Is it just me or was hotel reservation open this time last year? If any one knows when it will open if you could tell me that would be nice, i would hate to not get a good room this year.
Yes, hotels opened at the top of the year. However it looks like they won't be up this year until the end of january or in february. Your best bet is to put the link to the hotel page in your bookmarks or on your bookmarks bar and check it every couple days. Also when the fanime rates go up you're bound to hear about it just by reading popular threads and stuff... you can also email some moderators, they're much better informed than i am.
You might want to check the multiple other threads that discuss this, and next time check before making a new post.
http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,13127.0.html
http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,13235.0.html
http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,13114.0.html
http://forums.fanime.com/index.php/topic,13287.0.html (discussed further down)