COMMON - new "non-conference hotel registration rate"

Mark,

All I'm saying is historically given the same conditions, economic and 
otherwise, COMMON conferences in cities like New Orleans, San Francisco, San 
Antonio and I'm sure Orlando (still to be proven) have drawn better attendance 
than cities like Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Baltimore etc

If the attendees are folks who would prefer to play golf or go to Bourbon St 
instead of sessions, they are still paid attendees to COMMON and that has to be 
a consideration.




Ron,

I don't know how the question was phrased, but would you receive the same
answer if it went like this:

"Would you rather have a noticeably lower cost venue or a more popular
venue?"

Identify the majority of those that answer "more popular" and you'll find
the population that attends a couple of sessions and then goes out to party.

But in today's business climate of cutbacks, you'll probably get more
"lower cost" answers than ever before. It's hard to sell to management,
let alone when it comes directly out of your own pocket.

-mark


Original Message:
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From: Ron Harvey ron.harvey2@xxxxxxxxxxx

>One of the issues I see here is the attendence is way down at the venus
with cheap housing (Indianapolis, Cincinatti, Baltimore, etc). When asked
where to have conferences the replies are: San Antonio, New Orleans, San
Francisco, Orlando, Las Vegas etc.

>From the attendence figures it seems like folks would rather pay higher
rates and go to great places. So what's a conference to do?