In a message dated 5/3/00 10:53:38 AM Central Daylight Time, p003520b@pb.seflin.org writes: << Hi, Has anyone ever thought about having a convention in a small town that is accessible to rural/turist type sightseeing instead of always big city stuff? Might be a nice change, say, once every 5 years. Wally Scherer >> The problem, Wally, is that there are very few small towns with hotels big enough to hold us. Not just the sleeping rooms, but also the convention floor space. The second problem is transportation. Flying into small towns is usually more expensive than flying into larger hubs. For instance, Columbus, Ohio, Lexington Kentucky, Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, Gulfport Mississippi all have very good convention centers, but flying into those towns would be expensive. On the other hand, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, have great facilities, but they are also very expensive. Willem The home office has been doing very well coming up with a combination of hotels that are big enough in towns with good air service, while keeping the room rate down.
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