Le Tue Jan 20 2015 at 17:40:55, Sascha Steinbiss <[email protected]> a écrit :
> Hi all, > > that's indeed bad news! > > However, as I have also already booked (and paid for) the flights, I > would also be in favour of giving the replacement hotel a try, even if > it is a bit farther away from the station. Maybe we can still make it > work... > As I said, I am waiting for an estimate (tomorrow) for room price and work room access (and wifi...), lunch etc... As I soon as I have the estimate I will check if everything is fine as a backup plan. I will let you know as soon as I have the info. Olivier > > Sascha > > On 20/01/2015 16:27, olivier sallou wrote: > > Hi All, > > I talked to the hotel manager today and she learned me the hotel has > > been closed suddenly by owner/investor. > > This is an abrupt news that is of course fully impacting the sprint, > > almost one week before. > > The manager is trying to find an other hotel willing to welcome us and > > should have an estime tomorrow. > > However, this hotel is almost 4km distance from railway station, and > > quite a distance too to find some food/drink. > > > > My suggestion would be to cancel the sprint, while still possible. I > > should get an estimate by tomorrow evening of this second hotel, so we > > could wait to see if it is acceptable and think that hotel distance is > > not too much a constraint. > > > > I'm waiting for your opinion, I gave you mine. > > > > In any case, I am sad, angry and disappointed after all the personal > > time and effort I invested during the last month for this sprint. > > > > In any case, those who have booked via internet (booking;com, ...) can > > already cancel the hotel reservation. > > > > Please forward to any person I may have forgotten > > > > Olivier > > -- > Dr Sascha Steinbiss > Senior Bioinformatician > Parasite Genomics > Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute > Genome Campus, Hinxton, > Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK > > > -- > The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is operated by Genome Research > Limited, a charity registered in England with number 1021457 and a > company registered in England with number 2742969, whose registered > office is 215 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE. >
