COMMON rates (was RE: Congrads John Earl!)

midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   8. RE: Congrads John Earl!
>
>>I'm only a week into this, but I suspect that the die for Orlando may
>already be cast.  If you have any ideas on how to lessen this burden,
>please let me know.
>
> Given the state of the travel business today, you *may* be able to
>renegotiate the rates.

Back seven or so years ago, the COMMON conferences were booked into 'conference 
cities' some ten years in advance, IIRC. Renegotiation was unlikely to any 
significant degree, probably because competition for conference sites was 
intense and sites were limited -- only a dozen or so cities were able to 
provide needed facilities.

In today's market? Perhaps renegotiation is possible. But I'd be surprised if 
it could be done for the next few conferences. They're booked and COMMON could 
hardly threaten to go elsewhere. "Elsewhere" is already booked too.

Further, consider a renegotiation that provided an additional 15% drop in room 
rates. That's a significant drop on the hotels' side, but really only going 
from $239 to $200+ on the attendee side. Doesn't seem to be enough. Maybe it is.

Tom Liotta

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Tom Liotta
The PowerTech Group, Inc.
19426 68th Avenue South
Kent, WA 98032
Phone  253-872-7788 x313
Fax    253-872-7904
http://www.powertechgroup.com


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