[Foss4g2009] Preferred Accommodation

[Cameron Shorter]

Julia,
Prior conferences have recommended a prefered conference venue, and the 
venue has then blocked out rooms on behalf of the conference.

I assume with your contacts that this is something that Arinex can 
easily set up?

Julia Vernon wrote:
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> Dear Cameron and Mark,
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> Based purely on location the three you have listed below are the 
> closest to the conference centre (Hotel Ibis Darling, Harbour, Novotel 
> Sydney on Darling Harbour and Grand Mercure Apartments One Darling 
> Harbour).
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> All of the hotels are recommended by us but ultimately people will be 
> driven by price and location.
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> The one recommendation I will make is to contact the hotels early to 
> ensure availability.
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> Regards
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> Julia
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com] On Behalf Of
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> > Cameron Shorter
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> > Sent: Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:48
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> > To: Mark Leslie
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> > Cc: foss4g2009 at lists.osgeo.org; Claude Philipona; Julia Vernon
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> > Subject: Re: [Foss4g2009] Preferred Accommodation
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> > Julia,
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> > Is Tour Hosts in a position to offer some unbiased advice on which
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> > accommodation we should recommend all foss4g delegates stay at (so
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> > people are staying with friends)?
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> > Mark Leslie wrote:
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> > > In my period efforts to get the workshops all lined up in an orderly
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> > > fashion, I was asked a question that I hadn't considered before, and
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> > > I'm hoping others can weigh in.
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> > > What is the preferred hotel for people attending the conference, as
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> > > Fountains Hotel was in Cape Town?
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> > > Now, I wasn't able to attend Cape Town, so there may be insights here
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> > > I'm missing (maybe it would be best to avoid Sydney's version of
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> > > Fountains Hotel), but looking through the list on the website I see no
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> > > clear winners either way.
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> > > The three hotels right on the harbour are the Hotel Ibis Darling
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> > > Harbour, Novotel Sydney on Darling Harbour and Grand Mercure
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> > > Apartments One Darling Harbour.  Each easily within crawling distance
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> > > of the conference center.  On the other hand, the YHA is priced right
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> > > and has easy train access.  There's also http://www.couchsurfing.org/,
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> > > but I don't think you'll get everyone in the same place.
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> > > Has anybody already booked, or considered where they're planning on
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> > > staying?
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> > Cameron Shorter
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