Re: [802SEC] Rome decison
Pat,
I understand premium rates for "leftover rooms," in a nearly sold out
property ... that's supply and demand, but the reverse should be true ...
they'd be virtually empty without us, so we should get a firesale volume
discount, not get hosed because we want to do them the favor of filling
their place up, buying a lot of F&B, renting meeting space, etc.
I'd be inclined to renegotiate, telling them that based on their publicly
available current rates (and competitive offers) they are really screwing us
and we won't take it. Tell them that the (inconvenient?) location of their
property doesn't command premium rates, etc. Let them think that we're ready
to drop them like a hot rock and see if they become more reasonable.
Do we know if there is any serious, credible "competition" for the week we
want? One has to wonder what they would do if we told them "Not a cent more
than $200/night and a 10% discount on previously quoted F&B and meeting
space charges, or forget the whole deal." Would they walk away from filling
their hotel, the F&B (including the social) and the rental of the meeting
space? Bird in the hand ...
Carl
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> [mailto:owner-stds-802-sec@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG] On Behalf Of Pat Thaler
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 4:12 PM
> To: Tony Jeffree; STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> Subject: Re: [802SEC] Rome decison
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> It is often the case that venues that have lower rates
> available when they don't have a conference booked but not
> when they are able to block 400 or more rooms for a
> conference. So I wouldn't assume that we can book at the
> lower rates available for this March when next March rolls around.
>
> Pat
>
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> [mailto:STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG] On Behalf Of Tony Jeffree
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 1:21 AM
> To: STDS-802-SEC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG
> Subject: Re: [802SEC] Rome decison
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> At 01:22 21/11/2007, Carl R. Stevenson wrote:
> >2) The "average price" quoted is $244 ... why did our survey
> indicate that
> >we'd be paying $425 (or was it $450)?
>
> I just looked at the prices for March 2008 (they
> won't quote beyond the end of 2008) and among the
> various offers, Expedia quoted £97/night ($200).
> In July 2008 the rate goes down to £81.
>
> Looks like inflation will be raging in Italy during the
> 2008-2009 period...
>
> I can't see anyone booking at the conference rate
> if these kinds of rates are available elsewhere.
>
> Regards,
> Tony
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