I don’t gamble either and haven’t sat around in the Hotel room yet. I keep saying that it’s really not worthwhile to get a super Hotel room – one doesn’t spend any time there anyway. And in Vegas you don’t get minibars – so that even cuts out the night cap. (Unless you plan ahead)
It’s important that the Hotel has a good, large bar that everyone can hang around and meet at.
The lectures vary in how much they apply to you – I have never yet walked away without either having had one of the lectures trigger a good idea for some new approach, or refine something already in my head.
Really, it’s our conference, and we should give Marc input as to what we want to see there, not just criticize what he comes up with.
I like Amsterdam a lot better – in Vegas everything seems to consist of slotmachines – Amsterdam is an exciting and vibrant city. But then I think most people like Vegas better because of the gambling and the shows.