--On tirsdag, juli 19, 2005 07:09:16 -0700 Dave Crocker <dhc2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
As noted in the current thread, early site selection permits attendee
budgeting. From the IETF side, it permits serious negotiating for site
terms and operational efficiencies when a previous site is re-used.
Minneapolis has been a useful demonstration of this latter point, I think.
Since nobody but Foretec has seen the Minneapolis contracts, we have no
idea whether that's true or not.
I've had it argued at me that a hotel that believes it "owns" the event is
actually harder to negotiate with than one that believes that there are
alternatives.
Harald
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