That would cost over $4 million for a typical IETF, and would almost certainly be a money loser because we would not be able to accommodate everyone’s travel plans.
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:55 Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ted Lemon <mellon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Because that deal is not on offer. The hotel is trying to create market
> conditions that favor them, and they don't offer a deal that doesn't
> sustain those conditions. You can argue that agreeing to these
> conditions is stupid, but not agreeing to them may result in the hotel
Despite the negotiation, I find the IETF rate at the main hotel (particularly
when it's Asia) is beyond what I can justify in my budget. I'd usually rather
stay in the main hotel.
Our blocks seem small compared to the total attendance... ~400 rooms with
1200 people attending, and yet our blocks seem to sell out frustratingly fast.
It seems that if we could buy *all* the rooms in the hotel, that there
would be no further optimization that the hotel could do.
That's a high risk to the IETF, but if we can do it, then we might find a new
balance in price.
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Michael Richardson <mcr+IETF@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sandelman Software Works
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