[tei-council] hotels for April meeting

[Mylonas, Elli]

OK, the winner of the hotel competition is the Providence Biltmore (
http://www.providencebiltmore.com). It is within walking distance of Brown,
the train station, the bus station (city and airport busses), has free
wireless and is in the middle of downtown Providence, so near restaurants,
pubs, etc.

They've quoted me a $95/night price - just say you are attending a meeting
at Brown University. There is no special number, nor do they seem to want
to police the rate. If they want more information, then you can say the
meeting is at the Library, and give me name/email as contact.

If there is a way to pay for rooms such that reimbursement is easier,
perhaps John Unsworth can weigh in. There is no special room block in
place.

 --elli


On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Mylonas, Elli <elli_mylonas at brown.edu>wrote:

> OK,   so since Paul is all set with his B&B, that's 7 people/rooms. I'll
> harass the hotels once again today to get last set of prices -elli
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:01 AM, James Cummings <
> James.Cummings at it.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> If I'm counting correctly and you are housing Gabby and Hugh, and
>> Syd is also local then those needing hotels are:
>>
>> JamesC, BrettB, KevinH, MartinH, PaulS, RebeccaW, SebastianR, and
>> LouB
>>
>> which totals 8 people.
>>
>> Personally, I'm not too bothered about which hotel but would
>> certainly prefer to be where everyone else is. ;-)
>>
>> I've not booked my flight yet but was intending to come in on the
>> Tuesday if you need me to speak or the Wednesday otherwise.
>>
>> -James
>>
>>
>>
>> On 14/02/13 20:09, Mylonas, Elli wrote:
>> > Hi all, I'm looking into hotels, and have the following information,
>> also
>> > an important question:
>> >
>> > How many will be attending and needing a hotel room?  I may be able to
>> do
>> > something with a block of 10 or more.
>> >
>> > I am looking at hotels in downtown Providence, easy walking distance to
>> > Brown (uphill towards Brown, downhill back). These are also within
>> walking
>> > distance of restaurants and pubs. I am excluding paid wifi unless the
>> total
>> > cost is advantageous. Right now, the best I've got is $139/night. All
>> > downtown hotels offer valet parking for @$28/day. What this means is
>> they
>> > don't have adjacent parking, and they drive your car to some lot they
>> all
>> > use.
>> >
>> > There is also the Wyndham Garden, on the other side of Brown. It is also
>> > within walking distance of Brown, but through a mediocre neighborhood
>> and
>> > not a great walk home at night. It's sort of near a street of
>> restaurants,
>> > but again, the walk isn't great - probably fine for a group. It's right
>> on
>> > a highway ramp, and has free parking. The rooms on hotels.com are under
>> > $100, also has free wireless.  They do offer a shuttle (for a small
>> charge,
>> > they say). Optimized for people with cars (Paul!).
>> >
>> > I may be able to get some better prices downtown, but right now, the
>> > Wyndham has the others beat, at least on hotels.com.
>> >
>> > Syd and I will have cars, and I am housing Gabby and Hugh. --elli
>> >
>>
>>
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>> Dr James Cummings, James.Cummings at it.ox.ac.uk
>> Academic IT Services, University of Oxford
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