Re: [94attendees] Meeting Venue Updates ?

Hi Ole, all,

thanks for the reply - I saw that e-mail.. but that does not say much 
about what to do.. :) I hoped we got some new information by now.. but 
still nothing new about the status of the overflow hotels.

I will ask the question on the recentattendees ML to see if there are 
other news.. and to re-iterate the request that news will be posted also 
to this ML.

Thanks,
Max

P.S.: "JTB current system only permits reservations from 31 October to 7
November" - where is the link to the JTB ? Am I missing a link/page here 
? Thanks!

On 8/18/15 6:31 PM, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
> Max,
>
> Yes, there was an update sent yesterday to the recent-attendees
> list, here it is:
>
> >From rpelletier@isoc.org Mon Aug 17 13:57:45 2015
> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 16:57:27 -0400
> From: Ray Pelletier <rpelletier@isoc.org>
>
> All;
>
> Here is where things stand.
>
> 1.  "Headquarters Hotel”
>
> Our Host, WIDE, is attempting to obtain more guest rooms in the
> InterContinental Yokohama Grand.
>
> The InterContinental Yokohama Grand has 475 standard rooms, but would
> only allow us to book 300 rooms on the peak nights of Monday and
> Tuesday.  They said they had to accommodate their existing corporate
> and airline contracts.
>
> Wednesday and Thursdays were contracted for fewer rooms, 289 and 250.
> We contracted for the rooms using the usual Bell Curve, which
> typically reflects that some folks depart on Wednesday and more on
> Thursday.  This was a mistake on our part.  if those rooms had been
> available we should have contracted for the max we could get.
>
> 2.  Overflow Hotels
>
> We are working with the Japanese Travel Bureau to open the JTB
> reservation system for the 4 contracted Overflow Hotels.  Together
> these hotels have 530 rooms on a peak night, for a total of 3,550 room
> nights.
>
> One of the 4 will also have the IETF network, courtesy of WIDE.  \
>
> The JTB current system only permits reservations from 31 October to 7
> November, not before or after.  We are trying to get that fixed.  We
> think that reservations may be open Tuesday, but might be Wednesday.
>
> Our preference would have been to open the Overflow Hotels together
> with the Headquarters Hotel.  We did not to provide those needing
> Visas more time to process their applications.
>
> 3. Alternative Hotels
>
> There are a number of alternative hotels near the Pacifico Yokohama
> (Meeting Venue).  The IETF does not have a contract with these hotels,
> nor is the IETF network available. This information is provided as a
> convenience to meeting attendees. The IETF makes no representation as
> to availability, prices, cancellation practices, or Internet quality.
>
> Map of possible alternative hotels:
> 	https://www.google.com/maps/search/hotels+near+InterContinental+
> 	Yokohama+Grand,+Yokohama,+Kanagawa+Prefecture,+Japan/%4035.
> 	4604397,139.6350251,14z?hl=en
>
> You may use your favorite search engines such as:
> 	http://www.hotels.com/
> 	http://www.trivago.com/
> 	https://www.airbnb.com/
>
> You should expect to see an update Tuesday.
>
> Ray
>
> On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, Massimiliano Pala wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I think there has been some discussion about the disaster for the 94 venue,
>> but I could not find any new information on the IETF's website about that:
>> what is the current situation ?
>>
>> I tried to book the main hotel and:
>>
>> 1. The Link does not work (the rates are wrong - instead of 19,000 JPY
>>     it gives rates close to 35,000 JPY)
>> 2. There are no rooms available for the 4th and 5th of November already
>> 3. There is still no information about the "overflow" hotels - since I
>>     saw an e-mail saying that ONE of them will have the IETF network...
>>     I would like to know which one before booking the room!
>>
>> Is there anybody who has updated information about the hotels and/or the
>> current status ?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Max
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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