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From: John Reid <j.k.reid@rl.ac.uk>
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Toon

> I have phoned two hotels that my employer uses for international 
> visitors and that have meeting room facilities.
> 
> The results are not very encouraging (price-wise).
> 
> Hotel Mitland, which is on the outskirts of Utrecht, offers the following:
> 
> Meeting room for up to 20 people: E 37.50 per person per day.
> Rooms: E 100 per day (2003 prices).
> 
> The manager indicated that for a week an arrangement could come out 
> cheaper, but he couldn't name specific prices for 2005.
> 
> Hotel Best Western Amrath, which is right in the center of Utrecht:
> 
> Meeting room for up to 35 people (don't have smaller) plus room rate: E 
> 190 per person per day (2004 prices).
> 
> Obviously, I have never done this :-(  I didn't know the prices in Las 
> Vegas were so competitive ...
> 
> It's clear that this is so expensive because we need a meeting room; if 
> I could convince my employer to offer us the meeting facilities, things 
> would be simpler, because KNMI is reachable quite well from the city of 
> Utrecht (20 minutes by bus).
> 
> However, unless we meet in the middle of the summer vacation period, 
> claiming one of the meeting rooms for a whole week (even as far in 
> advance as we are) will be challenging ...
> 
> Let me know if you want me to pursue that option.

Yes, please. I am not sure when 'the middle of the summer vacation' is,
but we have often met at the end of July.

Thanks,

John.