[Deptheads] New Radisson contact

[Eric Burgess]

Since we're talking about the Radisson, I should mention that I went to a
board gaming event on Sunday and there were a half-dozen Strategicon
attendees that were all talking about how they've all booked rooms at the
Sheraton for Gamex because the Radisson rooms are so awful and the parking
was easier to deal with at the Sheraton.

When I mentioned that the convention needs to fill the hotel to pay for the
convention, the general response was that although the convention space is
nice, the rooms were so bad that they didn't want to stay. They said if they
are paying for three nights at a hotel, they should at least get a nice room
and a comfortable bed (which they feel they got at the Westin). I was told
that the word was spreading among the board game community that you can get
a pretty good rate at the Sheraton over the weekend and it's a five minute
walk to the Radisson. They were quite thankful to the guy who told them all
about it (won't mention his name to protect the guilty).

Honestly, I can't completely disagree with their assessments. The Radisson,
as nice as it looks in the convention space, really skimped on the rooms.

...ERB

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 6:40 PM, Robert Lionheart <spinachcat at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> WTF?  Is she the 3rd, 4th or 5th liaison we have had?
>
> Please PLEASE please contact the General Manager of the Radisson and let
> him know that this is unacceptable.   We are high dollar value clients.   We
> need to be treated as such.
>
> Let me break this down for everyone
>
> 1) LAX Radisson is a business hotel
> 2) Business hotels are barren wastelands during three day holiday weekends
> 3) Their main weekend business is two weddings and a seminar
> 4) Even their weekday conventions rarely take up the whole hotel
>
> WE come on their money loss weekend
> WE buy up the entire hotel
> WE buy up hundreds of rooms at a hefty cost
> WE buy up thousands in snacks, restaurant and concessions
> WE spend tens of thousands in parking fees
>
> I don't know about you, but when I order dinner and I have 4 different
> waiters and then get served lukewarm steak, it's high time I call over the
> manager.
>
> - R
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> *"Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at apple.com>* wrote:
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> After several weeks of no responses, we have a new liaison Akemi
> Shapiro. I believe she's the woman who was Nadja's assistant at the
> last show, but I don't know for certain. The hotel registration now
> works....
>
> Eric
>
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