Phish Festival set for Oct. 30-Nov. 1 in Indio

PHISH announced yesterday the location and dates of their fall music festival PHISH FESTIVAL 8 at Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California from October 30 through November 1, 2009. In support of the three-day festival, Palm Springs Desert Resort Communities Convention and Visitors Authority (CVA) has launched WWW.PSEVENTPACKAGES.COM , a one-stop resource for festival goers to book exclusive accommodations, tickets and transportation packages. Ticket packages will go on sale Monday, July 27, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. PST at WWW.PSEVENTPACKAGES.COM.

Concert goers who visit WWW.PSEVENTPACKAGES.COM will find 17 hotels with packages that include double, triple or quadruple occupancy: 3-day concert tickets, 3 nights' accommodations, and bus transportation to and from the event. Hotels are within the eight desert cities of Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, and Rancho Mirage.

Participating hotels include: Desert Springs, A JW Marriott Resort & Spa; Doral Desert Princess Resort and Spa; Embassy Suites La Quinta Hotel and Spa; Embassy Suites Palm Desert; Hilton Palm Springs; Holiday Inn – Palm Springs City Center; Hyatt Grand Champions Resort, Villas & Spa; Marquis Villas Resort; Palm Desert Residence Inn; Palm Mountain Resort; Palm Springs Courtyard by Marriott; Palm Desert Courtyard by Marriott; Palm Springs Travelodge; Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa; Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa; The Riviera Resort & Spa; Shadow Hills RV Resort; Two Bunch Palms Resort and Spa.

Tickets are expected to sell out, so concert-goers are encouraged to book early at WWW.PSEVENTPACKAGES.COM.

The Palm Springs Desert Resort Communities Convention and Visitors Authority is a Joint Powers Authority that serves as a coordinating agency for sales, marketing, and promotional efforts aimed at potential tourism, corporate, incentive and convention group markets. The CVA is dedicated to a program of work to benefit and promote the hospitality industry in the member cities in Riverside County, which include Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, and Rancho Mirage.