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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Your goal is not a rigid enforcement of the [[contracts|contract]]. Your goal is for the convention and its members to get what they need at a price that fits in their budgets, and secondarily for the facility to be happy enough to want you back. Hotels double-book space all the time and may be willing to give you something compelling in exchange for giving up what's in your contract. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">They make </del>promises on behalf of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">their </del>departments that the departments can't deliver but are often willing to give you things that you're not entitled to if you ask nicely and they know you've been accommodating elsewhere.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Your goal is not a rigid enforcement of the [[contracts|contract]]. Your goal is for the convention and its members to get what they need at a price that fits in their budgets, and secondarily for the facility to be happy enough to want you back. Hotels double-book space all the time and may be willing to give you something compelling in exchange for giving up what's in your contract. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sometimes the sales department makes </ins>promises on behalf of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">other </ins>departments that the departments can't deliver but are often willing to give you things that you're not entitled to if you ask nicely and they know you've been accommodating elsewhere.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rooming ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>== Rooming ==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once the contract is signed, getting reservations open is the first order of business. You will need to set up room blocks. If you have any control over placement at all, you will want to have some distinction between "party" and "quiet" areas. You may need additional blocks in order to accommodate convention functions, kosher/shabbat rooms, handicap access, smoking, and suites. Chances are good that the first step is to get a room map from the hotel. Beware: Most such room maps are at least slightly inaccurate.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Once the contract is signed, getting reservations open is the first order of business. You will need to set up room blocks. If you have any control over placement at all, you will want to have some distinction between "party" <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(or "active") </ins>and "quiet" areas. You may need additional blocks in order to accommodate convention functions, kosher/shabbat rooms, handicap access, smoking, and suites. Chances are good that the first step is to get a room map from the hotel. Beware: Most such room maps are at least slightly inaccurate.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Consider noise propagation in the hotel, vertically as well as horizontally. Elevator lobbies generate noise, as do parties and convention functions such as the Con Suite or Staff Den. Natural features of the hotel may work to propagate or insulate noise. Most attendees will want the Quiet block, so take advantage of noise breaks such as fire doors or a bank of service elevators.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Consider noise propagation in the hotel, vertically as well as horizontally. Elevator lobbies generate noise, as do parties and convention functions such as the Con Suite or Staff Den. Natural features of the hotel may work to propagate or insulate noise. Most attendees will want the Quiet block, so take advantage of noise breaks such as fire doors or a bank of service elevators.</div></td></tr>
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