The code has been announced in numerous newsletters and articles on the site (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/pressrelease/sscsourcecodeforthepass2005summit.asp, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/pressrelease/thelastdaytosave.asp, http://www.sqlservercentral.com/newsletter/view_newsletter.asp?dt=5/31/2005, etc). Unless you registered before early June when we started the messaging, there isn't a way to give the code now. It's a referral code for you deciding to attend PASS through our site. With a few hundred people having used the code, I'm not sure it was a secret.

Not sure about shuttles to other hotels. I'll ask the question.