RE: Early bird special for COMMON - COMMON Housing

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of
> jkrueger@andrewscg.com
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 12:22 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Early bird special for COMMON - COMMON Housing
> Importance: High
>

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>
>
> Just a quick reminder...  Part of the reason we had to raise
> COMMON's rates is
> because we've had to pay some VERY high attrition charges to the
> hotels when our
> room blocks weren't filled.  Staying at a close by 'cheap' hotel may seem
> attractive in the short run, but in the long run, if too many of
> you do it,
> we'll have to make up for it with higher and higher conference
> fees.  THERE IS
> NO FREE LUNCH!

I knew there was no free lunch, but didn't know of the economics you pointed
out.


>
> We do understand the need for including lower priced hotels as
> alternatives, so
> that you can use the COMMON housing bureau without paying
> extravagent rates, and
> we've instructed our staff to do their absolute best to meet that need.
>
> Our challenge comes from that fact that in most cites, the
> convention centers
> and the high-priced hotels work together as a team -- it is
> simply not possible
> for us to rent the amount of convention space we need without
> writing contracts
> with both the convention centers and the hotels -- they are only
> being sold as
> complete packages.
>
> Please consider working through the COMMON housing bureau if at
> all possible; it
> makes COMMON sense!
>

Will do.  I'm still working under the assumption this is at the OpryLand
Hotel complex.  We've vacationed there once.  Anyone who can afford to stay
there is in FOR A REAL, REAL TREAT...  We may go that route, ourselves, but
we don't have a company to pay for it.  (Clients not being so generous, as
employers, about these kinds of things...;-)

> Janet Krueger
> COMMON Treasurer