Regarding your last sentence... "It gives AC a good bargaining chip for negotiations next year. "
So far, it seems to have done little at least as currently visible - as a real barganing tool for this year from last year's situation at all. Last year the con filled the hotel, didn't cause any sizeable fusses from any of the post con reports I read, and we were told this wouldn't be a problem next year. This year, we are paying the going con rate in the area (for the size of the con, yes, I checked at http://www.pcvb.org/ ), we have little chance that anything will cause a real fuss this year, and we've just been told that there is nothing that can be done.
Sometimes the only real barganing chip is considering the competition - who provides a better service at a competitive price... then management will normally take notice. Still, this is one of the best cons, regardless of the elevators... I just hope the con staff has minimized the other issues that are likely to occur again from last year's round up... and the result is a con with only one issue to deal with. Now if we can only set up an oxygen bar every 6 flights of steps...
Regarding your last sentence...
"It gives AC a good bargaining chip for negotiations next year. "
So far, it seems to have done little at least as currently visible - as a real barganing tool for this year from last year's situation at all. Last year the con filled the hotel, didn't cause any sizeable fusses from any of the post con reports I read, and we were told this wouldn't be a problem next year. This year, we are paying the going con rate in the area (for the size of the con, yes, I checked at http://www.pcvb.org/ ), we have little chance that anything will cause a real fuss this year, and we've just been told that there is nothing that can be done.
Sometimes the only real barganing chip is considering the competition - who provides a better service at a competitive price... then management will normally take notice. Still, this is one of the best cons, regardless of the elevators... I just hope the con staff has minimized the other issues that are likely to occur again from last year's round up... and the result is a con with only one issue to deal with. Now if we can only set up an oxygen bar every 6 flights of steps...