Lucky amigos

Brussels. I am happy to confirm that European Associations are doing fine despite of the economic crisis. Today I decided to attend the annual assembly of the ESAE. The European Society of Association Executives convenes from 21 to 22 October 2009 in Brussels, in the Amigo Hotel says the programme. Knowing about the traffic situation and expensive taxi rides in Europe’s capital I will better stay in the conference hotel, I thought. www.hrs.de quoted 299 Euro for the Amigo Rocco Forte. Aha, Europe’s associations meet at a Rocco Hotel! Not too bad. Spending half of my life at congresses I cannot imagine of any event where I paid that much! But it is my problem. Most of the delegates are hopefully based in Brussels and the Rocco offers them as potential customers a fantastic rate for the meeting room. So I checked no-frill-hotels close to the main railway station… and came up with the Royal Hotel. Please have a look at their picture gallery to see my desk and my breakfast room...

I will survive. Kerstin Hoffmann


Ps. Reviews from recent guests...

" The hotel is above an Indian fast food outlet. The hotel is basic, but clean. You get what you pay for. Very good value for money. "

"The overal styling of the room was, to say the least, a tad strange. Also, the hotel was just a rebuilt old house, so it didn't exactly feel like a hotel."

"The manager was very kind."

"bad"