Whoops, sorry. I meant the upcoming weekend when I wrote the message
(the weekend after the IEEE meeting).
On 7/22/06, Scott W Brim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 07/19/2006 20:08 PM, Clint Chaplin allegedly wrote:
Another data point; San Diego is hosting Comic-Con this weekend:
they're
On 07/19/2006 20:08 PM, Clint Chaplin allegedly wrote:
Another data point; San Diego is hosting Comic-Con this weekend:
they're expecting on the order of 100,000 attendees.
The weekend before the IETF? Hey, that's an advantage!
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Andrew G. Malis wrote:
Dave,
Actually, airline hubs increase the risk of depending on a single
airline, since most hubs (at least in the US) are dominated by a single
airline, such as Northwest in Minneapolis and Detroit, US Airways in
Philly and Pittsburgh, American in Dallas, Delta in
Starting from Europe, San Diego seems to be no harder to reach
than any other major US city. The SPF route from Geneva
has two hops (e.g. via EWR or JFK).
I agree that major hub airports are a little easier to reach,
but maybe that's why we can get meeting space more easily
in non-hub cities?
Brian E Carpenter wrote:
Starting from Europe, San Diego seems to be no harder to reach
than any other major US city. The SPF route from Geneva
has two hops (e.g. via EWR or JFK).
I agree that major hub airports are a little easier to reach,
but maybe that's why we can get meeting space
Dave,
A few points:
If a non-hub venue offers dramatic net price savings, fabulous facilities, or
some other strong justification, it makes sense to go there.
Otherwise, a non-hum city forces virtually the entire set of attendees to:
1. Experience an extra flight, each way, with its
Dave,
Actually, airline hubs increase the risk of depending on a single airline, since most hubs (at least in the US) are dominated by a single airline, such as Northwest in Minneapolisand Detroit, US Airways in Philly and Pittsburgh, American in Dallas, Delta in Altanta and Salt Lake City,
Eliot Lear wrote:
Minneapolis *is* a hub for Northwest.
4. More generally, secondary venues have less total airline seating capacity
and
the concentration of our 1200-1400 attendees flying in and out close together
usually has a noticeable impact on their flights.
This is unlikely to
On 19-jul-2006, at 15:45, Dave Crocker wrote:
I agree that major hub airports are a little easier to reach,
but maybe that's why we can get meeting space more easily
in non-hub cities?
If a non-hub venue offers dramatic net price savings, fabulous
facilities, or
some other strong
On 7/19/06 1:47 PM, Iljitsch van Beijnum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All in all, San Diego seems like a pretty bad choice for a meeting
place: it's even hard to get to from inside the US, and it's as far
as you can get from Europe without leaving the continental US.
I'm not crazy about it either,
Another data point; San Diego is hosting Comic-Con this weekend:
they're expecting on the order of 100,000 attendees.
On 7/19/06, Eliot Lear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave,
A few points:
If a non-hub venue offers dramatic net price savings, fabulous facilities, or
some other strong
Eric,
All I can say is that you're not looking very hard - I just spent all of5 mniutes searching for tickets and found a nonstop between Boston and San Diego for $418 on Alaska (this flight is also an American codeshare), and single-connection flights from Manchester NHstarting at $315 on
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