FW: [council] Brussels hotel and Internet connectivity

[Gomes, Chuck]

Kevin,

Can you confirm that the information provided by Alan below is correct?
(i.e., that Internet access will not be free at recommended hotels
except for the Royal Windsor and that charges for it will come out of
per diem allowances for ICANN funded travelers)

Any other information you can provide in this regard would be
appreciated as well.

Thanks in advance,

Chuck


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-council at gnso.icann.org [mailto:owner-council at gnso.icann.org]
On Behalf Of Alan Greenberg
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 5:57 PM
To: GNSO Council
Subject: Re: [council] Brussels hotel and Internet connectivity


One more point, the Travel Summary document said that the Meridien 
and Royal Windsor "are of the same class of service". However, the 
Royal Windsor's web site says that all guest rooms have free Internet 
(either wired or wireless).

Alan

At 05/06/2010 02:30 PM, Alan Greenberg wrote:

>I checked with Constituency Travel about whether breakfast and
>Internet access were included in the Meridien hotel room prices paid
>by ICANN for funded travellers (ALAC is staying there and I
>understand GNSO also).
>
>The answer was that breakfast is included, but Internet access is not.
>
>According to their web site, the Meridien charges 15 Euros for
>in-room access, and that public are access is also charged. That is
>about US$18 or 1/4 of the per diem.
>
>ICANN's standard response in previous situations is that we should
>simply go to the conference venue for after-hours access - never a
>nice alternative, but clearly not at all practical with a venue
>separate from the hotel(s).
>
>How we are expected to take over a week from our normal lives and not
>have after-hours connectivity is a mystery to me. I thought we had
>fought this battle before and won.
>
>ALAC has lodged a strong complaint. The GNSO or individuals within
>the GNSO may want to take similar action.
>
>Alan