Athens Institute
for Education and Research
Hotel Booking
Hotels
in Athens do not follow a common pricing or service policy. They are regulated
to have a ceiling (top) price but everything depends upon the demand and supply
per given period of time. Due to serious complaints by our conference
participants in the past we decided to collaborate with an agent and establish
what we call a conference
hotel.
The
price we set in the registration form (one year prior to the conference dates)
is the ceiling price with a small discount. Our Institute encourages
participants to make their own hotel booking but if they decide to book with us
we would like to guarantee the quality of service, the proximity to the venue
(or free transportation to the venue) and other benefits that might we get
depending upon the number of participants in each conference. The official site
of the Greek Hotel Association with hotel lists can be found at http://www.grhotels.gr/EN/Pages/default.aspx
We never
bargain over price. It is quite possible that the same hotel during our
conference undersells their rooms but our arrangement with the agent guarantees
the number of rooms we need in different hotels. We do not know the HOTEL YOU
ARE GOING TO STAY till one week prior to the conference. Of course, since you
pay through the Institute we give total and per item receipts to each
participant. As an Institute we do NOT sponsor any hotel. However, it is our
recommendation that you book close to