[Sigia-l] IA Summit 2003

[Richard Hill]

Eric, You comments are appreciated.  Seattle was considered as a city, but 
it is much more expensive.  Room nights, the cost to you, would be over 
$200 a night in Seattle at that time of year, vs. $119 in Portland.  We 
took this as a very important factor in selecting a venue.

Airport locations are frequently less expensive than downtown venues, but 
the group has consistently said it prefers downtown. Thus, we could get 
"reasonable" rates in Boston and San Francisco because we were at 
airports.  For downtown locations, you usually have to add %50 - $75/night 
in those cities.

Dick Hill

At 8/13/02, Eric Reiss wrote:
>Dear ASIST IA Summit 2003 arrangement committee,
>
>On behalf of myself (but probably also others who live in Europe or
>the Asia/Pacific region), I'm startled to find that the next ASIST-IA
>conference is scheduled to be held in Portland, Oregon. This is a
>remarkably inconvenient venue for international travellers since it
>involves a separate domestic flight. In fact, this afternoon, my
>travel agent quoted a price that was 34% higher than that for an
>equivalent flight to Seattle (from Copenhagen, Denmark, either direct
>or via London).
>
>Granted, Portland (http://www.portlandairportpdx.com/) is an
>international airport. However, the airport's *international* status
>seems to be based solely on the arrival of two United/AirBC flights
>from Vancouver. Considering all the major international-hub venues in
>the US (Atlanta, Seattle, LA, Chicago, NYC etc.), Portland seems a
>remarkably user UNfriendly solution.
>
>In other words, not only do you want me to download the Flash
>plug-in, you want me to pay for it, too. I beg you to reconsider.
>Alternatively, I will expect a program that is 34% better than last
>year's.
>
>Cheers,
>Eric
>
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