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I imagine it's the same that caused Yahoo to move it's developer day away from London, London is horrendously expensive if you want to hold a large tech event.
by ig1 15y ago
I imagine it's the same that caused Yahoo to move it's developer day away from London, London is horrendously expensive if you want to hold a large tech event. We're talking in the million dollar range (to get conference facilities, get internet line, insurance, get food & drink), not to mention it's expensive for attendees to travel and stay there.
I stayed in a 4 star hotel in Berlin last year for €30/night, for a similar hotel in London you'd be paying 5-10x that price.
If you're living in London traveling to Berlin isn't a big deal, travelling to London from anywhere else is a much bigger deal.
- Maxious 15y agoCities or towns that want to host conferences work really hard to make them attractive to conferences. (See the work done by local authorities/venues @ http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_Bid_Guidelines http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_Bid_Guidelines) Maybe the value proposition just isn't there for London with everything else they've got going on? edit: I remembered Yahoo had to hold a London hack day in some kind of stadium (to get enough capacity); the roof was struck by lighting and opened letting water in. Video of the incident http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acUEvkMu2xM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acUEvkMu2xM
- djhworld 15y agoThe problem is the accomodation for the attendees, Google/whoever might get a good deal on the facilities but if none of your attendees can afford to go then what's the point? For the cheapest "chain" hotel in London (Travelodge) you're still looking at between £75-£110 a night