VENUEBruneck-Brunico is the largest town in the Puster Valley (Pustertal-Valle de Pusteria), a world-class touristic spot in summer and winter as well as – probably less well known – a manufacturing center as represented by the supply industrie companies GKN Driveline and GKN Sinter Metals.
The Free University of Bozen maintains a Bachelor Program in Tourism, Sports and Event Management in Bruneck.

The university building is located within the pedestrian area next to one of the four medieval age town gates, and almost everything in Bruneck can be reached by a 5 minute walk. This includes a variety of restaurants and RIPA, one of the Messner Mountain Museums in the old Bishop’s castle of Bruneck.

The famous ski and hiking area Kronplatz-Plan de Corones at 2275m elevation can be reached via cable car departing from Reischach-Riscone, a 10 minutes city bus ride from Bruneck. Names of towns and villages usually come in pairs in South Tyrol.
For example, Bolzano and Brunico are the Italian versions of Bozen and Bruneck, respectively, so don't get confused.

ACCOMODATION

Bruneck-Brunico is a popular vacation spot, so book accommodation as soon as possible.
The following hotels are pre-booked  for the conference until April 2014 and offer a discount for participants.
Please, mention the conference "Set Optimization Meets Finance" when booking.  

Hotel Goldene Rose***www.hotelgoldenerose.com   
Hotel Blitzburg***www.blitzburg.it
Hotel Post**** www.hotelpost-bruneck.com   
Hotel Corso****  www.hotelcorso.com
Hotel Andreas Hofer****www.andreashofer.it   

Further accommodation may be found online and also in neighboring towns/villages such as: St. Lorenzen-S.Lorenzo di Sebato, Reischach-Riscone, Percha-Perca, Dietenheim-Teodone, St. Georgen-S. Giorgio. http://www.bruneck.com/english/lts.html
These places can be reached via a city bus connection or by local train by a max. 10min ride from Bruneck-Brunico.

If in doubt about your accommodation plans, contact the organizers.