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Web Summit quits Dublin

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  • #1682
    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    So this starts on Monday.

    Hotel prices in Lisbon have tripled for the event.

    Ticket prices have stayed the same and some costing €4,700.

    The only thing I remember from this event last year was what €20 of food got you and Sharon Ni Bheolains' interview of Daire Hickey. Did they get too big for the boots? I haven't heard a thing about it and this thread seems a lot quieter than last year.


  • #1683
    tinpib
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭tinpib


    Very curious to see what the WiFi situation is like.


  • #1684
    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    tinpib wrote: »
    Very curious to see what the WiFi situation is like.


    Oh yeah I forgot that.


  • #1685
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,073 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    tinpib wrote: »
    Very curious to see what the WiFi situation is like.

    Depends on how much they skimp on it this year.


  • #1686
    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    PARlance wrote: »
    Depends on how much they skimp on it this year.


    Surly the Portuguese government have it all sorted.


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  • #1687
    Mongfinder General
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,992 ✭✭✭Mongfinder General


    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    So this starts on Monday.

    Hotel prices in Lisbon have tripled for the event.

    Ticket prices have stayed the same and some costing €4,700.

    The only thing I remember from this event last year was what €20 of food got you and Sharon Ni Bheolains' interview of Daire Hickey. Did they get too big for the boots? I haven't heard a thing about it and this thread seems a lot quieter than last year.
    You haven't heard anything because it's touted by touted by a bunch of self aggrandising no marks


  • #1688
    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    Mongfinder General wrote: »
    You haven't heard anything because it's touted by touted by a bunch of self aggrandising no marks


    The only reason I remembered was because that interview with Daire Hicky came up after youtube hopping.

    Just curious to see how it's going.


  • #1689
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath




    Play from 4:26 from the bit about hotel price.


  • #1690
    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    Wont play just says an error occurred?

    Working now.


  • #1691
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Sweetemotion wrote: »
    Wont play just says an error occurred?

    Yeah trying to fix it is the bit when he goes emo an pulls the mic on the news. YT play from here spazing.


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  • #1692
    Sweetemotion
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Sweetemotion


    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    Yeah trying to fix it is the bit when he goes emo an pulls the mic on the news. YT play from here spazing.

    I think he wanted the ground to open up, Sharon really grilled him, Best line ever "we wish you well"


  • #1693
    KungFuhrer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭KungFuhrer


    Regarding hotel prices:
    The night of 9 to 10 November is the most expensive and one double room can reach on average 203 euros per night
    In the week before the event there is an increase in the average price of 68% (from 118 to 198 euros) and the following week, a decrease of 48% (from 198 to 102 euros)

    http://observador.pt/2016/11/03/web-summit-faz-precos-de-hotel-em-lisboa-dispararem/


  • #1694
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,875 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    KungFuhrer wrote: »
    Regarding hotel prices:



    http://observador.pt/2016/11/03/web-summit-faz-precos-de-hotel-em-lisboa-dispararem/

    What, you mean Paddy can't actually influence a basic rule of economics like he claimed he could?

    I, for one , am shocked :rolleyes:


  • #1695
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    tinpib wrote: »
    Very curious to see what the WiFi situation is like.

    WiFehFehFehFehFehFehFeh WiFehFehFehFehFehFehFeh WiFehFehFehFehFehFeh Chriis Waddle


  • #1696
    KungFuhrer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭KungFuhrer


    On the other hand...
    Specifically, the Web Summit expects 53,056 people with general entries that have access to the four-day event (07-10 Nov), double the entries recorded in the Dublin event last year.

    Apart from these general entries are still expected 19,000 young people who have day tickets to the main stage.

    In total, the Web Summit expected to participate about 72 thousand people between entrepreneurs, startups, top investors and international journalists, since this Saturday began arriving in Lisbon for what is considered the largest global conference technology.

    http://observador.pt/2016/11/05/esgotaram-os-bilhetes-para-a-web-summit/

    Let's see how transports and wi-fi cope, because the hotel prices didn't improve much from last year.


  • #1697
    Dyr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    KungFuhrer wrote: »
    On the other hand...



    http://observador.pt/2016/11/05/esgotaram-os-bilhetes-para-a-web-summit/

    Let's see how transports and wi-fi cope, because the hotel prices didn't improve much from last year.

    lol not even the largest technology conference in europe, CeBIT dwarfs it


  • #1698
    humberklog
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭humberklog


    I've a small art gallery in South Dublin city, last week was by far the best 1st week in November in 8 years but particularly in the last 3 years when the Summit would be in town. From my own experience (and lots of other traders I know) the Summit visitors took up hotel spaces that on the whole wouldn't spend a lot in the SME market.

    And the pubs aren't full of people that shouldn't be allowed in pubs too.

    As a business owner that sells to a transient crowd I'm happy to see it in another country.


  • #1699
    zl1whqvjs75cdy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,042 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    What, you mean Paddy can't actually influence a basic rule of economics like he claimed he could?

    I, for one , am shocked :rolleyes:

    Paddy is so far up his own hole he probably thinks he can influence the laws of space and time. Economics ain't nothing to him.


  • #1700
    ZeroThreat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭ZeroThreat


    donkeyoaty0099 wrote: »
    Paddy is so far up his own hole he probably thinks he can influence the laws of space and time. Economics ain't nothing to him.

    Did he not study the dismal science in Trinners?


  • #1701
    _Jamie_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 603 ✭✭✭_Jamie_


    humberklog wrote: »
    I've a small art gallery in South Dublin city, last week was by far the best 1st week in November in 8 years but particularly in the last 3 years when the Summit would be in town. From my own experience (and lots of other traders I know) the Summit visitors took up hotel spaces that on the whole wouldn't spend a lot in the SME market.

    And the pubs aren't full of people that shouldn't be allowed in pubs too.

    As a business owner that sells to a transient crowd I'm happy to see it in another country.
    I'm confused. Are you saying Websummit was good or bad for your business (mentioning the best November week ever)? :confused:


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  • #1702
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    KungFuhrer wrote: »
    On the other hand...



    http://observador.pt/2016/11/05/esgotaram-os-bilhetes-para-a-web-summit/

    Let's see how transports and wi-fi cope, because the hotel prices didn't improve much from last year.

    Half the school kids in Portugal will be getting free tickets if they're to hit those numbers.


  • #1703
    strandroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,676 ✭✭✭strandroad


    _Jamie_ wrote: »
    I'm confused. Are you saying Websummit was good or bad for your business (mentioning the best November week ever)? :confused:

    I think they are saying it was bad, as techies were pushing their paying clientele out of accommodation on previous years.


  • #1704
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    Bambi wrote: »
    WiFehFehFehFehFehFehFeh WiFehFehFehFehFehFehFeh WiFehFehFehFehFehFeh Chriis Waddle

    Bhutros Bhutros Ghali?


  • #1705
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    KungFuhrer wrote: »
    Regarding hotel prices:



    http://observador.pt/2016/11/03/web-summit-faz-precos-de-hotel-em-lisboa-dispararem/

    Even at those prices it's significantly cheaper than Dublin. Rooms were going for €500+ per night.


  • #1706
    mahamageehad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,673 ✭✭✭mahamageehad


    I'm flying over tomorrow. My hotel is 200 per night including breakfast, that's the same price I paid in Dublin last year. The transportation isn't free as was previously stated, it's a €30 card for the week valid for trains and buses etc. Still pretty good. I am one of the hundreds (thousands?) that got a free ticket for being a woman. Any other boardsies heading over?


  • #1707
    _Jamie_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 603 ✭✭✭_Jamie_


    mhge wrote: »
    I think they are saying it was bad, as techies were pushing their paying clientele out of accommodation on previous years.

    Sh1t, I misread. I thought they said last year they had the best November weekend.


  • #1708
    Debil
    Closed Accounts Posts: 199 ✭✭Debil


    https://twitter.com/adrianweckler/status/795698229010636802


  • #1709
    lawred2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,777 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Chuckle


  • #1710
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    what's that warm satisfied sensation I'm feeling?


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  • #1711
    touts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,674 ✭✭✭touts


    Newstalk are reporting that 3000 people with tickets were turned away because the venue was full but apparently they can watch it outside on some screens that were set up. Selling 3000 tickets extra for the first evening is a bit of a screwup.


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