On Monday, January 9, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Jo Rhett wrote: > My best guess has been that LISA gets a monetary kick-back from the hotel, > because it simply doesn't make any sense otherwise. LISA is always on week > which is very low hit, low conflict. LISA easily gets the 200-room block > requirement that most hotels require to get the convention room space and > discounts on the rooms. There's just no reason for the excessively high room > rates.
Jo, I was with you right until here. With no offense intended to the USENIX or LISA folks, I'd be a lot quicker to assume incompetence here than malice. If they aren't great negotiators, it's to be expected that they haven't done as good a job getting rates. I consider this far more likely than the idea that somehow Sheraton is kicking back money to the organizers. When you say there's "just no reason," you mean "just no reason that I know." You are right that they're high. You are right to ask why they are so high. But to claim that there is no reason is jumping to a conclusion. -Eric
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