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Q:

It's been highly publicized then?

Lasker:

Recently. Yes. I wouldn't think that it had much penetration until recently, would you?

Q:

Well, of course, with this recent conference, that will heighten the interest in it. But these visitors are what? Americans, largely?

Lasker:

No, they're largely -- they're British, and tourists from all over.

Q:

And they pay to --?

Lasker:

And they pay. They par around a pound.

Q:

So that helps with the upkeep?

Lasker:

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.

Q:

Did you say they could really only accommodate about twenty people at a conference?

Lasker:

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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