And two reports from last year about bedbugs at the Crowne Plaza. Is it
time for contesters to find a new HQ hotel? Surely it shouldn't be
difficult to find a place with ballrooms and other facilities as good as
the CP, maybe even more convenient to Hara.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 4/7/2012 4:47 PM, Jim N7US wrote:
> After reading the reviews and finding a report dated 3 Oct 11 on
> http://bedbugregistry.com/location/OH/45402-1810/Dayton/11%20S%20Ludlow%20St
> #
> I called the hotel. I spoke with front desk clerk Angel who said the
> previous manager, who she said was not good, is now gone. The new
> management that just started just had an all-hands meeting to turn the place
> around. She said it should be much better by the convention, but that's
> only seven weeks away, so I hope she's right.
>
> I explained that the hotel will have lots of hams staying there, and we
> communicate among ourselves, so it will be hard for them to recover any
> Hamvention business if we have bad experiences.
>
> 73, Jim N7US
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard DiDonna NN3W [mailto:richnn3w@verizon.net]
> Sent: April 07, 2012 11:10
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Warning re: Dayton "Grand" Hotel (formerly the
> DoubleTree Dayton)
>
> Just a FYI: for those of you heading to Hamvention this year and were booked
> at the hotel that was formerly a DoubleTree by Hilton property (Doubletree
> Dayton), please take a moment to read the recent reviews on tripadvisor.com
> regarding the rebranding and management of the Doubletree's successor - the
> Dayton "Grand" Hotel.
>
> I do a fair amount of traveling these days and find Tripadvisor's reviews to
> be relatively accurate.
>
> 73 Rich NN3W
>
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