DeTomaso Mailing List: May 98, Message #90

POCA1 wrote:
> 
> FWIW:
> 
> The regular "standard" room rate at the Plaza over our weekend is $40.00 + 11%
> room tax on Sunday thru Thursday nights, and $50.00 + 11% room tax for Friday
> and Saturday nights (two night minimum, ie., you must book for two nights.)
> 
> One person attending the event paid $60.00 per night thru his travel agent (or
> wholesaler); he got a deal!  I was asked if we could get him our rate....the
> answer was no.
> 
> We paid substantially less as a group.
> 
> I am waiting to get our rates for 1999; delayed because the casino didn't have
> the take for our weekend yet!
> 
> If you think downtown is bad now, you should have seen it 4 years ago!
> 
> BTW, have you checked out the neighborhood around the Showboat?
> 
> Kent

Kent,

Thanks for the insight. I said in my first post on this
subject and I'll say it again that I'm not trying to disparage
your contribution. I enjoyed meeting you, I enjoyed most of
the event, and I hope to have a chance of meeting you again
in the future. I just think that we need to think carefully about
the way we present the DeTomaso marque to prospective new
owners and the press. I don't even want to get close to the
PI/POCA controversies, but I can't help compare the experience
I had driving into the Quail Inn site in Carmel to the experience
I had upon arrival in Vegas. We *must* put our best foot forward
if we are going to ensure a future for the DeTomaso marque we
all love.

Best regards,
William King