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It's been highly publicized then?
Recently. Yes. I wouldn't think that it had much penetration until recently, would you?
Well, of course, with this recent conference, that will heighten the interest in it. But these visitors are what? Americans, largely?
No, they're largely -- they're British, and tourists from all over.
And they pay to --?
And they pay. They par around a pound.
So that helps with the upkeep?
That helps with the maintenance. But they've also had a number of conferences, and that's meant that they have to enlarge their kitchens and have facilities that are different from what were already there. They have a number of things that they want to do, and they're trying to raise money, as you probably know. It is a charitable trust.
Did you say they could really only accommodate about twenty people at a conference?
That's right. About twenty. Well, now they have some additional space that they used and decorated recently, but I don't think it's more than another six or eight rooms. They've just recently done this.
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