[Foss4g2009] Preferred Accommodation
Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)
bartvde at osgis.nl
Fri Jul 17 14:52:45 EDT 2009
Paul,
are you sure?
I can still book for the 25th on
http://www.accorhotels.com/gb/hotel-1757-ibis-sydney-darling-harbour/index.shtml
Best regards,
Bart
Paul Ramsey wrote:
> FYI, It looks like the Ibis Darling Harbor is booked up on the 25th of
> October, which makes it a less appealing place for those of us staying
> a couple days extra.
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Claude
> Philipona<claude.philipona at camptocamp.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> The question is not really "Which hotle is the best?" but more "In
>> which accommodation will most people from OSGeo different committees,
>> projects,.. will stay" like the Fountain last year. Quite a lot of
>> informal contact is going on besides the conference... is there
>> already a de facto choice from the registered users? Or should we make
>> a quick poll to choose one?
>>
>> Claude
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 04:34, FOSS4G OC - Tour
>> Hosts<foss4goclist at arinex.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Mark,
>>>
>>> Thank you for your response to this email thread. As you mentioned, the
>>> delegates have the option to book at all of the hotels listed on the
>>> website and are able to book directly through the direct booking form.
>>> In doing so they are given the FOSS4G rate that was negotiated for your
>>> delegates (expect at YHA which is at the current market rate).
>>>
>>> Kind Regards
>>>
>>> Julia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Mark Leslie [mailto:mark.leslie at lisasoft.com]
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 15 July 2009 10:07
>>>> To: Cameron Shorter
>>>> Cc: Julia Vernon; foss4g2009 at lists.osgeo.org; Mark Leslie; Claude
>>>> Philipona
>>>> Subject: Re: [Foss4g2009] Preferred Accommodation
>>>>
>>>> This was done months ago, hence the list on the web site. In response
>>>> to our request for a variety of accommodations and price ranges, Tour
>>>> Hosts has arranged for several hotels for us, so they can all be
>>>> considered to be recommended for a given level of luxury.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't actually tried any of these hotels, but the Hotel Ibis seems
>>>> to be the cheapest convenient hotel of the bunch. It has the two
>>>> mandatory features in each room: air conditioning and internet.
>>>>
>>>> The YHA actually has group rates, for 10-40 people at 33AUD per person
>>>> (4 per room), though I seem to recall that they don't have a
>>>>
>>> conference
>>>
>>>> rate.
>>>>
>>>> Unless anyone has any experiences at these hotels, I would suggest we
>>>> work under the assumption that the Hotel Ibis Darling Harbour will be
>>>> the most popular.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear Cameron and Mark,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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).
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> All of the hotels are recommended by us but ultimately people will
>>>>>>
>>> be
>>>
>>>>>> driven by price and location.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The one recommendation I will make is to contact the hotels early
>>>>>>
>>> to
>>>
>>>>>> ensure availability.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Julia
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com] On
>>>>>>>
>>> Behalf Of
>>>
>>>>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, 14 July 2009 13:48
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To: Mark Leslie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cc: foss4g2009 at lists.osgeo.org; Claude Philipona; Julia Vernon
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Foss4g2009] Preferred Accommodation
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Julia,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is Tour Hosts in a position to offer some unbiased advice on
>>>>>>>
>>> which
>>>
>>>>>>> accommodation we should recommend all foss4g delegates stay at
>>>>>>>
>>> (so
>>>
>>>>>>> people are staying with friends)?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark Leslie wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> In my period efforts to get the workshops all lined up in an
>>>>>>>>
>>>> orderly
>>>>
>>>>>>>> fashion, I was asked a question that I hadn't considered
>>>>>>>>
>>> before,
>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm hoping others can weigh in.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What is the preferred hotel for people attending the
>>>>>>>>
>>> conference, as
>>>
>>>>>>>> Fountains Hotel was in Cape Town?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Now, I wasn't able to attend Cape Town, so there may be
>>>>>>>>
>>> insights
>>>
>>>> here
>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm missing (maybe it would be best to avoid Sydney's version
>>>>>>>>
>>> of
>>>
>>>>>>>> Fountains Hotel), but looking through the list on the website I
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> see no
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> clear winners either way.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The three hotels right on the harbour are the Hotel Ibis
>>>>>>>>
>>> Darling
>>>
>>>>>>>> Harbour, Novotel Sydney on Darling Harbour and Grand Mercure
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Apartments One Darling Harbour. Each easily within crawling
>>>>>>>>
>>>> distance
>>>>
>>>>>>>> of the conference center. On the other hand, the YHA is priced
>>>>>>>>
>>>> right
>>>>
>>>>>>>> and has easy train access. There's also
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.couchsurfing.org/,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> but I don't think you'll get everyone in the same place.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Has anybody already booked, or considered where they're
>>>>>>>>
>>> planning on
>>>
>>>>>>>> staying?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Geospatial Systems Architect
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Think Globally, Fix Locally
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.lisasoft.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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