Accommodation

Location

Hotels within an easy walk of the venue are on George Street and in the New Town. That said, Edinburgh is very compact, and no city hotel, Old Town, or even slightly South is more than a £5/10-minute cab ride or, usually, 15-30 minute walk from the venue.

There are around 200 hotels and B&Bs to choose from.

Lists

The following sites aggregate hotels for you

• www.bookinedinburgh.co.uk bookinedinburgh
• laterooms
• Expedia
• Trip Advisor

Some suggestions

Apartments (1-4 bedrooms: Can be in great areas, cheap when sharing, sometimes luxurious, and good for post-prandial partying :-)

• destination Edinburgh
• Rainbow Apartments ~£120/night but varyies based on bedrooms etc.
• York Place very near by, upmarket apartments.
• Pearl Apartments] Nice apartments for 4, around 100 a night

Premium/5*

• The George Very close, and nice hotel, ~ £200/night.
• The Roxburgh ~ GBP 270/night
• Hi Express ~£235/night
• Barcelo Carlton ~£180/night

Less pricey

• Radisson ~£170
• Jurys Inns ~£125/night
• Apex~£130/night
• King James ~£150
• Travellodge ~£100/night
• Overseas League Hotel (around £100/night)
• Town house (£50-200)
• York Place
• British Hotel (on Princess St. Perhaps a bit dated)

Boutique (small, often sell out quickly)

• Tigerlily (Luxurious, around £200/night)
• Ricks (around£120-150/night)
• Lemonde
• .53 Frederick Street
• Queens Guest House

Hostel/cheap

There many hostels in lovely old-town locations around the Castle, and down the Royal Mile, they run around £70/week or so.
I haven't stayed in any, but these are close enough to the venue to walk "High Street Hostel" and "Smart City", "Bus Station Backpackers", "Caledonian Backpackers"
These sites aggregate them:

• [http://www.euro-hostels.co.uk/edinburgh|euro-hostels]
• [http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/High-Street-Hostel/Edinburgh/552]

New hotels opening for 2011/2012

• Hotel Indigo on York Place (close to the Conference Venue)
• Also a new Munich-based hotel right by the Train station.