The main hotel for IlluXCon 4 is the Ramada Conference Center Altoona. It is located at 1 Sheraton Drive, Altoona, PA. The phone number for the hotel is (814) 946-1631. The hotel offers a convention rate - to receive this rate, you must make your reservations BY PHONE and tell the hotel that you are a member of the IlluXCon group. The hotel rate for 2011 is $105 / night. The IlluXCon Showcase will take place at the hotel.
The hotel offers free WiFi and has an excellent in-house restaurant, as well as the Cosmopolitan lounge—which WILL be open until 2 am all through the show.
The Ramada and ALL OTHER hotels require a drive to main show facility. There are NO hotels within walking distance of the show.
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DRIVING DIRECTIONS
FROM THE NORTH: Take I-80 to RT 220/I-99 South to Plank Rd Exit. Make a left turn. Hotel is 1/4 mile on the right. South Follow Rt 70 West to the PA Turnpike West to Bedford. Take exit 146 pick up to RT I-99 North and follow I-99 to the Plank Rd exit. Make a right turn. The Ramada Inn is 1/4 mile on right.
FROM THE EAST: Travel the PA Turnpike all the way to Bedford exit 146. Take RT I-99 North to Altoona. Take the Plank Rd exit. Make a right turn. The Ramada Inn is 1/4 mile on right.
FROM HARRISBURG: Take PA Turnpike to Bedford (Exit 146). Turn left and follow I-99N (Rt 220) to the Plank Rd exit. Make a right turn. The Ramada Inn is 400 yards on the right.
FROM THE WEST: Travel RT 22 East. Take RT 1-99 North to Altoona. Take the Plank Rd exit. Make a right turn. The hotel is 1/4 mile on right.
FROM PITTSBURGH: Take Route 22 East to I-99N (Rt 220). Take to the Plank Rd exit. Make a right turn. The Ramada Inn is 400 yards on the right.
NOTE: Google Maps identifies the Ramada Inn location in Duncansville, however the hotel IS, in fact, in Altoona. The map is correct, as Duncansville is a suburb of Altoona.
Other hotels in Altoona include:
