[Deptheads] New Radisson contact

[Robert Lionheart]

Their website claims 50,000 feet with 38 rooms plus grand ballroom
  http://www.sheratonlosangeles.com/meetings/index.html
   
   - R
  

"Eric M. Aldrich I" <ealdrich at penguinlust.org> wrote:
  The Sheraton has only 16,000 feet of convention space -- they weren't in the running.

Eric

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:53:11PM -0700, Robert Lionheart wrote:
> I just called the Radisson's Reservation Desk...
> a) Again, they said there is NO free parking with the convention rate. 
> b) And you have to pay $13 / day for Quik Park across the street
> 
> And the Sheraton Gateway (aka Boardgamer Getaway) on Century (1 block away) is only $109 with $13/night for parking...
> 
> Hmm...Eric, could the staff discounts count toward the Sheraton? :)
> 
> BTW, what kind of prices did Sheraton quote us for the convention? Their website is nice. 
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> - R
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> Patrick Havert 
wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> Just as an aside, when people sign up to stay at the hotel, There is an alert that tells them they will need to park across the street at the Quik Lock parking lot. Didn't we pay extra for free parking? I thought that the parking was only under construction for the bank parking lot.
> 
> -Patrick
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Robert Lionheart 
> To: deptheads at strategicon.net 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 6:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] New Radisson contact
> 
> 
> 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. 
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> - R
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> "Eric M. Aldrich I" wrote:
> 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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> Eric M. Aldrich I
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