[tei-council] hotels for April meeting

[Martin Holmes]

I couldn't get the $95 rate booking online, so I've emailed them to see 
how to go about it. I'll let everyone know what I hear back.

Cheers,
Martin

On 13-02-19 07:37 AM, Mylonas, Elli wrote:
> 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
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dr James Cummings, James.Cummings at it.ox.ac.uk
>>> Academic IT Services, University of Oxford
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>>

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Martin Holmes
University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre
(mholmes at uvic.ca)