Marcus, The comments about the hotel are supported by my mate in Perth: see below. Jim
________________________________ From: Vincent Cox To: Parkes Jim - Sydney-MHA Sent: Thu Apr 23 17:03:25 2009 Subject: RE: Another update Hi Jim, So the trip is on?! nice one, will be great to see you again, it's been a while... you know you are welcome to stay at ours if u want, but fully understand if you want to stay with mates, can't quite fit in 9 -10 blokes, don't think the girlfriend would understand!! :) you will have to come over for dinner or something one of the nights if your here for a few days, let me know your plans if u don't mind... gotta at least fit a curry in!! & a belly full of beer at the game of course!! (goes without saying really) I'll touch base with one of my mates re: tix as he usually goes in the shed section which is a good laugh, but we'll def meet up before game & after!! I know a few pubs around by the ground also so will drag you there if that's ok??... when do u need to know by for tix? your mate about sums up Citigate really, it's not too bad a hotel (not flash either), used to be pretty crappy but they have been doing a fair bit of work on it lately, rooms etc have been refurbed, & I think they are ok. location is not too bad either you can walk into city in about 5mins fairly close to a few pubs also as u would expect... we have our quarterly updates down there in one of the function rooms... it's a bit dated down in the reception area, but if it's somewhere to use as a base it will be fine.. just looking at their website its $155 / night, not to bad as it is pretty central. Anyway hope that helps... Don't forget let us know your plans!!! Vince -----Original Message----- From: Parkes Jim - Sydney-MHA [mailto:jpar...@munichre.com] Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 2:22 PM To: Vincent Cox Subject: FW: Another update Hey Vince, As a Mirvac employee can you comment on the Citigate Hotel as described below. Also do you want to get some match ticket(s) with the rest of us Wolves? Jim From: nswolves@googlegroups.com [mailto:nswol...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marcus Chantry Sent: Thursday, 23 April 2009 4:04 PM To: Darrell Yates; Duncan McLean; Graeme Fitzsimmons; lee.mor...@defence.gov.au; les.ll...@veoliawater.com; Mark; Michael Lewis; nswolves@googlegroups.com; Trevor Jones; xtremefloorcoveri...@hotmail.com Subject: [NSWolves] Another update Afternoon all, I have just had another update from Perth Glory regarding tickets for the Wolves match. They have a section of the stadium allocated for travelling Wolves fans and at this stage they have reserved 40 tickets for our group in that section, although more can be assigned to us if needed (we currently have 33 people confirmed). Also, we have had some questions about the quality/standard of the Citigate Hotel, as it has historically been a bit of a dump. However, the hotel was taken over by Mirvac Hotels last year and since late August 2008 has been undergoing a major $9m refurbishment to bring it up to 4 star quality. Every room in the hotel has been stripped and re-furnished with modern up-to-date facilities (eg flat screen tv's, new beds and furniture) and the bars and restaurant have also been gutted and re-designed. All interior work has been completed and they are currently finishing off the exterior painting. The hotel manager acknowledged the poor quality of the hotel prior to their acquisition last year but has assured me that the remaining external painting will be finished by the time we arrive. Hopefully that eases any concerns that people had about the hotel. As always, I'll keep you posted as things progress. Cheers, Marcus Chantry ---------------------------------- Associate Director New Product Development - Insurance Macquarie Life (d) 02 8232 4259 (m) 0448 887 627 P Please consider the environment before printing this email. Important Notice This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may contain copyright material of Macquarie or any of its subsidiaries or third parties. If you are not the intended recipient of this email you should not read, print, re-transmit, store or act in reliance on this e-mail or any attachments, and should destroy all copies of them. Macquarie does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or any attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Macquarie. The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way and should destroy any copies. Macquarie does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Macquarie. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Pig's pudding - it's a mon's dinner aer kid -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---