You missed a main point. Why didn't Interex book *both* conferences in the cheaper
hotel????

Debbie Lawson wrote:

> Paul writes
>
> >>>Beware!
> My travel agent and I had an unpleasant adventure trying to book the
> HP3000 Solutions Symposium and the SIG3000 conference, as I am attending
> both. The SS hotel cost at the Wyndham is $139/night and everything went
> OK in that part of the booking process. So when I tried to book the
> Hilton, I was told that the price was $279/night and the
> organization(Interex) didn't have a current contract with the hotel for
> conference rates. After complaining to Interex, they said they fixed the
> problem. Another call to the Hilton got the booking at $179/night for
> the SIG meetings. Why can't Interex use the cheaper hotel for *both*
> conferences, instead of adding $40/night to an already very expensive
> rate? I don't want to buy the room, just occupy it for a few days! There
> are cheaper places to stay in the area.<<<
>
> Unfortunately, Silicon Valley hotel rates are incredibly high. (and
> everything books up very fast!!)
>
> The discounts we negotiate at these hotels have to do with the size of the
> group we are booking for and the duration of the room block. Therefore, the
> rates we were able to negotiate for each meeting were different.
>
> Our room blocks do appear to be squared away.  We have spoken with the
> management at both hotels and you should have no problems booking your
> reservations.
>
> Reservations against the room blocks are filling up. If you do plan on
> staying at either the Hilton or Wyndham, you should make your reservation
> this week.
>
> HP 3000 Solutions Symposium. (Feb 9-12)
> San Jose, Wyndham
> 408-747-0947
>
> SIG3000 (Feb 15-17)
> Sunnyvale, Hilton
> Tel: 800/543-3322 or 408/738-4888
>
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>
> Debbie Lawson
> Interex
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