London UBL F2F

[Jon Bosak <Jon.Bosak@sun.com>]

This is a reminder to everyone planning to attend the UBL meeting
in London 28 April - 2 May 2003 that hotel bookings are due in no
later than 6 April.  See the original notice from Mike Adcock
below.  I've also attached a map showing the APACS location for
people staying elsewhere and traveling to the site via tube.

If you plan to attend the London meeting in person, PLEASE NOTIFY
MIKE ADCOCK with a copy to me and Mark Crawford.  Mike needs to
know expected attendance as far in advance as possible so that he
can make appropriate room reservations.  Here are the addresses
for your notification:

   michael.adcock@apacs.org.uk
   jon.bosak@sun.com
   mcrawford@lmi.org

Note that Mike needs to be notified of your intention to
participate even if you are not staying at the recommended hotel.

Jon Bosak
Chair, OASIS UBL TC

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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:45:06 +0000
From: Michael Adcock <Michael.Adcock@apacs.org.uk>
Subject: [ubl] Hotel for London UBL F2F in April/May
To: ubl@lists.oasis-open.org

Dear UBL'ers

The recommended hotel for your visit to London to attend the F2F
meeting in April is as follows:-

Thistle Tower Hotel
St Catherine's Way
London 

The hotel is near the Tower Hill tube station. It is close to the Tower
of London, the Thames, and St Catherine's Dock (yachts and retired
Thames sailing barges). You can find a picture (the hotel is to the
right of Tower Bridge in the picture: it is not the bridge!) and other
details on www.thistlehotels.com/main/hotel/thistletower/index.xml BUT
PLEASE DO NOT BOOK DIRECT WITH THE HOTEL.

We have a block booking for 5 nights from Sunday April 27th through a
reservation company. Your individual bookings should be made through
them and NOT direct with the hotel. We have made them aware that some
individuals may wish to book further days on either side, for which I
suggest that you should be able to get a weekend rate. The price
arranged for the five weekday nights is £150 per night for single
occupancy of a double room, including VAT and full breakfast (a good
price for weekdays in London if you want a reasonable room). The agency
is:

EXPOTEL HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Tel:    +44 (0) 20 7372 2001
Fax:    +44 (0) 20 7624 4847
e-mail: events@expotel.com

You should quote the reservation number 11800538 and company code
APACS, asking for Emma or Nadine the group co-ordinator. To be sure of
getting one of the block booking rooms, PLEASE book at the very latest
by April 6th. Also please advise me as well as the agents, partly so
that I can keep an eye on booking numbers and also so that I can make
arrangements with our building security people. 

Please would anyone booking at a different hotel also advise me for
security arrangements to be made.

'bye for now...

Mike Adcock
Standards & Security Unit
APACS - Association for Payment Clearing Services
Mercury House, Triton Court
14 Finsbury Square
London EC2A 1LQ
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7711 6318
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7711 6299
e-mail: michael.adcock@apacs.org.uk