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I’m really trying to pin them down, but the Asians (where
most of the expense is) have been hard to pin. Amano is going to visit ADG, either before or after the
convention… he’s not sure, so they can’t give me dates yet…
Plus he and Yoshi are away on a photography trip at the moment. (3rd
time this summer. I seem to have 2-day windows to communicate with them
between trips) I’m really hoping they decide to go to ADG first,
then he won’t need any more “adjustment time” and could just
arrive on Thursday. I know he wants to leave the convention on Sunday, if
possible. I checked the rates from Singapore for Ben Tan, and it looks
like between $1,600 and $2,100 depending on how many stops we make him take.<g>
He wants to arrange it himself, and let us know what we owe, since he’s
doing the 3rd leg to Toronto. (that part, as you mentioned, is dirt
cheap right now) I hate to tell him he HAS to take the 2-stop flight, but
he might prefer it any way, as it will give him a chance to stretch his legs
during 22 hours of travel time. Flights from Japan are much less than Singapore. (saw that last March
when I was traveling too) A coach ticket is running under $1,200 at the
moment. (and he seems to have no choice, ALL the flights from Niigata have 2
stops.<g> Well, we knew it was going to be expensive to have these two
before we invited them! Karen From:
aga-sc-bounces@thekrib.com [mailto:aga-sc-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of S.
Hieber Thanks. So things
still look pretty squishy. Same here. I'm about 50% certain I can attend and
expect to have that nailed down in the next few weeks. Normally
we would have paid for speakers' Fri and Sat roomnights, and maybe Thurs too. I
recall we're going to stretch things a bit for the Asian travelers, given the
distances. Amano is
times 3 (Him, assistant & Translator that we provide). Domestic airfares
are lower than I expected -- Less than $300 incl tax, tariffs, surcharges, etc)
from NY area to Atlantis. But domestic flights seem to still be in the
strato-nimbus. So total,
we're looking at possibly 33 roomnights or about $4 grand for roomnights. sh
----- Original Message ---- I am still trying to pin down speakers, as I think it is
important for at least one of us (probably me) to be there to greet them on
arrival, and we have a couple who are going to need some adjustment time for
our time zone. I believe Ben Tan is coming in on Thursday
afternoon. He is staying through Tues. AM, but has offered to pay his
last night’s room. (he’s going from Atlanta to Toronto to visit his
brother) Still haven’t heard a final answer from Amano (surprise,
surprise) The way east coast flights run, I can get there reasonably
early in the AM. So depending on when Amano arrives, I figure I’ll
need to be there either Wed. morning or Thurs. morning. I was hoping to leave Monday AM… I doubt I can be done
with speaker hosting duties before then. I’m hoping we can find
someone local to spend some time with Professor Tan that day, and maybe take
him to the Botanical Gardens. I hate to just leave him there. Karen |
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