On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Giacomo Catenazzi <[email protected]> wrote:

> How flexible are Semiole about few people more or less?
>
>
Less people is not a problem since govt is paying first week. More people
(and the costs for those extra people) is something we have to negotiate
tomorrow during the meeting with hotel staff.


> ciao
>        cate
>
>
>
> On 20.06.2012 17:38, Leandro Gómez wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:26 AM, Leandro Gómez <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>    On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Leandro Gómez <[email protected]
>>    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>        Hello,
>>
>>        We got a first quote from Hotel Seminole. Please note that we
>>        haven't negotiated yet a discount with them, so these price
>>        might go down a bit. All prices are in US dollars.
>>
>>
>>    Update on Hotel Seminole:
>>
>>
>> Just two more things:
>>
>>    I just finished a phone conversation with the people at Seminole and
>>    we managed to get the discount we asked for. Hopefully, today
>>    afternoon or tomorrow we (ISIC, actually) will be signing the
>>    contract with them.
>>
>>
>> Talking with Norman, I think it would be best to have two separate
>> contracts; one signed by govt for the first week they're sponsoring, and
>> the other signed by ISIC for the second week.
>>
>>    The final numbers/costs for accommodation are:
>>
>>    First week (6 nights, paid by govt):
>>
>>     > 348 nights (77 people, arriving at different dates according to
>>    penta) - $12957.75 (incl. sales tax) = $37.23/pp
>>
>>
>> There was a miscalculation on accommodation costs of ~$1K. I asked the
>> hotel people to charge that amount to the first week so our price per
>> person/night of $29.99 remains the same.
>>
>>    Second week (8 nights, paid by us)
>>
>>     > 616 nights (77*8) - $18474.89 = $29.99/pp
>>
>>    Total accommodation costs at Seminole Hotel: $31432.64
>>
>>    Payment:
>>
>>     > We can pay the amount we have atm (or in a few days), could be
>>    10% or more
>>     > They're more interested in signing the contract than receiving
>>    any payment in advance
>>
>>    Bonus:
>>
>>     > They'll provide free shuttle service (airport-hotel-airport)
>>     > We need to prepare a wiki for people to sign up and send them the
>>    info
>>
>>    I'm going to the shirt provider in an hour or so, but can answer any
>>    questions you have in the meanwhile.
>>
>>    Cheers,
>>
>>         > Single room: $75 + 17% sales tax = $87.75/pp
>>         > Double room: $80 + 17% sales tax = $93.60 ($46.80/pp)
>>         > Triple room: $90 + 17% sales tax = $105.30 ($35.10/pp)
>>         > Quadruple room: $100 + 17% sales tax = $117 ($29.25/pp)
>>
>>        Note: The quadruple rooms are with two king size beds, or one
>>        queen size and two small beds, so I don't think we have some use
>>        for them.
>>
>>        As a bonus, they offer us a free room for every 15 rooms we use.
>>
>>        I quoted the following:
>>
>>        Reservation for 77 people
>>
>>         > 40 people from 1st. to 7th July
>>         > 8 people from 2nd. to 7th July
>>         > 4 people from 3rd. to 7th July
>>         > 11 people from 4th. to 7th July
>>         > 5 people from 5th. to 7th July
>>         > 9 people from 6th. to 7th July
>>
>>        Total: 348 nights accommodation
>>        ((40*6)+(8*5)+(4*4)+(11*3)+(5***2)+(9*1))
>>
>>        The cheapest quote they gave us was for $12957.75 ($36.20/pp),
>>        distributed in 2 single rooms, 3 double rooms and 7 triple rooms.
>>
>>        I'm going to write to them later tonight and start negotiating
>>        prices in order to see if we can lower it from $36 to $30 or less.
>>
>>        Questions? Comments?
>>
>>        Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>>
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