I got some bad news this Thursday when I called in to make a hotel reservation for Jeff Middleton’s IT PRO conference in New Orleans – the hotel has sold out its block of rooms at the Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel. They still had rooms but they did cost a little more.
Thursday and Sunday, $129
Friday and Saturday, $149
The executive suites were $50 more per night so if this is a budget trip for you time to book that room is now. If you didn’t get a chance to attend SMBTN’s conference a few weeks back this is probably the best opportunity to attend an SMB conference you’ve got this year so call the hotel and get your reservation in line. The conference is May 26th and 27th so you’ve still got the chance to get a cheap flight 
See ya in New Orleans.
Update: Word from Jeff is that the hotel block is not full – apparently when you call the national line you get a different response than when you call the hotel direct. I called direct and ended up being bounced up to the headquarters. So heads up when you call, make sure you don’t get redirected 
For the less coherent, more grammatically correct realtime insight, follow me on Twitter at