From wwalter@math.tu-dresden.de Thu Jun 6 01:37:24 1996 Received: from RMAIL.urz.tu-dresden.de (RMAIL.urz.tu-dresden.de [141.30.66.2]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id BAA11100 for ; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 01:37:13 +0200 Received: from NBTF01.math.tu-dresden.de by RMAIL.urz.tu-dresden.de with SMTP (PP) id <05573-0@RMAIL.urz.tu-dresden.de>; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 01:31:38 +0200 Received: from NWRW09.math.tu-dresden.de by NBTF01.math.tu-dresden.de (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA16122; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 01:35:52 +0200 From: wwalter@math.tu-dresden.de (Wolfgang Walter) Received: by NWRW09.math.tu-dresden.de (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA02443; Thu, 6 Jun 1996 01:35:51 --100 Message-Id: <9606052335.AA02443@NWRW09.math.tu-dresden.de> Subject: double beds and such To: SC22WG5@dkuug.dk (ISO/WG5 for Fortran) Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 01:35:51 +0200 (MEDST) Cc: wwalter@math.tu-dresden.de (Wolfgang Walter) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 2542 Dear friends and colleagues, it came as a surprise to me when I learned that the standard IBIS hotel rooms at the rate of 122,- DM/night come with either a French double bed (1,40 m = 4' 7" wide) in a "single room" or with 2 simple beds (NOT next to each other, unmovable) in a "double room" . For those of you who have booked double rooms, therefore, I would like to make it clear that you have the choice of either sleeping in a very "cozy" (or should I say cramped) French bed or in two separate beds mounted along two adjoining walls of the room (they cannot be moved). In any case, the rate for single and for double occupancy for either room is always 122,- DM per night, and breakfast is always 15,- DM per person. Alternatively, the IBIS still has a few rooms available which are more spacious and have a couch and two easy chairs, and these have two regular beds alongside each other!!! The rate for these rooms is 170,- DM (plus 2*15,- for breakfast = 200,- DM total), but it may be worth the extra 48,- DM to some of you to have a larger, more comfortable room with a more standard setup (I believe the bathrooms are also somewhat larger). Of course, at that rate, you can also get a double room at the hotel "mercure" (formerly Newa), which is 198,- DM per night including breakfast for two people (again, that's the special university rate when booking through Mrs Engelmann). The mercure is less than 200 yards from the IBIS (Lilienstein), so getting together wouldn't be a big problem, but you would still have breakfast separately. In general, the mercure may be a bit higher quality in both rooms and breakfast, but I hesitated to choose it because their singles are already 168,- DM (incl. breakfast) - more than 30,- DM more than at the IBIS. In any case, the choice is yours. Please tell me about any problems you may have, or any assistance you may need, and please let me know about your travel plans - at least the arrival and departure dates, single or double room, or whether you really would like to have something cheaper/more luxurious. IMPORTANT: Since about half of the reserved rooms have been booked by now, the release deadline for the block of rooms has been pushed back by a few weeks. Nonetheless, I urge all of you who have not yet made arrangements to make your reservations soon. There have been very few bookings by German and UK members until now - to the best of my knowledge. See you in Dresden, Wolfgang