Lodging

The Africa Business Conference has arranged accommodation at the following area hotels.  A limited number of rooms at discounted rates are available for early booking via the special registration websites listed below. Participants will be able to reserve rooms at the market rate after that.

Westin Copley Place

10 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
Phone: +1 617-262-9600
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Click here to register and take advantage of our negotiated rates.

Note that the Concert, Fashion Show and Saturday Afterparty all occur at the Westin Copley Place

DoubleTree Suites

400 Soldier's Field Road
Boston, MA 02143-1893
Tel: +1 617-783-0090
Fax: +1 617-783-0897
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Click here to register at the Africa Business Conference reduced rate.

Charles Hotel

Harvard Square
One Bennett Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Toll Free: +1 800-882-1818
Fax: +1 617-864-5715
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To make Online Reservations:

  • Go to the hotel's website: www.charleshotel.com
  • Click on the "Reservations" button on the left-hand side of the screen
  • In the booking window, click on the "Groups" tab at the top of the page
  • Enter the Attendee Code: HBSABC2010
  • Click on the dates you wish to stay
  • Click on the room type preferred
  • Click on Complete contact and billing information

Hyatt Regency Cambridge

575 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 02139-4896
Tel: +1 617 492 1234
Fax: +1 617 491 6906
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Please call the hotel directly and indicate that you are attending the Africa Business Conference at Harvard Business School to receive our reduced rate.

Directions and Parking

By Car

From Logan Airport
Follow signs for I-90 West (Massachusetts Turnpike/Ted Williams Tunnel). Take I-90 West to exit 20 for Allston and Cambridge. Bear right toward Cambridge. Continue through the first set of lights and get in the left lane. Turn left onto Soldiers Field Road just past the second set of lights and before the bridge. Turn left onto Western Avenue at the first stoplight. Enter the campus through the Batten Way entrance on the right.

From north and south of Boston
Take I-93 North or South to exit 20 for I-90 West (Massachusetts Turnpike). Take I-90 West to exit 20 for Allston and Cambridge. Bear right toward Cambridge. Continue through the first set of lights and get in the left lane. Turn left onto Soldiers Field Road just past the second set of lights and before the bridge. Turn left onto Western Avenue at the first stoplight. Enter the campus through the Batten Way entrance on the right.

From I-90 (Massachusetts Turnpike) Allston/Cambridge Exit
Take the Allston and Cambridge exit. Bear right toward Cambridge. Continue through the first set of lights and get in the left lane. Turn left onto Soldiers Field Road just past the second set of lights and before the bridge. Turn left onto Western Avenue at the first stoplight. Enter the campus through the Batten Way entrance on the right.

Public transportation

By train
Take the MBTA Red Line (Alewife train) to Harvard Square. Walk south down John F. Kennedy Street, crossing over the Charles River on the Anderson Bridge. Harvard Business School is on the left after the bridge.

By train from Logan Airport
Take the Silver Line bus from any terminal to South Station. At South Station, change to the Red Line (Alewife train) to Harvard Square. Walk south down John F. Kennedy Street, crossing over the Charles River on the Anderson Bridge. Harvard Business School is on the left after the bridge.

By bus
Take #66 bus that runs down JFK Street and North Harvard Street. Exit the bus at the first stop after the bridge. HBS is on the left.

Campus Map

http://www.hbs.edu/about/visit.html

Transportation

To Come

Parking

Conference guests will enjoy complimentary parking on the Harvard Business School campus on Friday and Saturday. Just drive up to the white parking booth and tell the attendant that you are here for the Africa Business Conference.