I attended an APRICOT meeting at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center many years ago. The bad news is that we needed to take cabs back and forth between our hotel and the meeting. The good news is that at least at that time cabs were readily available and *very* reasonably priced. The meeting location seemed quite good to me (from my recollection). The hotel that we stayed at was not horridly expensive, but was not cheap and the US dollar has probably lost about half of its value since then (it was a very nice hotel that catered to westerners). Ross -----Original Message----- From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Resnick Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 1:58 PM To: Glen Zorn Cc: iaoc-mtgs@xxxxxxxx; IETF Discussion Subject: Re: Queen Sirikit National Convention Center On 8/5/11 2:46 AM, Glen Zorn wrote: > I note that there is an opening on the IETF meeting calendar for an > Asian meeting in 2013. Here is a suggestion: > > Meeting Facilities: > http://www.qsncc.com/venue-information/our-facilities.html > I'm happy to have the IAOC look at this site. But one of the items that I've heard is consistently on the "wish list" for sites is "under one roof". Looking at the hotel list and at Google maps, there isn't a hotel closer than 1km walk from the convention center, and the larger ones are further than that. That's not a show-stopper, but I can say personally that I am lazy and do not relish the walk at 7:15am to make it to the IESG meeting. I was similarly not a fan of the Vienna IETF meeting site, which was likewise situated away from the hotels. Again, not the end of the world (cheaper lodging prices are welcome), but neither is it ideal. pr -- Pete Resnick<http://www.qualcomm.com/~presnick/> Qualcomm Incorporated - Direct phone: (858)651-4478, Fax: (858)651-1102 _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf