dswise@seafox.cs.indiana.edu (David S. Wise) (12/07/90)
Subject: Cheap POPL hotel rates. You guys can blame me for this. Hotel discounts and inventories are now much like airfares, with discounts I overlooked when we negotiated the POPL site. Apparently members of the American Automobile Association qualify for 25% discounts at Sheraton Hotels, and this discount *does* apply to a limited inventory of $100 rooms available at the Sheraton World for the upcoming POPL. So go get 'em. Reserve now and try for the cheap space, *but* PLEASE let us know at registration that you got the cheaper, AAA rate. Why? SIGPLAN and SIGACT promised the hotel a certain occupancy which will give POPL the meeting rooms free. If we fall short, POPL pays pro rata rental. The hotel *will* count your cheaper rate toward our room-night commitment (even advance nights if you come early to visit SeaWorld) BUT the hotel won't track such bookings; you won't be counted in our block if POPL doesn't know to claim you. But POPL *can* claim you we it *know* about you, so do let us know if you do get the AAA (or another) deal. It will $ave ACM (and you) $ome money. Good Luck!