Hi Ole - As of today, I was only able to book a twin room SMOKING at 19,000y at the ANA - there are no singles at the lower rate. There are no non-smoking rooms even at the higher rate. Given that I believe you're correct that most of the IETF will be looking for a non-smoking room, I'm not convinced that the hotel will be able to "air clean" all the necessary rooms in time. It's possible, but would seem to be a lot of effort (and cost?) for the hotel that already has a signed agreement with the IETF - unless that agreement specifically requires that all non-smoking requests be accommodated? Since you're on the IAOC I believe, could you comment if that was part of the booking agreement?
Could you also comment on the mix of rooms that the agreement covers? E.g. how many singles, doubles, etc? I find it problematic that less than 18 hours after registration opens, we're already out of the lower cost rooms and the non-smoking rooms. Mike At 01:03 PM 9/1/2009, Ole Jacobsen wrote: >David, > >Let me take a stab at answering this. First of all, while it may not >be obvious, you DO NOT need to be a Priority Club member in order to >reserve a room. AMS is trying to get the link fixed so that this will >be clearer. For now, you can just enter the desired arrival and >departure dates. For some reason, if you already ARE a Priority Club >member the page does not seem to load properly, anyway... that's being >worked on hopefully :-) > >The ANA does indeed have a limited number of non-smoking rooms, but I >know the hotel is well aware that most IETFrs will want non-smoking >rooms and they will do their best to accommodate you (even if the >reservation system may not indicate availability). > >Also, I stayed in an official *smoking* room at this hotel back in >November and they had "air cleaned" it prior to my arrival. I had no >issues, the room seemed as "clean" airwise as any non-smoking room >I've stayed in anywhere in the world. > >Ole > >Ole J. Jacobsen >Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal >Cisco Systems >Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 >E-mail: o...@cisco.com URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj > > >On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, David Partain wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> I just set about to reserve a room at the meeting hotel via >> http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/cp/1/en/cwshome/DPRD-7LT5AJ/HIJJA (which >> required that I join their PriorityClub...). Check-in on Saturday, >> check-out >> on Friday (nothing odd there). I was, though, VERY surprised that there are >> no non-smoking rooms available. All I got was: >> >> 1 SINGLE BED STANDARD SMOKING at ï¿¥13,500. >> >> If I want non-smoking, I seem to have to pay 23,000 and have 2 beds. >> >> Is this other's experience as well? While I can survive a smoking room, I'd >> really rather not. I haven't tried calling, so perhaps that's the solution. >> >> Can anything be done to get us some non-smoking rooms since I suspect that's >> what almost everyone wants? >> >> Cheers, >> >> David >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> Ietf@ietf.org >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >> >_______________________________________________ >Ietf mailing list >Ietf@ietf.org >https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
