Morale Business

Conference -
Travel Options
Savannah Purcell, Alyssa Crawford, Jaclyn Mcllmoyle
Accessibility Company: Objective

● Visiting Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto

discussing accessibility features.
● Providing hotel, transit, conference, and
sightseeing options for 300 employees.
● The end goal is to figure out the most ethical city
to visit.
 Los Angeles: Omni Hotel

● 453 rooms with numerous accommodations for people

with disabilities (Resorts, Essential Accessibility, 2019)

● Enlarged door openings, roll-in shower with handheld

shower head, grab bars, lowered sinks, and visual
notifications are included for the alarm system, door,
and phone (Resorts, Accommodations - Guest Rooms and Suites, 2019).
LLC, Omni Los Angeles at
California Plaza, 2019

● The cost per night is $303 Canadian dollars (LLC, Omni Los
Angeles at California Plaza, 2019).
 Los Angeles: Conference

● Maximum capacity of 350 people (Resorts, Meetings -

Floor Plans , 2019).

● Provides:
LLC, Omni Los Angeles at California
Visual equipment Plaza, 2019

Microphone

Stage

Digital Projector (Resorts, Meeting- Floor Plans , 2019). asanchezgrelles, 2018

 Los Angeles: Transit

● Metro Rail - can get anywhere, clean, efficient,

and easy to navigate. (SUBZEROSKIDD10, 2019).

● BTAP (Business Transit Access Pass)- reduced

rate group passes at a low cost available to all
types of businesses (Metro, 2017)
Metro, 2017

● $25 in total for each person per day (Metro,

Fares, 2017)
 Los Angeles: Sightseeing

● 4 Attractions:

24-hour hop on, hop off Starline bus tour

Celebrity home and Rodeo Drive shopping tour
Hollywood Sign Adventure
Skyspace

● Total price is $103USD (Sightseeing Pass, 4 Attractions

Flex Pass, 2019)
Toronto: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel

● Located in central downtown Toronto

● Total of 1,372 guest rooms with rates between $199-$429
● 4 Star hotel
● Amenities
○ Internet access
○ 24-hour Room service
○ Onsite restaurant
○ Pet friendly
○ Wheelchair Accessible
○ Av Capabilities
○ Business Center
○ Staging area
○ Indoor and Outdoor pool
○ Accessible by Airport shuttle, Bus, Subway, Taxi and Train
○ Paid parking, Valet parking $50 per day
Conference Room

● 60 event rooms
● Waterfall Garden
○ 350-person capacity
○ theatre seating layout
● Services provided by hotel
○ Catering menus available
○ Staffed to setup decorating and AV equipment
○ AV equipment
○ LCD Panel and projector
○ Microphone
○ Overhead projector
○ PA system portable
○ Rear screen projection
○ Stage: portable
○ TV & TV production service provider
City Transit

● Toronto Transit Commission provides public stations for bus, subway and streetcar
● Frequent and regular station stops
● From hotel to Union Station
○ 13 minutes by walk
○ 7 minutes by subway
● Convention Pass
○ For conventions and conferences
○ Sold in bulk sales
○ 1-499 passes for $8.50 per day for events held over three days
Sightseeing Opportunities

● CityPASS
○ 5 of Toronto’s most popular attractions
○ $88.00 per person
○ 37% in savings versus individual admission
○ 9 days after purchase
● CN Tower
○ Famous glass floor of the tower has a view from 1122 feet
○ One of the six high speed elevators 58 seconds
○ From the hotel with handicap accessibility is approximately 19-21 minutes.
● Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada
○ Canada’s largest indoor aquarium featuring 16,000 aquatic animals
○ interactive displays
○ touch tanks.
○ The Canadian Waters Gallery educates the diversity of Canada’s freshwater and saltwater
habitats from every coast
○ Same transit time as CN Tower
Sightseeing Opportunities Continued

● Casa Loma
○ Explore and learn about the historic castle’s
○ Decorated suites
○ Secret passages
○ Towers
○ Beautiful 5 acres of gardens
○ From the hotel subway route is an estimated 29 minutes
● Royal Ontario Museum
○ One of the world’s first museums exhibiting
○ World cultures
○ Nature
○ Prehistoric fossils and dinosaurs
○ Seasonal features
○ From the hotel with handicap accessibility will take 13-14 minutes
New York City: The Westin New York Grand
Central

Hotel

- Located in New York City

- 5 minute walk from the Grand Central Station
- Total of over 1000 guest rooms with the price varying from $345-$547 per night
- 4 star hotel
- Has local restaurants
- Room service
- Pet friendly
Conference room

- Has a total of over 12 meeting rooms varying in different sizes for different occasions.
- Includes 2 major ballrooms for bigger events.
- The conference rooms includes:
- · Projector
- · Audio recording
- · Background music
- · Dry-erase board
- · DVD player
- · Easel
- · Electric pointer
- · Flip chart and markers
-
Conference room continued

- · Microphone
- · Monitor cart
- · Personal computer
- · Powered speaker
- · Projector stand
- · Built-in screen
- · Television
- · Wheelchair accessibility
- · Internet access
- · Room holds over 425 people
Transit

New York City has many different options for transit such as:

- Taxi, Uber, Lyft but the price may vary.

- The easiest and most efficient way to get around NYC would be to use the subway.

- For 7 days, a metro card can be purchased at $32 per person, which can be used for the
subway and bus.
Sightseeing opportunities
CityPASS

- Costs $117 CAD per person

- Provides a package of admission for 4 attractions.

The attractions options include:

- The 9/11 Memorial Museum

- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- The Empire State Building
- American Museum of Natural History
- Ferry access to the Statue of Liberty

In New York there is a lot to do that is free, which includes:

- Central Park
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Times Square
- And so much more
Recommendations

Comparison Los Angeles New York City Toronto

Hotel 303$/night 345$/night $199/night

Conference Holds 350 Holds 425 Holds 350

people people people

Transit Metro Rail Taxi, Uber, Bus, Subway,

Train, Subway Streetcar

Sightseeing 103$ for 4 117$ for 3 88$ for 5

attractions attractions attractions