Well, there are 434 sleeping room in the Conrad Seoul according to their web site so I expect that the 400 in the IETF block were essentially all the ordinary rooms and all at the IETF rate while the remaining 34 are all larger/special rooms at higher rates. The other participating hotels have reasonable rates and seem fairly close. Thanks, Donald =============================== Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA d3e3e3@xxxxxxxxx On Thu, 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 >