ADS/LSA hotel rates

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Mon Sep 29 22:45:30 UTC 2003


On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 03:27 PM, paulzjoh wrote:

> Yes BUT,
> Shouldn't the sponsoring group negotiate the best price?  And why
> can't they
> go back to the hotel and renegotiate on information about prices in
> nearby
> hotels.

but the lsa -- at the direction of its members -- searches for a hotel
that can accommodate *all* of its meetings under one roof.  this
drastically narrows the pool of available hotels (and available cities,
for that matter).  and the hotels are chosen years in advance.

arnold



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