Harold Jarche, Judy Brown, and I — the entire Unworkshop faculty — will be attending ASTD TechKnowledge in Las Vegas January 30 - February 2.
Next week we’ll have a special announcement about what we’ll be doing at the show.
I just reserved my room at the Riviera. The ASTD Special rate is $89/night. My usual discount travel sites tell me the hotel is sold out. On Expedia I found a deal for $67/night, tax included. These days I hardly ever pay the conference rate for a hotel room.
The Riviera is old Vegas. Over 50. I looks like a hotel, not a foreign city. The Rat Pack hung out here. The hotel seems to hope that a flashy website will divert your attention from its 1950s ambiance. If you’re coming to the Conference, be sure to print out a coupon for a free bottle of wine.
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I’m looking forward to the trip
I booked with Expedia too, but wasn’t going to so, because they couldn’t guarantee me a non-smoking room. So I called the number that ASTD provides on their website and started to book at the higher rate. Before I would give my credit card to confirm the room (and have one day’s rate credited immediately), I asked if a non-smoking room could be guaranteed. The polite answer was - no.
After further questioning I learned that 50% of the rooms are non-smoking, but many people seem to take up smoking in Vegas, so they never know if a room will be smoking or not. The last few major hotels that I have stayed in had about 20% smoking rooms. I guess that sin city lives up to its name.
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