Re: [AGA-mcm] HUGE Hotel Problem!!!!

[Larry Lampert <l_lampert@yahoo.com>]

Hi Rick,

We went through some similiar problems last year. At
this point you really don't have a lot of negotiating
power with the hotel. 

However, this is where your relationship with the
people from the hotel can really pay off. We were able
to secure extra room nights at the conference rate two
times. 

 I just explained to them that... in order for me to
drive additional room/banquet and restaurant revenue
to you (the hotel). I need to have as many people at
the conference as possible. You see this is a
"win/win.... we get more people in they spend more
money at the hotel. If we don't get the rate most
folks will simply not come and then neither the hotel
nor the AGA will maximize our revenues.

Remember, this is actually an off-peak time for hotel
bookings so they should be anxious to fill more rooms.
ALso our audience is in essence "captive" because of
our rigorous schedule so they will typically eat at
least one meal in the hotel. The dynamics of the DC
area are a little different so YMMV.

As always if there is anything I can do to help out
please just let me know. 

On another note can you or Ghazanfar give us an idea
of where we are at with regards to the questions I
posted last week? I am sure that the AGA board members
are at least as curious as I am. 

Regards,

Larry

--- Karen Randall <krandall@rdrcpa.biz> wrote:

> Thank you so much for the offer!  Let's wait until
> we see what they say in the morning before we get
> too excited.
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Karen
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: RickDotson@aol.com 
>   To: aga-mcm@thekrib.com 
>   Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 8:19 PM
>   Subject: Re: [AGA-mcm] HUGE Hotel Problem!!!!
> 
> 
>   I will try try to clear it up.  It might just be a
> misunderstanding.  I would cancel if I were you. 
> You are welcome to stay at my place.  I am a half
> mile from the metro and could let you borrow a car
> if you needed.  There are a lot of other hotel in
> the area as well, I may need to be a shuttle bus
> driver for the weekend?
> 
>   I hope it does not come down to truning people
> away.  That would be sad.  I hope the hotel staff
> see it that way as well.
> 
>   Rick Dotson
> 
> 
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