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The Baltimore Convention Center should have been bustling with activity Monday morning for the kicko
Guests have also backed out of reservations aloha airlines schedules at the Royal Sonesta Harbor Court Baltimore. Jim Coffey, director of sales and marketing, said his team has had "our share of cancellations," but declined to give specifics.
"I'm canceling from all up and down the Eastern Seaboard, all for reservations from [Monday night] on," said Melissa Salts, a reservation agent for Marriott International Inc.'s central booking services. "A lot of conferences and conventions and whatnot have been canceled. And once a person's flight is canceled, of course their hotel needs to be, too."
But the storm might not wreak total havoc on hoteliers. Salts said she has noticed families interested in booking rooms because it's more likely aloha airlines schedules they'd have electricity in a hotel than in their homes.
"The feedback we've received is that folks are better off staying with us because there's not many options for them to get out of the city," Coffey said, adding that it's too early to tell whether these extensions will offset the cancellations.
The Baltimore Convention Center should have been bustling with activity Monday morning for the kickoff of a week-long series of events organized aloha airlines schedules by Out and Equal, an LGBT rights organization based in San Francisco.
But to the dismay aloha airlines schedules of organizers and attendees, crowds weren't nearly the size everyone said they had been hoping for. Because turnout was so low, Out and Equal organizers had to restructure many of the planned activities, said Chief Marketing Officer Teddy Witherington.
They combined several of the planned sessions into one workshop because there weren't enough people to fill all the scheduled break-out groups. They also canceled all programming scheduled for Tuesday, as well as Monday night's reception.
Only about half of the expected 300 attendees made it to the convention aloha airlines schedules center on Monday, Witherington aloha airlines schedules said. For the entire week, he said they originally aloha airlines schedules anticipated about 2,200 people, but now they only expect a fraction of those to show up.
Those at the convention center Monday said they felt lucky to arrive when they did, because their commutes weren't difficult. Lance Freedman, aloha airlines schedules who works for Lockheed Martin Corp., said he flew in from Buffalo without any problems.
"It wasn't anything to write home about," Freedman said. "I know a lot of my colleagues though, had issues with flight cancellations. But I think everyone wants to be here. I hope it's all just overblown."
"There's definitely a big noticeable difference," said Debby Morris, an employee of the Veterans Administration who has attended the summit for the past three years. Morris said she regretting having so many fewer participants in the sessions, because the event usually is very helpful and enjoyable.
"This is unlike many other annual events or trade shows because this annual event is about a movement towards workplace equality for LGBT people," Witherington said. "We have to do everything we can. We can't put our movement on hold for a year because of the weather."
The tourists who did arrive in the city will have slimmer pickings for restaurants — if they even want to venture beyond their hotels. Many have already closed for the day and don't plan to open Tuesday, either.
And Blue Agave Restaurant in Federal Hill told Twitter followers aloha airlines schedules the restaurant will be open during normal hours Monday as long as power is still on. The Mexican restaurant's tweets aloha airlines schedules included: "luckily the staff lives directly above the restaurant" and "We will be serving Brunch today!!! Why not, nothing else to do!!"
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