[Foss4g2009] Preferred Accommodation

[Claude Philipona]

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?
>> >>
>> >> > >
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> > --
>> >>
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>> >>
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