The Conference will take place at:

Milano Convention Centre and Fiera Milano Congressi


The conference does provide transit (subway) passes, for the registrants. So, I will probably book a hotel some distance away from the convention centre.

The link has the list of conference hotels with conference room rates:

http://www.aimgroup.eu/2010/esmo/


Should I take one of the hotels from the list, and book through the conference housing authorities, or take one of the hotels on the list, and book directly, or take a hotel that is not on the list.

I ask the first 2 questions - because a few years ago, I booked rooms through the conference in Istanbul to a Hilton Hotel - I did not get the HHonors points; I then a few years later booked at a Hilton Hotel (for a related conference) next to the Barcelona Spain convention centre - the rates booking directly were essentially the same as those obtained by booking through the conference - I earned the full HHonors points.