[Deptheads] room crisis

Eric M. Aldrich I ealdrich at apple.com
Thu Jan 28 21:36:53 PST 2010 

Money. They think they can squeeze more out this way.

Eric

On 28 Jan, 2010, at 21:22, Tim wrote:

> Why do you think they are doing this?  Since they know we will only  
> be back once after this...they don't have to care... Or since they  
> went bk we can get in line for any compensation?
>
> Eric M. Aldrich I wrote:
>>
>> I just tweaked it so it's ambiguous -- problem is that WE DO NOT  
>> KNOW. The contract says self. They've said both valet and self.
>>
>> Eric
>>
>> On 28 Jan, 2010, at 20:56, Eric Burgess wrote:
>>
>>> Our website seems to contradict itself. Valet or self-parking? I  
>>> think if they are saying self, we should say it. After my blast, I  
>>> had three people ask which it is. They also disliked "This may  
>>> change shortly" on the day before the registration deadline but  
>>> obviously the hotel is putting us into that situation.
>>>
>>> Per our site:
>>>    • The convention room rate is $109 per night for a double. The  
>>> hotel is now guaranteeing self-parking availability. This may  
>>> change shortly.*
>>>    • Rooms must be reserved 14 days before the event.
>>>    • Valet parking is covered for ONE (1) car per room in the  
>>> convention price of the room. This only applies to registrations  
>>> made using the convention rate.
>>>    • The Radisson started construction on the parking lot on  
>>> August 19, 2008. It will not be available for Orccon 2010.
>>>    • There are now 350 valet spots available on site. The hotel is  
>>> also virtually surrounded by available off site parking.
>>>    • Handicapped parking is unaffected and still available to  
>>> convention participants at $10 per day.
>>> Parking Options
>>> *As of 18 January 2010 the Radisson is now saying that self  
>>> parking will be available and the room rate will be as per  
>>> contract at $109. We're looking into this as this is a change from  
>>> arrangements made prior to the con. Watch this space for more  
>>> information as it becomes available. Also, triples and quadruples  
>>> will be higher than the $109.
>>>
>>> ...ERB
>>>
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>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Tim <tim at stugiii.com> wrote:
>>> Actually you want their name and room number I would think.
>>>
>>> Victor B wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thumbs up Eric.
>>>> Sounds funny but the basis of it would work. Con goers like free  
>>>> stuff so a drawing is a great way to get people to volunteer  
>>>> their hotel information we need. Put a sign up near registration  
>>>> so everyone sees it as they pick up their badges. "If you are  
>>>> staying at the radisson for 3 days just enter your name for a  
>>>> special drawing of prizes". It would work..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Vic
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On Thu, 1/28/10, Eric D <luckyguyca at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> From: Eric D <luckyguyca at yahoo.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Deptheads] room crisis
>>>> To: deptheads at strategicon.net
>>>> Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 9:06 PM
>>>>
>>>> We should have somebody standing at the front desk, dressed as a  
>>>> hotel employee and asking people if they will be there for three  
>>>> days on Friday night.  If they say yes, then ask for their name  
>>>> and tell them they are getting signed up for a special drawing.   
>>>> After the convention we turn in all of their names to the hotel  
>>>> with them as convention goers.
>>>>
>>>> There, room crisis solved in one easy step.
>>>>
>>>> --- On Thu, 1/28/10, Eric M. Aldrich I <ealdrich at apple.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > From: Eric M. Aldrich I <ealdrich at apple.com>
>>>> > Subject: [Deptheads] room crisis
>>>> > To: deptheads at strategicon.net
>>>> > Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010, 4:32 PM
>>>> > Just so everyone knows, we face a
>>>> > potential issue with the Radisson this con over rooms. Since
>>>> > they've upped the price without having the parking structure
>>>> > in place, room reg's have dropped significantly and we've
>>>> > lost some to alternative deals.
>>>> >
>>>> > If you know people that are hemming and hawing about
>>>> > getting a room, encourage them to do so. If you know people
>>>> > who went outside the con reg system to get rooms, let me
>>>> > know (they won't lose their rates but we can get credit for
>>>> > them).
>>>> >
>>>> > Right now pre-reg's are in good shape, so I suspect we have
>>>> > quite a few people that have registered rooms via
>>>> > alternative routes. I did a quick check and couldn't find
>>>> > any better deals right now, but there certainly were some
>>>> > better deals out there for a while.
>>>> >
>>>> > Eric
>>>> >
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