotels. The two closest ones are Intercontinental and Estoril Eden.
Please check this link for the special hotel rates for SPLASH 2023 attendees.
N.B. The hotel has twin rooms. If you want to book one such room, you must make the reservation for two people, indicate in a comment to the hotel that you want a twin bed, and the hotel will confirm your choice directly to you.