Subject: [Venue-selection] Comments on cities

From: "Maisonneuve, Julien (Nokia - FR/Nozay)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 14:41:03 +0000

Hello,

My observations might be very common, feel free to disregard them.

Helsinki , Ottawa and Calgary not on main travel routes, but acceptable if a little dull.

Busan is really one hop further beyond an already far city, in addition the city is not well suited to non-Korean as English is less used than in Seoul. Food can be an issue.

Barcelona, good, can be very busy and expensive at times (eg MWC)

Osaka has good connections and hotels.

Us cities are increasingly problematic for non-US citizens, such as for obtaining visas (still OK for Europeans) and there are strange noises on what happens to electronic equipments crossing the border (search, seizure, password declarations, ...)

San Francisco

Austin, TX

Boston

Denver

Houston

New Orleans

Philadelphia

Washington DC
If we must go to the US travel is even between many cities except those with significant international connections (SFO, Boston, Washington, Philly) which are better from that standpoint. There is a cost factor with  SFO and Boston which tend to be more expensive.

Best regards,
Julien Maisonneuve, Nokia Corporate Standards.