Well, there are 434 sleeping room in the Conrad Seoul according to
their web site so I expect that the 400 in the IETF block were
essentially all the ordinary rooms and all at the IETF rate while the
remaining 34 are all larger/special rooms at higher rates. The other
participating hotels have reasonable rates and seem fairly close.
Thanks,
Donald
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On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 9:45 PM, John C Klensin <john-ietf(_at_)jck(_dot_)com>
wrote:
--On Friday, August 12, 2016 11:32 +1000 grenville armitage
<garmitage(_at_)swin(_dot_)edu(_dot_)au> wrote:
t's quick -- 4hrs after your email is sent, and the Conrad
Seoul (Headquarters Hotel, block of 400 rooms) website is
already saying "The requested rate is not available. View
other available rooms and rates below." for a GIETF booking
between Nov.12 and Nov.19
What you didn't mention is that the rooms that are still
available have starting prices at about twice the rate listed in
the announcement and go up from there. So I wonder, is that a
block of 400 rooms at the IETF rate? Or a block of a few rooms
at the IETF rate with the rest of the 400 held for us at any
price the hotel thinks it can get?
Of course, if the contract were posted, even in redacted form,
we could presumably find that out, but the IAOC has decided that
information is too secret for us to know.
I was considering actually coming to that meeting, but, at circa
USD 450/room/night including taxes... not likely.
best,
john