Re: AIS:convention (long)

From: DWiris@aol.com

In a message dated 10/31/99 6:07:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
wmoores@watervalley.net writes:

<< Selecting the most expensive hotel in the area seems to be a 
 priority with some convention planners.  I'll never forget the 
 Memphis folk selecting the Peabody.  Fortunately, across the 
 street were the Ramada and Day's Inn.  Most of the conventioneers 
 were in the last two mentioned.  The most practical site for a 
 convention I attended was the Holiday Inn in Omaha.  The hotel 
 should also provide an adequate van service, too.   >>

Hi all.

I have attended almost all AIS conventions since 1963 and we seldom have 
stayed to the convention hotel.  We usually drive to the conventions and feel 
paying $110 a night for a room is foolish when we can drive to a nearby hotel 
and pay $60 a night.  The 1965 convention was in Memphis at the Peabody Hotel 
before it was remodeled.  We stayed there one night with no air conditioning 
and a rowdy doctors' convention keeping us awake half the night.  Also, we 
were near the elevator which made a lot of noise.  The next morning we moved 
to the motel across the street at a much lower cost.  Other conventions I 
remember having a convention hotel with high prices were one in San Jose, CA, 
and the one in Phoenix, AZ.  We didn't stay there.  This year's convention 
hotel in Oklahoma City was reasonably priced and the accommodations were 
good.   As we are getting older and not as able to move around, it is better 
to stay at the convention hotel unless the prices are exorbitant.  So when 
planning for a convention, please consider older people and those with 
disabilities.

Dorothy Willott

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