Accommodation and Travel

Sawgrass Marriott Resort
1000 PGA Tour Boulevard, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 32082 USA,
+1 904-285-7777

For a video tour of the venue and nearby attractions please vist this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6QXFukHRUs

The Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa offers guest accommodations for SOFE as well as being the Conference Venue. The Hotel is located in Ponte Vedra Beach, midway between St. Augustine and Jacksonville Florida. On-site amenities include spacious rooms and villas with special touches and plenty of space, multiple pools, SurfStream wave pool, beach activities, spa, fitness center and 6 restaurants and lounges. There is also a complimentary shuttle for a quick ride over to the Sawgrass’ private beach club, where you'll find the stunning Ponte Vedra beach.

The Sawgrass Marriott Golf Resort & Spa created a Resort Fee to bundle resort services to make your stay more enjoyable. Room rates will be subject to a daily resort fee of $25.00. The bundle includes the following:

• Enhanced high-speed Internet access and faxes
• Self-parking
• Unlimited local and US domestic long distance calls
• Two (2) bottles of water in-room daily
• Choice of two (2) drinks per stay: domestic beer, house wine, or a resort specialty cocktail
• Spa and Cabana Beach Club fitness classes
• Miniature Golf
• Private access to the Cabana Beach Club
• One (1) year Golf Digest subscription

Please note that the resort fee is optional. For attendees who choose not to include the resort fee, self-parking will be offered at a discounted rate of $10.00/day and Internet will be offered for $10.00/day

SOFE has secured a special room rate of $169 a night, attendees may book their reservations online at https://book.passkey.com/go/ieeesymposium2019 or by calling the Sawgrass Marriott at 800-457-4653 and mentioning that you are part of the group. Reservations must be made by Monday, 6 May 2019 in order to get the group rate. Once the room block is sold out, the hotel will offer rooms/rates based upon availability.

Local Airport and Transportation Options
Airport:
Jacksonville International Airport (JAX)
Airport Phone: +1 904-741-4902

Hotel direction: 34.2 miles SE
Typical travel time: 42minutes
This hotel does not provide shuttle service.

Estimated taxi fare: 75 USD (one way)

SOFE has arranged to use “About Town Limousine” for comfortable ground transportation to and from the JAX airport. You can book your trip using http://www.abouttownlimousine.com/ or telephone 904-398-8400 or e-mail info@abouttownlimousine.com.
For a discounted conference rate, please use promo code: 2019 IEEE Symposium These reduced rates are very competitive with local shared ride vans.