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Re: Hawaii Block - going, going....

"Murray S. Kucherawy" <superuser@gmail.com> Mon, 25 August 2014 07:37 UTC

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Subject: Re: Hawaii Block - going, going....
From: "Murray S. Kucherawy" <superuser@gmail.com>
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I was just able to get a Tapa Resort view room with two double beds as my
only option, at $235/night, though our block was supposed to be $50/night
cheaper.  I could only get it Saturday through Saturday as well.

Ticket opened with the Secretariat.

-MSK



On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Spencer Dawkins at IETF <
spencerdawkins.ietf@gmail.com> wrote:

> I booked the IETF block the nights it was available, and hotels.com for
> the nights it wasn't. We'll see how many room changes that translates into!
>
> Spencer
>
>
> On Friday, August 22, 2014, Andrew Allen <aallen@blackberry.com> wrote:
>
>> I was just able to book king bed resort room - but only from Sunday
>> through to Saturday.
>>
>> It would seem to be an issue if you want to come a day or two early
>> though (not available Friday and Saturday before IETF starts)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ietf [mailto:ietf-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Michael StJohns
>> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 12:56 AM
>> To: ietf@ietf.org
>> Subject: Hawaii Block - going, going....
>>
>> I saw the email for the Hawaii IETF registration when I got home about 30
>> minutes ago.  I immediately got online to book the hotel, and as of 12:48
>> (exactly 3 hours after the announcement), all of the Ocean View rooms are
>> gone as well as the King bed resort view rooms, leaving only the 2 Double
>> Bed  resort view rooms.  Impressive take rate (assuming at least somewhat
>> even distribution between King and DB rooms).
>>
>> I wouldn't be surprised to find the block filled by sometime tomorrow.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>

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