Shotokan Karate of America 60th Anniversary Celebration
20-21 August, 2016
(arrive at hotels on 19 August to register)
Reserve your hotel rooms soon!
August is the most popular time for tourists to visit the area around Santa Barbara and Carpinteria. Most hotels and motels in the area are small and will sell out very early. We strongly advise you to make hotel reservations as soon as possible!
We have blocked rooms at the following hotels – please make your room reservations directly:
- The Fess Parker-A Double Tree by Hilton (Hilton Honors 2-night minimum)
- 633 E. Cabrillo Boulevard
- Santa Barbara California 93013
- Phone +1-805-564-4333 or +1-800-879-2929 – select option 1 for reservations – mention SKA 60th Anniversary
- Register on-line: https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=14445655
- We have blocked 40 large rooms
- Rates:
- Sunday – Thursday $249.00
- Friday – Saturday $389.00
- Event Registration desk and Shuttle Bus pick-up/drop-off. This is the premium hotel in Santa Barbara, directly across from the beach – this is where we will host our Saturday and Sunday evening banquets.
- Best Western Carpinteria Inn
- 4558 Carpinteria Ave
- Carpinteria, California 93013
- Phone: +1-805-684-0473 mention SKA 60th Anniversary
- We have blocked 50 rooms with free wifi and parking
- Rates:
- Sunday – Thursday $219 (if you booked at a higher rate, call and mention SKA 60th Anniversary)
- Friday – Saturday $219 (if you booked at a higher rate, call and mention SKA 60th Anniversary)
- Event Registration desk and Shuttle Bus pick-up/drop-off
- Holiday Inn Express Carpinteria (2-night minimum stay)
- 5606 Carpinteria Ave
- Carpinteria, CA 93013
- Phone toll free: +1-888-409-8300 – mention Shotokan 60th Anniversary
- We have blocked 65 rooms with free wifi, breakfast and parking
- Rates:
- Sunday – Thursday $169.99
- Friday – Saturday $259.99
- Event Registration desk and Shuttle Bus pick-up/drop-off
- Motel 6 Carpinteria (South)
- 5550 Carpinteria Ave
- Carpinteria, California 93013
- Phone toll free: +1-800-544-4866 – mention SKA 60th Anniversary and Reference number M135301059
- We have blocked 40 rooms
- Rates:
- Sunday – Thursday $95.99 (double occupancy)
- Friday – Saturday $179.99 (double occupancy)
- Event Registration desk and Shuttle Bus pick-up/drop-off are next door at the Holiday Inn Express
- Lower prices may be available through online search sites such as Hotels.com, Expedia.com, Kayak.com, and Travelocity.comMAP OF HOTELS in these two areas. The hotels are labeled if you zoom in and they are color coded by cost:
- Black for the Holiday Inn Express & Best Western in Carpinteria, and the Hyatt and Fess Parker Hilton in Santa Barbara (shuttle pick-up and drop-off points)
- Yellow = Upscale
- Red = High End
- Blue = Reasonable
- Purple = Exclusive
- Gray = Uncategorized
You may stay anywhere you prefer – the closer your hotel is to one of the above listed (where our shuttle bus picks up and drops off), the easier it’ll be to get to the pick up points.
The Organizing Committee is actively working to make this a very enjoyable and memorable event.
Bruce Kanegai
Chair of the Organizing Committee