You are responsible for your hotel reservation and payment. Empa has reserved hotel rooms for the period Sunday, July 6 – Wednesday, July 9, 2008. The reservations are held until May 15th under the reservation code “EMPA”. Please make your room booking under the EMPA code name. We strongly encourage you to make your hotel bookings at one of the hotels mentioned below by this date. Thun and its surroundings are a very attractive tourist “sink” and consequently available hotel rooms become rare in the summer season. Please negotiate on your own in case you want extended booking periods. If you would like to book into another hotel than mentioned above then we can suggest the official website of Thun: http://www.thun.ch/

Situated in the centre of Thun. Within 15 minutes distance from workshop location by public bus no.1.
Phone: + 41 (0)33-2275050, Fax: + 41-(0)33-2275055, e-mail: info@freienhof.ch
http://www.freienhof.ch

Prices include breakfast. All rooms are equipped with TV/Radio, public WLAN, telephone, shower or bath.

Single bed room: 118 Swiss Francs per night (reduced Empa price)
Double bed room: 190 Swiss Francs per night (reduced Empa price)

Situated at the workshop location.
Phone: + 41 (0)33 334 30 30, Fax: + 41 (0)33 334 30 31, e-mail: reservation@gwatt-zentrum.ch
http://www.gwattzentrum.ch

Prices include breakfast. All rooms are equipped with TV/Radio and telephone. Wireless LAN is available in the conference hall. The lower price rooms have shared showers and toilets on each floor.

Single bed room: 85 or 119 Swiss Francs per night
Double bed rooms: 72 or 89 Swiss Francs per night and person
Three bed room: 64 or 81 Swiss Francs per night and person
Four bed room: 64 Swiss Francs per night and person

Situated near the lake half way between Thun and workshop location, about 7 minutes by public bus no. 1 (bus station: Strandbad) to Thun or Gwattzentrum
Phone: 41-(0)33-3346767, Fax: +41-(0)33-3365704, e-mail: info@holidaythun.ch
http://www.holidaythun.ch/

Prices include breakfast. All rooms equipped with TV, telephone, toilet, shower or bath. WLAN access available.

Double bed room: 68 Swiss Francs per night and person.

Situated in Thun. Within 20 minutes distance from workshop location by public bus no.1.
Phone: +41-(0)33-2220120, Fax: +41-(0)33-2220130, e-mail: welcome@essenundtrinken.ch
www.essenundtrinken.ch

Prices include breakfast. All rooms equipped with TV, telephone, toilet, shower or bath.

Single bed room: 90 Swiss Francs per night
Double bed room: 180 Swiss Francs per night

Situated nearest to Gwattzentrum, about 5 minutes by bus no.1 (bus station: Bonstettenpark) to workshop location, Gwattstrasse 128, CH-3645 Gwatt (Thun), Phone: +41-(0)33-3362233, Fax: 033 335 82 36, e-mail: lamm.gwatt@bluewin.ch

Prices include breakfast. All rooms equipped with TV, toilet, and shower.

Single bed room: 80 Swiss Francs per night
Double bed room: 130 Swiss Francs per night