[Air-l] hotel information for AOIR Toronto: Broadening the Band

[halavais at buffalo.edu]

Given the importance of filling the hotel, I hate to be the one to 
bring up the unspoken, but I'm guessing it's too spendy for many, 
especially given the other options available. We have a lot of graduate 
student members, and many coming without support from their 
institutions, and the difference in cost over several days is 
significant.

Moreover, the Hilton has rooms listed on their website (linked from the 
conference page) for as low as CDN$189 a night for double occupancy, 
advance purchase. Even their "no restrictions" rate is $5 less than the 
negotiated conference rate. I wonder if it might not be possible to 
request the conference rate be reduced? 

Alex

(Who will most likely be making the commute rather than staying.)


Quoting Rhiannon Bury <welshwitch75 at rogers.com>:

> Checking with the Hilton, it seems people aren't in hotel booking
> mode 
> yet. As Nancy and Steve have mentioned, it is crucial to the
> financial 
> success of the conference that people stay at the Hilton. 
<...snip...>