One Direction fans force cancellation of Cardiff computer code conference

A computer code conference in Cardiff has been postponed after One Direction fans booked up all of the city's accommodation.

DjangoCon Europe - a convention for users of web tool Django, which is used in the likes of Instagram - was due to be held in the Welsh capital between June 2 and 6.

However, One Direction announced two dates in the city on June 5 and 6 - and this meant that fans of the group flocked to book accommodation.

Organisers of DjangoCon Europe have postponed their event because there is now nowhere for their attendees to stay.

They commented: "This means that an extra 140,000 people (Cardiff’s population is only 340,000 to begin with) will be in town over those two nights.

"The result is that the hotels we have been discussing attendee accommodation with have informed us that their rooms are now fully booked.

"We’ll probably find this funny, when we look back on it (perhaps as soon as fifty or sixty years from now) but at the moment we’re not enjoying the situation."

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