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Ragear:
Hi everyfur

I've modified this a bit with Cheetah's additional input. PLEASE READ before making EDUCATED suggestions. Not just one or two conditions need to apply, but most, if not all, to keep hassle from staff.

well, there's a thread about theme ideas going on so: EF18 seems to squeeze the Maritim Magdeburg to the limits, and a limit to the growth of the EF doesn't seem to be near.

Are there ideas about  possible other venues? You have an idea? Share it. But before, consider all this:
1) Venue/ Hotel must hold ~1500 min. 2000 Attendants
2) Venue must have 2-3 big ballroom(s), sized about at least 1500-2000sqm (that's 2 complete sport gyms!) and 800-1500sqm. and minimum 6 function rooms with 75-120sqm/ ea.  for staff, back office, clinics, SIGs, gaming and so on.
3) reasonably reachable by public transport, and given who runs the show prefurably in Germany.
4) alternatives in terms of drinking, eating or partying outside the hotel.
5) a large supply of innocent bystanders handy to cuddle and admire the suitwalk.
6) reasonably rates for hotel rooms ... but good quality. Spa would be nice...
7) some sort of waterhole inside, like a bar or so.
8) some sort of waterhole outside, like a supermarket or so.

another one: I think it's not going to work if another very big event would be there around end of August or when EF could take place.
AND PLEASE: DO NOT APPROACH THE HOTELS BY YOURSELF; LEAVE THIS TO THE CAPABLE HANDS OF THE EF STAFF!

*hugs*

Ragear

Dhary Montecore:
Suggestions for new venues? Cool idea. But you know that the suggestions are useless when you ask for parameters that are not the real ones. Maybe you should ask a member of staff AFTER EF for the real conditions we need.

Cheetah:
It's so cute to see how you believe you'll have so many choices, that you'll even get to the last point on your list :)  Well, let's see how many venues you will find in Germany who have 1500+ beds and matching convention space on site. If you find any, I am VERY interested in hearing about them :)

For everyone wanting to chip in, some extra criteria:

- We're most likely talking about 2014, not 2013.
- Must be located in Germany
- Hotel capacity of at least 2000 beds. (We're already at 1300 this year.)
- Must be an indoor location. Outdoor locations are a no-go.
- Main ballroom must have at least 1500-2000 square meters.
- Secondary ballroom for artshow must have at least 800-1200 square meters.
- Third ballroom for dealers den must have at least 600-1000 square meters
- At least 6 more function rooms with 3 of least 75 square meters and another 3 of at least 120 square meters aeach are required

Now if you find me at least ONE location that matches these criteria (and that is not the Estrel in Berlin), I will be very impressed :)

Now before we even get to the point of comparing room or bar prices, we'd need to have TWO locations to choose from. So just for the record: If you find me TWO locations that match the above criteria, you should be doing this as your main job.

Duma:
I don't know if InterContinental Frankfurt hotel sound good. The hotel got 770 rooms and 21 floors. Sorry if it doesn't seem good enough.

Cheetah:

--- Quote from: Duma on 19.08.2012, 19:07:02 ---I don't know if InterContinental Frankfurt hotel sound good. The hotel got 770 rooms and 21 floors. Sorry if it doesn't seem good enough.

--- End quote ---

You didn't even read what I wrote did you? People, I know that you all have all the best intentions, and I really don't want to seem arrogant, but we also know how to use google, if you found a venue in 5 minutes, and didn't even bother checking more than ONE criteria, your suggestion is worthless and you can as well just save the time for something useful :)

Really, don't get me wrong, if you SERIOUSLY have a good suggestion, by all means, let us know. But as you can tell from my irritated reaction, I've gotten a lot of "suggestions" in the last years that were so pointless that it makes me doubt that there is any intelligence life on this planet.

If you can't even be bothered to check the criteria I posted before blurting out the first hit on google, you are not helping. You are wasting your time, and our time, too.

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