<HTML>In a message dated 7/3/02 1:04:30 PM Central Daylight Time, nhunt@optonline.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">If the Dallas hotel is uncooperative then cancel the contract and negotiate with another hotel.  Let the hotel sue us and explain in court how they so royally screwed PTG.  Same management same problems! Vent over.        Newton </BLOCKQUOTE> PTG management is seriously looking into this. However, it is not as easy as that. In the long run, if we break our contract, and don't compensate the Hyatt in any way, it could make it difficult for us to have conventions in the future. Maybe you are not aware of this, but hotels do communicate with each other, even different chains. If word gets around that the PTG has broken a contract, we'll have a much more difficult getting good hotels at good rates. The Hyatt didn't "break" the contract. They changed room assignments, and maybe thing difficult for us. But the convention still went on. As has been mentioned on this list several times, most of the attendees didn't even realize there was a problem. What we (the home office staff and the board), are trying to do is change the dates. But so far, the hotel hasn't budged. We are getting some concessions, but the only concession we want is other dates. The hotel just doesn't have any. The only alternative is to cancel the contract. But that will cost us $60,000. If anyone has an idea of how to raise that kind of money, let Nolan or Barb know. I am sure they would be interested. In the mean time, all we can do is make our plans, and hope for the best. If the Hyatt does screw us again, it will be to their detriment. We have been very good customers of theirs in the past. But we don't have to go to a Hyatt every year. There are lots of other facilities. Wim </HTML>