> 2008/7/28 Peter Cohen <
peterc@cix.compulink.co.uk>:
> > In-Reply-To: <
a4359dff0807281452y4c39a617ua92a135098ffc775@mail.gmail.com>
> >> > Is there a reason that people are going for university facilities
> >> > and not
> >> > hotels? Science Fiction Conventions tend to be hotel based.
> >>
> >> Do Sci Fi conventions generally have talks aimed at groups of 500
> >> people? I don't think hotels can accommodate such large
> >> conferences.
> >
> > This year's Easter Science Fiction convention was at the Radisson
> > Edwardian Heathrow which has two conference suites that could be built to
> > that size.
> >
http://www.radissonedwardian.com/rad/edw/PDFs/c&bbrochure08.pdf> >
> > Next years is at the Cedar Court Bradford
> >
http://www.cedarcourthotels.co.uk/page.asp?pageID=46. Then it's back to
> > the Radisson.
> >
> > Recent Easter SF cons have been at hotels in Chester, Hinckley, Glasgow,
> > Liverpool (but shall I say that I was not surprised that one of the MOD
> > missing computers was stolen from a room in the Liverpool Adelphi). The
> > Brighton Metropole had a big conferencing area in the rear, but the
> > management and the SF community fell out in the late 80s and we haven't
> > been back since.
> >
> > There's an association of conferencing facilities (or there was in the
> > 1980s who you could write to with your specs and they would put your
> > details in a circular to members.)
>
>
> Cheap dig at Liverpool there :(.
>
> But back to the point, I think there could be some merit in
> investigating non-University approaches. During the Summer Hols, they
> really are out to make as much money as they can with conferencing.
> We may be able to find something a little cheaper by thinking outside
> this box - I'm slightly amazed that the Alexandria team got all that
> they did for free, though I do suspect that with some effort we may be
> able to get close...
>
> That said, I personally lack ideas at the moment... It is worth
> keeping our eyes and minds open though.
>
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