<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello All,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Following the below requests, information on hotels is here: <a href="https://2018.foss4g.org/attending/accommodation/" class="">https://2018.foss4g.org/attending/accommodation/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Looking forward to welcoming you all to Dar this August!!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Mark<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 3 Jun 2018, at 11:07, Mark Iliffe <<a href="mailto:markiliffe@gmail.com" class="">markiliffe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">Hi Andrea,<br class=""><br class="">We’re looking at accommodating over 800 people in Dar. We have booked out the Peacock hotel and that has 80 rooms, the Ramada has 120, etc! <br class=""><br class="">Unfortunately there are no “mega” hotels in Dar es Salaam so we won’t all be in the same hotel - but we will be in the same area. <br class=""><br class="">We’ll publish the guidance for hotels for those booking separately within the hour too! However, I stress to all, that you can add a hotel later in your booking, or an experience, or a spousal room etc. So, nothing should stop you getting your tickets!!<br class=""><br class="">Best,<br class=""><br class="">Mark<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">On 3 Jun 2018, at 10:59, andrea antonello <<a href="mailto:andrea.antonello@gmail.com" class="">andrea.antonello@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Dear Mark,<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">I’m sorry to hear that you’re having issues - first of all, we have published guidance for travelling in Dar es Salaam:<br class=""><a href="https://2018.foss4g.org/attending/#visiting-dar" class="">https://2018.foss4g.org/attending/#visiting-dar</a>. This includes advice and awareness on the local environment, first of all - please do not be afraid! Safety is a priority for us!<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">thank you!<br class=""><br class="">I read the guide, which is why I want to send a lonley travellng woman<br class="">to the accommodation in which most foss4g people are :-)<br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">To directly respond to you:<br class=""><br class="">You can book additional nights on our booking system.<br class="">We will be using 3* Peacock Hotel/Holiday Inn, 4* Ramada/Southern Sun, 5* Serena/Hyatt.<br class=""><br class="">The ambiguity with hotels is that we have arrangements with them for our attendees and will assign hotels<br class="">once they’ve been purchased -this is at their request. We would prefer that you book through ourselves as we<br class="">have negotiated special rates with each of the hotels - we will then fill these accordingly.<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">Ok, still it would be good to know where most of the foss4g people<br class="">will go. If it is not appropriate to do it in the mailinglist, does<br class="">anyone have a good (and quick) idea? :-)<br class=""><br class="">Thanks,<br class="">Andrea<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">Other very good hotels are available in the city centre, these include the Golden Tulip, Harbour View suites, Best Western, and the New Africa Hotel.<br class=""><br class="">Best,<br class=""><br class="">Mark<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class="">On 3 Jun 2018, at 10:35, andrea antonello <<a href="mailto:andrea.antonello@gmail.com" class="">andrea.antonello@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class="">Hi all,<br class="">I am having some issues wiht the accommodations page for the foss4g:<br class=""><a href="https://2018.foss4g.or.tz/EventManagement/public/e/1/foss4g-2018-dar-es-salaam" class="">https://2018.foss4g.or.tz/EventManagement/public/e/1/foss4g-2018-dar-es-salaam</a><br class=""><br class="">Our company is going to send a lady to the conference and we would be<br class="">happy to know her safe (expecially roaming around at night) with many<br class="">other foss4g-issers.<br class=""><br class="">Problem 1: we have a workshop at the 27th and all the packages start the 28th<br class="">Problem 2: it is not clear before registering which hotels will be used<br class=""><br class="">So I am sending out a help request to those that already chose: where<br class="">are you staying?<br class=""><br class="">Thank you!<br class="">Andrea<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">Discuss mailing list<br class="">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<br class="">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br class=""></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br class="">Discuss mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org" class="">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class="">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss<br class=""></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>