The first overflow hotel is very close by and 140/night. I booked mine a few hours ago Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 11, 2016, at 9:45 PM, John C Klensin <john-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > --On Friday, August 12, 2016 11:32 +1000 grenville armitage > <garmitage@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> t's quick -- 4hrs after your email is sent, and the Conrad >> Seoul (Headquarters Hotel, block of 400 rooms) website is >> already saying "The requested rate is not available. View >> other available rooms and rates below." for a GIETF booking >> between Nov.12 and Nov.19 > > What you didn't mention is that the rooms that are still > available have starting prices at about twice the rate listed in > the announcement and go up from there. So I wonder, is that a > block of 400 rooms at the IETF rate? Or a block of a few rooms > at the IETF rate with the rest of the 400 held for us at any > price the hotel thinks it can get? > > Of course, if the contract were posted, even in redacted form, > we could presumably find that out, but the IAOC has decided that > information is too secret for us to know. > > I was considering actually coming to that meeting, but, at circa > USD 450/room/night including taxes... not likely. > > best, > john