Conference Venue
BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) Building,
Rice University
6500 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
Lodging Information
Note, this is a busy time of year with several large events being held in Houston. Please make your hotel reservations early!
A discounted rate $149.00 for a standard room is currently available until November 20th 2018, or until sold out, whichever comes first. This is a limited room block, so make your reservation today.
Group Code: BIG
Hilton Hotel-Medical Center (0.2 miles away)
6633 Travis St Houston TX 77030
Phone: (713) 313-4000
Airport
George Bush Intercontinental Airport
William P. Hobby Airport
Visitor Parking
Paid visitor parking is located in a parking garage beneath the BRC. All parking can be accessed by credit card. Use the same credit card to exit at the end of the day. All-day parking costs $12. For additional information go to Parking for Visitors.
Campus Shuttle Service
Shuttle busses pick up and drop off at bus shelters and marked bus stops (red circles on above map) every 10 minutes. For additional details see Campus Bus Routes. Rice shuttles can be tracked on your computer at and on your iPhone or Andriod. The app allows faster loading of the route map, viewing all the buses on the routes and their locations in real time. The buses are color coded to enable the passengers to identify the buses with colored bus symbols.
Transportation from Hotels
All hotels offer free shuttles that will drop you off at the Rice University BioScience Research Collaborative. Please arrange shuttle service with the hotel well in advance of when you need it.
Limo and Cab Service
Limo Service
Merlo’s Limousines & Charters
Phone: 866-367-5466
Email: Reservations@merloscharters.com
Taxi Service
Yellow Cab 713-236-1111
Fiesta Cab713-225-2666
United Cab 713-699-0000
Uber also operates in Houston.