[30636] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NANOG 20 Meeting Information -- Registration Open
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kai Schlichting)
Mon Aug 21 16:03:03 2000
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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 15:59:28 -0400
To: Carol Wadsworth <carolw@merit.edu>, nanog@merit.edu
From: Kai Schlichting <kai@pac-rim.net>
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At Wednesday 04:31 PM 8/16/00, Carol Wadsworth wrote:
> NANOG 20 Meeting Information
> ****************************
>
>----------------------
>Hotel Reservations
>----------------------
>
> Renaissance Washington D.C. Hotel
> 999 9th Street, N.W.
> Washington, D.C. 20001-4427
>
> Direct Hotel Reservations: 202-898-9000
> Central Reservations: 800-228-9290
>
> Room Block Name: NANOG
> Dates Available: October 21-24
> Rate: $169/single; $189/double
> Cut-off date: September 21
>
Is this just me, or is the room block really miniscule (read: <<400 rooms),
already booked out, and the hotel is now trying to rip everyone off
with their "$370/night plus all that extra tax we make for DC by
jacking you real good" rate? Comments welcome.
As Norman Schwarzkopf said: this is the only city in the world where,
after 10 miles of driving, you are still at the crime scene.
