Mike, I am going to let AMS answer that since they have the contract with the ANA. My understanding as of right now is that about 60% of the rooms are non-smoking. The ANA has been aware of our desire for non-smoking rooms for a long time so I am sure they are working on whatever solution they can find. Ole Ole J. Jacobsen Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal Cisco Systems Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Michael StJohns wrote: > Hi Ole - > > As of today, I was only able to book a twin room SMOKING at 19,000y > at the ANA - there are no singles at the lower rate. There are no > non-smoking rooms even at the higher rate. Given that I believe > you're correct that most of the IETF will be looking for a > non-smoking room, I'm not convinced that the hotel will be able to > "air clean" all the necessary rooms in time. It's possible, but > would seem to be a lot of effort (and cost?) for the hotel that > already has a signed agreement with the IETF - unless that agreement > specifically requires that all non-smoking requests be accommodated? > Since you're on the IAOC I believe, could you comment if that was > part of the booking agreement? > > Could you also comment on the mix of rooms that the agreement > covers? E.g. how many singles, doubles, etc? I find it problematic > that less than 18 hours after registration opens, we're already out > of the lower cost rooms and the non-smoking rooms. > > Mike > > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf