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Re: [97attendees] Liked the Shared Conference Room

Matthew Pounsett <matt.pounsett@rightside.co> Fri, 18 November 2016 01:19 UTC

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From: Matthew Pounsett <matt.pounsett@rightside.co>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:19:29 +0900
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Subject: Re: [97attendees] Liked the Shared Conference Room
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On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Tim Chown <Tim.Chown@jisc.ac.uk> wrote:

> Yeah; there’s a lot to like about the Conrad, but the lack of a “community
> area” around the entrance was a bit of a shame. In Berlin we had quite a
> large ground floor open layout bar/restaurant near the entrance and a lot
> of tables outside what was the Bits and Bites area, and that made it easy
> to bump into people. In the Conrad you’re split apart by floors, and there
> isn’t an open layout “social” bar/restaurant. Not a mandatory requirement
> for mtgvenue though.
>
> Well said.. I've been planning on making a similar comment.

It's not a requirement, but I think it's a desirable feature that should be
somewhere in the list of priorities when selecting the main meeting hotel.

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