Re: [94attendees] Meeting Venue Updates ?

[Leonid Grossman <[e-mail]>]

Thanks for forwarding - is it also possible to post future updates to this list not just to the recent-attendees?
Thanks, Leonid

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ole Jacobsen [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 3:31 PM
> To: Massimiliano Pala
> Cc: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: [94attendees] Meeting Venue Updates ?
> 
> 
> Max,
> 
> Yes, there was an update sent yesterday to the recent-attendees list,
> here it is:
> 
> >From [e-mail] Mon Aug 17 13:57:45 2015
> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 16:57:27 -0400
> From: Ray Pelletier <[e-mail]>
> 
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >