To give Baree and other who didn't attend Minneapolis an idea, the main
hotel (Hilton) has hundreds of rooms and the IETF cost was $129 per night.
Surrounding the main hotel within a short walk are other hotels totalling
over 1500 rooms. In the Minneapolis Hilton we had thousands of square feet
of meeting rooms and the main ballroom held over 1200 people. Outside the
meeting rooms the hallways were wide enough to drive a tractor-trailer through.
So when you suggest your favorite city/hotel, try to keep the above figures
in mind. Anything smaller or significantly more expensive will be criticized.
At 10:26 AM 3/28/2001, Baree Sunnyasi wrote:
>Could we have an idea of how much did a participant spend in Minneapolis ?
>
>I live in Mauritius and I am sure we could find a very good hotel over here
>at much lower prices than in Europe or America.
>
>We are bilingual (English and French) so communication will hardly be a
>problem.
>
>The weather is lovely throughout the year except for a few weeks in Summer.
>
>The Govt of Mauritius is working seriously on a Cybercity project which is
>quite likely to materialise in a few months and if approached would
>certainly help in finding a host.
>
>
>Baree
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Melinda Shore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 9:44 PM
>Subject: Re: Deja Vu
>
>
> >> with air fares as illogical as they are, it
> >> isn't even a cost issue.
> >
> >The cost thing is, I think, misleading. Having
> >had the experience of having to go to many ETSI
> >meetings, I've found that apart from a few
> >incredibly expensive cities it's generally cheaper
> >to go to Europe than it is to travel in the US.
> >Airfares really are not that much more expensive (and
> >can be about the same during the winter and spring)
> >and hotels and food tend to be less expensive. Plus,
> >there's that strong-American-dollar thing (for the
> >moment ...). The drawbacks are that it tends to look
> >to the beancounters like a junket, and for those
> >originating in the US and travelling west to east morning
> >sessions can be pretty painful.
> >
> >Melinda
> >
> >
> >
>
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