I guess avoid Hilton hotels. They cancelled a reservation without verifying that they were talking to their client or someone authorized by their client.

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ButlerianJihad a day ago | parent [-]

If you book a room that is part of a reserved block for a convention, it is not surprising that the organizers have discretion to kick out unregistered people in order to have room for legitimate attendees.

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guax a day ago | parent | next [-]

> https://xcancel.com/bennjordan/status/2089430236945342508

Reading their email it seems like it was indeed under the event block. But the "called on my behalf" is a bit sus anyways.

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shimman a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Being a journalist is a legitimate attendee. Especially since so many prominent politicians are attending this conference.

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ButlerianJihad 19 hours ago | parent [-]

No, he's actually not. If you read the poster's story you will see that Flock directly informed him, it's a customer-only event, and no media was invited. Therefore, whatever legit press credentials he had, did not make him a customer, nor entitled to be registered there. He may have registered under false pretenses. Surely he was informed, as part of the registration process, who was eligible to attend in the first place?

Flock, as the event organizers, had every right to revoke his registration, because he was not qualified, and what's truly remarkable is the volume of respondents who are shocked and outraged that Flock was granted control of the hotel rooms in a block which were dedicated and promised to their conference attendees. For crying out loud.

	▲	guax 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		How did he get the registration and room in the first place then?

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leephillips a day ago | parent | prev [-]

That might make sense. But in the video he (not “they”) never mentions that the room was part of a conference block. But it very well might have been.