Travel + Accommodations

Travel

The conference is located in the:

Jared L. Cohon University Center (CUC)
5032 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Parking

Paid parking is available in the East Campus Garage, adjacent to the CUC.

Ground Transportation

The conference hotels operate shuttle services, but you need to contact the hotels for details. Other options include Taxis as well as Uber and Lyft which are available in Pittsburgh.

Accomodations

Blocks have been reserved for MENU 2019 at three local hotels, all of which are within one mile from the conference. You can walk, or use Uber or Lyft to get to the conference venue.Conference participants should make their own room reservations.

Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center

100 Lytton Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
TEL: 412-682-6200 or 877-999-3223
Rate: $119.00 per night + tax
Name of Group: MENU Conference
Rooms cut-off date: May 3, 2019
0.9 miles from campus | 4 min by car | 18 min walk

Guests can make on-line reservations by visiting the website at Wyndham Pittsburgh University Center

Residence Inn Pittsburgh Oakland/University Place

3341 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
TEL: 412-621-5600 or 1-800-Marriott
Rate: $139.00-$159.00 per night + tax
Name of Group: MENU Conference
Rooms cut-off date: May 6, 2019
1.1 miles from campus | 7 min by car | 25 min walk

Guests can make on-line reservations by visiting the website at Residence Inn Pittsburgh Oakland/University Place

Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh University Place

3454 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
TEL: 412-683-2040 or 1-877-STAY-HGI (782-9444)
Rate: $119.00 per night + tax
Name of Group: CMU-MENU
Rooms cut-off date: May 8, 2019
1.1 miles from campus | 5 min by car | 23 min walk

Guests can make on-line reservations by visiting the website at Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh University Place

CMU Guest Housing

There are also rooms available in on-campus residence facilities.

Sign up or log in for on-campus housing facilities. These residence facilities are located within a mile of the conference venue.

CMU Conferences: Guest/Graduate Student Housing

Graduate Student Support

The conference organizers have also received financial support for graduate students attending the conference. For any documented graduate student attending the conference, the organizers will cover the cost of housing for up to six nights between June 2 and June 8, 2019 in the on-campus residence facilities. When reserving that space, indicate that you are a graduate student and then do not pay for the room.

CMU Guest/Graduate Student Housing

Housing Scam Warning

It has come to our attention that our invited speakers and delegates may have been contacted by companies or individuals claiming to be affiliated with the MENU-2019 Conference, in regard to their accommodation. Please be aware that this is a scam sent from a company named Business Travel Management (BTM).

More on housing scam

If you are targeted, the company will send you an email or call you to entice you to purchase rooms at our ‘partner hotels’, one of these hotels is called ‘Hotel Hampton Inn Pittsburgh’. BTM will then send you a credit card authorization form from DocuSign or RightSignature. Please DO NOT give out any of your information to this company as this is a scam.

The MENU-2019 Conference is not affiliated with Business Travel Management, they have used Google to find you as part of an upcoming conference and your University’s’ website to get your phone or email details. The MENU-2019 organizing committee takes your privacy and security seriously, and can confirm our registration system has not been compromised.

If you receive contact from BTM, or another ‘travel agent’, or get sent the DocuSign/RightSignature request, please contact the MENU-2019 organizers via email at mcs-menu-2019@andrew.cmu.edu .

We have reported BTM’s interest in our Conference within Carnegie Mellon University and to appropriate authorities.