On Fri, 18 Dec 2015, MAISONNEUVE, JULIEN (JULIEN) wrote: > Another crucial aspect is clustering : the issue is completely > different when the overflow hotels are across the street (as one in > Yokohama) and in Buenos Aires (where the nearest overflow hotel is > 1.7km away). ***OLE: According to other messages posted on this list, there are other hotels as close as 600m, but I take your point. > If selecting locations that can host everyone in one > hotel is hard, surely it is easier to find places with a cluster of > reasonably close (walking distance) hotels to a large-enough > conference center. ***OLE: The problem is that so many conference centers are "new" and typcially NOT in a city center. This creates problems with respect to access to shops, restaurants and even alternative lower cost accomodation. Take at look at the RAI in Amsterdam for example. The IETF met there in 1993. > I think this could take a higher priority in the > selection process, for the future. All the best, Julien. > > Ole