The hotel features complimentary shuttle service to Dane County Regional Airport seven miles away, the university and its hospital, and downtown attractions. The Best Western also offers a cocktail lounge, bakery, indoor pool, hot tub, fitness center, game room, business center, and meeting and banquet facilities for 250 people. For dining, guests can make bee lines to Pauline's Pastries in the hotel and Francie's restaurant. Neighborhood restaurants serve everything from German and American cuisine and live "oompah" music to Mexican cuisine.

The four-story university hotel features 176 guestrooms with cable/satellite TV, coffeemakers, dial- up Internet access and other standard amenities. Forty- six rooms are on the top-level concierge's floor, known as The Highland Club, where guests will enjoy concierge services; complimentary evening beverages, cocktails and appetizers in the private lounge; turndown service with chocolate chip cookies; large work desks; high-speed Internet access and bathrobes.

Families, groups and other visitors needing extra elbow space can book suites, including a Highland Club suite with a whirlpool, 30-inch TV with CD player, refrigerator and microwave oven. The club's Entertainment Suite features 60-inch TV, Bose Lifestyles CD sound system and WEB TV with complimentary Internet access.

Visitors to the university and other major attractions around Madison will find themselves hard-pressed to find a better location than the Best Western Inntowner's prime spot next to the campus, especially after Badger football and basketball games.