Mike,
I am going to let AMS answer that since they have the contract with
the ANA. My understanding as of right now is that about 60% of the
rooms are non-smoking. The ANA has been aware of our desire for
non-smoking rooms for a long time so I am sure they are working on
whatever solution they can find.
Ole
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On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Michael StJohns wrote:
Hi Ole -
As of today, I was only able to book a twin room SMOKING at 19,000y
at the ANA - there are no singles at the lower rate. There are no
non-smoking rooms even at the higher rate. Given that I believe
you're correct that most of the IETF will be looking for a
non-smoking room, I'm not convinced that the hotel will be able to
"air clean" all the necessary rooms in time. It's possible, but
would seem to be a lot of effort (and cost?) for the hotel that
already has a signed agreement with the IETF - unless that agreement
specifically requires that all non-smoking requests be accommodated?
Since you're on the IAOC I believe, could you comment if that was
part of the booking agreement?
Could you also comment on the mix of rooms that the agreement
covers? E.g. how many singles, doubles, etc? I find it problematic
that less than 18 hours after registration opens, we're already out
of the lower cost rooms and the non-smoking rooms.
Mike
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