Lisa emailed me an item from e-hotelier.com: "I recently attended a three-day sales conference in a major resort hotel. The location was chosen because ... [snip] ... and last but definitely not least, the promise of sufficient technology to satisfy business and leisure requirements alike." The article goes on to conclude that the very limited wired points and their high cost, the availability of WiFi only beside the dance floor, and the limited in-room entertainment have cost the hotel a repeat $60,000 booking for next year. (link to full item)

I'm writing this in my hotel room this Tuesday evening. I'll post it, Wednesday Morning, from the training room; there *is* WiFi there but it bottlenecks out through what feels like a single analogue line shared by everyone. Keeping odd hours and getting to know the staff helps. A oh boy, do I know how Chris Hartmann and Beat Barblan felt when they wrote that article, and I expect the chap who I tripped over when I came out of the training room, seated on the floor with his laptop on his knee and a cable trailing over the corridor to a power point, feels the same way too.
(written 2006-05-24)

 M101 - Well House Manor - Business Accommodation in Melksham
  [3405] Where do businessmen stay in Melksham? - (2011-08-25)
  [3107] Hotel and Training Course prices - the effect of the VAT rise on 4th January 2011 - (2010-12-26)
  [2984] Customer Review - Hotel Room, Melksham - (2010-10-03)
  [2925] Well House - the pictures - (2010-08-16)
  [2821] Chancellor George Osborne inspires Perl Program - (2010-06-22)
  [2581] Snow scenes - and how snow effected our business - (2010-01-16)
  [2558] Happy new decade - and course and hotel prices for 2010 - (2010-01-01)
  [2024] Carry on Training - in spite of the weather - (2009-02-03)
  [1929] 2009 - Hotel, Meeting, Training Course prices - (2008-12-07)
  [1907] Melksham Hotel Rates - (2008-11-25)
  [1824] Which is your best hotel room? - (2008-10-07)
  [1808] We love children ... but our hotel is not going to be their scene - (2008-09-24)
  [1748] Hotel room prices - Melksham, Wiltshire - (2008-08-11)
  [1701] Training Course and Business Conference Technology - (2008-07-07)
  [1676] A warm welcome for visitors from the USA - (2008-06-14)
  [1520] Terms and Conditions - Hotel, England - plain English - (2008-01-26)
  [1318] Well House Manor - feature comparison against the old place! - (2007-08-24)
  [1164] Grand Central Station - (2007-04-27)
  [1089] Playing old games - (2007-02-22)
  [1079] Wilts and Berks - two conference / training rooms in Melksham - (2007-02-14)
  [1059] Three sets of twins - (2007-01-31)
  [1011] Well House Manor and Beechfield House, Hotels, Melksham - (2006-12-29)
  [963] George Hotel and Well House Manor, Melksham - (2006-12-04)
  [926] Training rooms to learn Open Source programming - (2006-11-15)
  [902] Brand new hotel and training centre, Melksham - (2006-10-22)
  [889] Opening approaches! - (2006-10-08)
  [873] Hotel Exchange Rates - (2006-09-21)
  [857] Strikingly busy - (2006-09-06)
  [844] Hotel, Melksham, Wiltshire - (2006-08-24)
  [721] Residential - (2006-05-15)
  [717] A customer service company - (2006-05-11)

Back to Reading the newspaper and working with other restrictions

Previous and next or Horse's mouth home

Forward to Where is a web site visitor browsing from

Boys will be boys, saved by Ubuntu
Keeping customers informed by email
Perl for Systems Admin - suid scripts
Where is a web site visitor browsing from
Hotel Technology Requirements
Reading the newspaper and working with other restrictions
Career development advice
Looking ahead and behind in a Regular Expression
A journey, an arrival, a people
In praise of training course delegates.