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For on-site help, please find a HAEi staff member wearing a maroon t-shirt. We are here to help.

The hotels and conference center

The Westin Playa Bonita
Km 6 Camino a Veracruz
Panama City, Panama
T: +507 304-6600

Visit the hotel’s website >

Room availability
Check-in: 15:00 / 3:00pm
Check-out: 12:00 / 12:00pm

Dress code
The dress code throughout the conference and dinners is smart casual.

Parking
Complimentary on-site parking.

Airport
Tocumen International Airport, Panama City, Panama – 31.4 km

Transport
According to Google Maps, you will need to travel to the hotel by car. Therefore, you must make sure that you have cash or a credit card to pay a taxi driver.

If HAEi has arranged your flight, HAEi will also arrange transport between the airport and the hotel for conference participants who arrive by plane. This only applies to participants arriving on Friday 15 March and departing on Sunday 17 March. If you arrive or depart any other day, you must arrange your own transport.

If you are arriving by plane, please check your inbox for the latest updates from Marine Travel in case of any last-minute departure and arrival time changes.

Please observe that it is your responsibility to stay updated on the travel regulations from:

• Your home country,
• The airline company,
• In-transit countries, and
• Panama

If you arrive on 15 March
HAEi will arrange transport to the hotel for conference participants who arrive by plane arranged by HAEi.

After clearing customs, exit to the right side through the glass doors, where you will be met by one of the bus company’s representatives holding a sign with the 2024 HAEi Regional Conference Americas logo. They will direct you to the pre-arranged busses. The representatives will be wearing red shirts with the PANAMAZING logo or the HAEi logo.

If you have difficulties at the airport, please call the following emergency number: (+507) 6981 4549.

Travel time to the hotel is minimum 45 minutes.

If you arrive on a different date than 15 March
You are responsible for your own transport to the hotel; please see the ‘Transport’ information above.

If you depart on 17 March
HAEi has arranged a transfer to the airport

• Please make sure to leave the hotel at least 3 hours before flight departure
• Busses are for participants with flight tickets arranged by HAEi
• Bus departure times:
  • 04:00 (4:00 am)
  • 06:00 (6:00 am)
  • 08:30 (8:30 am)
  • 10:30 (10:30 am)
  • 14:00 (2:00 pm)
  • 18:00 (6:00 pm)

If you depart on a different date than 17 March
You are responsible for your own transport to the airport; please see the ‘Transport’ information above.

If you are arriving by plane, arranged by yourself, you are responsible for your own transport between the airport and the hotel; please see the ‘Transport’ information above.

Currency
The currency in Panama City, Panama is Panamanian Balboa, but US dollars are also legal to use and accepted.

Credit cards are often accepted in the cities, especially at nicer hotels, restaurants, and stores. Smaller hotels and restaurants, however, will generally only take cash.

Real-time translation is available on-site: Wordly
We are happy to inform you that HAEi will offer real-time online translation into 40+ languages during our 2024 HAEi Regional Conference Americas.

We will use the translation app, Wordly, which supports the following languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

How to use Wordly?
You need to bring a smartphone and headphones/earbuds to use the interpretation option. Attach headphones/earbuds to your smartphone and click on the session in the program you want to have translated.

Important information about your HAE medication and traveling to and from Panama City, Panama.

It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that:

1. you travel with a sufficient quantity of HAE medication to cover your needs while you are away from home, and

2. either you (or your caregiver/travel companion) are able to administer your prescribed therapy, and

3. adequate travel insurance is a mandatory requirement when traveling for the 2024 HAEi Regional Conference Americas. Please keep in mind that you will be traveling to a foreign country with a health care system that will likely be very different than the one in your home country. There is no guarantee that hospitals in Panama City have HAE medication on hand to treat an attack. Also, you may be required to pay for any emergency care or hospital visit.

4. It is your responsibility to be up to date on and act according to the travel regulations regarding Covid-19 and other required vaccines, from the airline company, from your country, in transit countries if required, and the destination country.

There will be no emergency care or HAE medication available at the conference venue.

Neither HAEi nor any HAEi Member Organizations can assume liability or be expected to provide medical care of any nature (HAE, Coronavirus, regular flu, etc.) if you experience problems during your stay in the conference country or while traveling.

>> You can read the terms and conditions here.

Easy access to HAEi emergency cards and HAE-knowledgeable hospitals and physicians.
When you travel, HAE Companion provides an easy way to access and store HAEi emergency cards in many languages. It also provides a list of ACARE Centers and HAE-knowledgeable hospitals and physicians using Google Maps or Apple Maps.

You can download the HAE Companion app from the App Store or Google Play.