HW: rooms and stuff

[Jill Strobridge]

----- Original Message -----
From: Arin Komins <akomins at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 3:47 PM
Subject: HW: rooms and stuff

This is the reply I got from choice hotels this morning
(based around me making an inquiry for a random number of nights,
since I had no idea when I was emailing.)
How does this sound?
I think this hotel has a description at:

http://www.choicehotels.com/ires/en-US/html/HotelInfo?sid=5ARO.2iB9B
ZniH.1&hotel=GB614&sname=London&sstate=EN&scountry=GB&sunits=M&sradi
us=40.22&slat=51.511826&slon=-0.126928&schain=A&exp=

(sorry for the really long URL.)
Arin
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Arin Komins                            akomins at midway.uchicago.edu
Web Systems Administrator
University of Chicago/NSIT                      tel: (773)834-4087
1155 E. 60th St. #302B Chicago, IL 60637        fax: (773)702-0559
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Phil Taylor <PTaylor at ChoiceHotelsEurope.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:36:29 -0000
Subject: Availability Request
To: "'akomins at pobox.com'" <akomins at pobox.com>

Dear Ms Komins

I have today been passed your request for accommodation in Central
London
and please accept my thanks for the interest you have expressed in
Choice
Hotels.
I am pleased to offer you availability for the Quality Hotel
Westminster,
arriving 28th December 2000 for 03 nights, 25 rooms for 35 guests.
For this I can offer a rate per room per night including VAT of
£35.00, all
meals being charged for as taken.
Ms Komins, I have provisionally reserved the rooms for you until the
20th
December 2000 and look forward to hearing from you again soon.

With kind regards

Phil Taylor
Travel Trade Sales Manager
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I've just called up the web page which was UNBELIEVABLY SLOW.
However after an hour of dithering around the hotel is the
"Quality Hotel Eccleston, Westminster, London "    82-83 Eccleston
Square, London, SW1V  1PS.   Tel: 0207 834 8042   Fax 0207 630 8942
email admin at gb614.u-net.com

Situated near to Victoria station it's reasonably central and has
plenty of amenities including banquet/meeting rooms.   I've just
phoned to enquire about prices and can confirm that there is a
special promotional deal in the period including 29th including
continental breakfast for a double room.     This is an excellent
price!!     Single rooms might be more expensive (the usual rate for
a single room there is £85) but if that is going to be the case then
I guess anyone wanting a single just books a double room       All
rooms (except for some of the singles are en-suite).     I'm going
to phone back on Monday and re-check the details but if they really
are true then I think I'm going confirm my booking here asap.

The only other suggestion I could offer was the City Hotel, 12
Osborn Street, London E1 Tel: 020 7247 3313 and I think you need to
book through an Agency www.hotels-london.co.uk to get the cheaper
rates which are £75 for a single and £87 for a double/twin (and a
weekend would be even cheaper).   Executive triple and quad rooms
are also available (I think Executive means they have proper beds
(not bunk beds) and all amenities) for £105 and £118 and there are
conference facilities available.     Web page and pictures at
http://www.hotels-london.co.uk/corporate/city/index.html

However on balance the Quality Hotel that Arin found sounds the best
suggestion and I think we should all go for it!     Opinions?
Votes?   Simples?    Contact Arin?

jill