Why not avoid contracting with hotels?
Contracting with hotels protects the SNA room supply and future rate increases. SNA guarantees thousands of hotel rooms in advance to insure meeting room and sleeping room availability for all conference participants. Without contracts, the hotels are free to sell rooms to anyone, potentially leaving SNA short on rooms and meeting space. If another large conference were to take place during the SNA Annual Meeting, hotel rooms would be scarce or offered at much higher rates.
Contracting with hotels protects the AIHce room supply and future rate increases. AIHce guarantees thousands of hotel rooms in advance to insure meeting room and sleeping room availability for all conference participants. Without contracts, the hotels are free to sell rooms to anyone, potentially leaving AIHce short on rooms and meeting space. If another large conference were to take place during AIHce, hotel rooms would be scarce or offered at much higher rates.
