New Access Tempe Website Features Insight into the Accessible Entertainment, Hotels and Dining Opportunities Available in Top Travel Destination Tempe, Arizona

Tempe, Arizona November 4, 2006 – The Access Tempe website (http://www.tempecvb.com/Access.asp) offers insight on where to find accessible rooms, dining and transportation during your stay in the accessible travel destination, Tempe, Arizona. The website also provides listings for Tempe facilities, programs, services, parks, and city streets/sidewalks that also have accessible features.

Travelers seeking a vacation getaway at an accessible travel destination can find numerous options in Tempe, Arizona. The Tempe Convention & Visitors Bureau, the City of Tempe, Arizona State University and APS partnered to create the Access Tempe Guide last year to make visiting attractions, hotels, and restaurants much easier for those with disabilities.

To take advantage of locations at this accessible travel destination, best suited to their needs, travelers can look to the Access Tempe website to answer questions such as, “What Tempe hotels have handheld showers? Or “How high are tables at local restaurants?”

The Access Tempe website provides comprehensive information, including locations and measurements of doors, parking, and bathroom facilities, as well as listings for Braille signage, mobility services, medical supplies/repair locations and even car rentals that offer hand controls. To ensure the accuracy of Access Tempe, the City of Tempe’s ADA and Accessibility Specialist conducted surveys of Tempe accommodations, restaurants, city buildings, parks and recreation centers.

Whether you want to enjoy a stroll along the accessible Mill Avenue District, watch history come alive in one of the more than 20 free accessible museums or catch some of Broadway’s hottest shows at ASU Gammage, come to Tempe, Arizona, an accessible travel destination where you can do all of this and more!

No matter your abilities or what you look for in a vacation, you can find it in Tempe, Arizona. Please visit (http://www.tempecvb.com/Access.asp) to begin planning your dream vacation to a fun and accessible travel destination.


About Tempe Convention and Visitors Bureau
The Tempe Convention and Visitors Bureau is a non-profit organization devoted to marketing Tempe, Arizona as a desirable visitor and group destination site. The Tempe Convention and Visitors Bureau’s mission is to also provide visitors, media professionals and meeting planners with information on Tempe hotels, Tempe restaurants, Tempe entertainment, and local points of interest. To learn more about Tempe, Arizona please call 480-894-8158 or 800-283-6734 or visit us at (http://www.tempecvb.com).