[nabs-l] Convention in Orlando for five years

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Valerie and everyone,

    Pray that your significant other doesn't try to call you when you're 
being attacked by velossa raptors and a t-rex.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valerie Gibson" <valandkayla at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Convention in Orlando for five years


Just my thoughts, but all that soudns great: teh hotel rates and all, but 
you know the attractions help as well. :D

so you have a better turn out.

speaking for myself, if the convention is going to be in orlando for the 
next few years, not counting next year, i'm SOOOO there.

Dont' get me wrong, convention is pretty cool and very informative, but yo 
just can't beat a day at the Harry Potter theme park and a mug of butterbeer 
to go along with it. in my oppinion, makes the trip well worth it. you get 
informative speeches and a day to be a kid again with some really cool staff 
at the universal/disney parks.

Again just my thoughts. I'm sure the rest of you, including the serious 
minded, secretly agree with me. :P
On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:45 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I've seen a lot of comments about the national convention schedule for
> the next few years so I thought I'd post what I've been told about the
> decision.  My husband is on our affiliate board, and we both have been
> involved with our chapter, affiliate and some national groups, and we've
> been privy to some information- if I'm wrong, I apologize; I'm merely
> stating what little I've been told.
>
> Let me preface this by saying it takes a very long time to plan an event
> of this magnitude.  President Mauer and the convention committee spend
> time locating facilities that will accommodate a convention such as this
> as well as providing the best possible hotel rates they can negotiate.
>
> It takes at least a year to plan an event like convention, so they look
> to book hotel/convention centers ASAP.  It's difficult to plan without a
> location.
>
> I've been told that the NFB was able to negotiate a deal with the
> Rosenburg resort with the condition we would return for a certain period
> of time, which ensures us decent rates and ensures business for the
> resort.
>
> So convention will be in Orlando at the same resort for the next few
> years because this is how the deal was negotiated.
>
>> From a business perspective, if a hotel provides us with discounted
> rates (and in most cases, we have been given huge discounts over the
> years considering the type of hotels usually booked for convention) it
> would make sense a hotel would request a certain amount of business to
> make up for the discounted rate.  If you usually charge $190/night for a
> room, and are offering it for $70/night, that is a huge cut you take.
> So you want to accrue that business more than once so you can make a
> little mula back from a particular guest.
>
> Most the facilities the NFB books for convention have expensive hotel
> rates that members of the Federation are able to haggle and negotiate
> down to the incredible rates we usually have.
>
> As to why it is Orlando- I'm not sure if the Rosenburg has offered the
> best deal compared to hotels in other states, or if the locale is
> amenable to most convention-goers, or if they feel this facility meets
> our needs best- this is something I've not heard much about.
>
> I say wicked awesome, though, to having it in Orlando for a few years.
> There is a lot to do tourist wise; the resort seems to provide enough
> for attendees to do without ever leaving the resort complex; and
> sometimes it's nice to have consistency.
>
> Anyway, contracts have been negotiated and signed (I assume if an
> announcement has been made) so we will have to put up with Orlando for a
> few years after next year.
>
> Bridgit P
>
>
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