One Direction gigs force angry coders to cancel conference

One Direction gigs force angry coders to cancel conference(telegraph.co.uk)

9 points by rheide 11 years ago | 5 comments

airwot4 11 years ago |

A bit of sensationalist journalism going on here. The conference is not being cancelled - http://2015.djangocon.eu/news/boy-band-disrupts-djangocon-eu...

kintamanimatt 11 years ago | |

For clarity the original title was wrong and apparently updated by The Telegraph.

gamechangr 11 years ago |

It's hard to believe that Wales does not have the capacity for ONE hotel to be available for coders.

I live in the USA and have traveled extensively. This doesn't add up???

I would love to hear from someone local/attending to confirm this???

airwot4 11 years ago | |

All of the hotels within 20 miles are mostly booked or have responded to demand by vastly raising their prices. Lots of event agencies buy these rooms to group up and sell on as packages.

I think Cardiff has roughly 6000 hotel rooms. The concert is expected to bring in 140,000 people.

airwot4 11 years ago |

The conference has been rescheduled to be two days earlier to avoid the conflict. It's now 31st May - 5th June.