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Re: Westin Bayshore throwing us out

2007-11-27 17:36:07
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On Nov 27, 2007, at 3:08 PM, Cullen Jennings wrote:

Fair enough, and I realize that I am not privy to how the negotiations go and how much of a discount one gets. I don't want to know about how the contracts negotiation happens but I do of course want to have a productive IETF meeting with as few late surprises as possible.

For the record, Ray was aware of this renovation, and tells us that there will be renovation ongoing in Philadelphia as well. Post Chicago, he has been doing some things to put teeth into the penalty parts of the contract, but given that it is already signed I'm not sure the teeth will be sharp enough. It's something we/he will be on top of next week, though.

That said, Ray wanted 600 rooms in our guarantee at the Westin (standard practice), and per a note dated 25 September told us that of 425 available rooms, 90 would be unavailable due to renovation. He is talking with the hotel now to figure out what happened - either they overbooked and said "omygosh those IETFers are serious" (very possible - hotels overbook a lot because people change their plans a lot) or the 90 became 140. Either way, we (the IAOC) aren't all that pleased either.
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