Palermoboy: Hello People!!!!
It will be fun to meet all of you in Rome.
Concerning the hotel we should book early enough...but still a long time till April...
I know a very nice hotel called Hotel Ponte Sisto,
www.hotelpontesisto.it where I normally get special rates.
Perhaps I can help if anybody need that sort of accomodation.
That's obviously one of your traps...meaning, must be a 4 or 5 star hotel!
I also know one website where you can find aparts and rooms from private people. I used to rent a spare room i had in Lisbon before i went to The NL.

it really works and i really collected nice money. It's an international site, reachable all over the world. I believe there are plenty of those. Anyway, you can also ask me about it...i'm scared to advertise it here