Business Hotels
Priceline.com $100 Hotel Room Bonus Coupons
Priceline.com has a limited-time offer in which customers who book a published-price hotel room will receive bonus cash coupons worth up to $100 toward the future purchase of a priceline.com Name Your Own Price hotel room. I’ve gotten some FANTASTIC deals doing the Name Your Own Price option in the past, including $100 for the Hyatt McCormick place in Chicago during the World Series (3 miles from the park).
The offer applies to all published-price bookings made through priceline.com for over 18,000 participating …
Date: August 9th, 2007 |
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Flamingo Las Vegas GO Rooms
The Flamingo hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada was recently awarded by the Hospitality Design Awards for Creative Achievement for their new “GO” Rooms.
These new rooms were recognized as finalists in two categories: Hospitality Debut and Mid-Range Hotel.
What’s so great about these rooms?
The Flamingo “GO” Rooms offer elevated accommodations with modern décor and technologically advanced amenities. Sleek guest rooms feature innovative bedroom and bathroom designs as well as state-of-the-art entertainment systems. The “GO” Room concept was a creative collaboration between the Flamingo Las Vegas and Cagley & Tanner, an …
Date: July 29th, 2007 |
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Hilton & Doubletree Top Bar Chef
Hilton and Doubletree just announced the winners of the Top Bar Chef competition, held in New Orleans last week. Bartenders from hotels around the country duked it out for the honor and Mirjana Kucan from the Hilton in Austin, Texas took home the top honors for her cocktail creation the Hot Summer Night and Nathan Meyer from the Doubletree Hotel Denver, Colorado scored with his Thai Mojito Tini. Sounds tasty, huh? Don’t worry, recipes follow…
These cocktails will appear in the Hilton “Travel.Taste.Toast.” and Doubletree “Exotic Escapes” beverage menus …
Date: July 27th, 2007 |
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FREE Apple iPhone from Omni Hotels
Omni Hotels is offering customers what they really want - a FREE iPhone. On Wednesday, July 25, the chain will give away one iPhone per participating hotel and one via a separate online sweepstakes.
“Eligible consumers and Omni guests will be encouraged to enjoy complimentary apples and “apple-icious” drinks in Omni lobbies across the country and register for a chance to win one of Apple’s new revolutionary iPhones.” Are those apple-tinis?
The entry forms for the give away will be available in lobbies of participating hotels beginning Monday, July 23. …
Date: July 22nd, 2007 |
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JW Marriott Inilani Allergy Free Rooms
The JW Marriott Ihilani Resort & Spa is now the first Hawaii resort and among the first in the nation to adopt the PURE allergy-friendly environment. Each of the hotel’s 13 guest rooms and the Presidential Suite on its top floor have been converted to the system, and indoor meeting facilities and
the Ihilani Spa will be converted by the end of the year.
The PURE system minimizes irritants from all room surfaces and filters the air. “Bedding, carpeting, walls, furniture and air conditioning are specially treated to …
Date: July 17th, 2007 |
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If These Walls Could Talk - Kayak.com Hotel Survey
Kayak.com just conduced a poll of 1,141 travelers about their experiences in hotels, with some fantastic results. Just a little food for thought the next time you check in to the Marriott on your business trip.
66% percent of respondents have booked a hotel room purely for a romantic rendezvous. Oh behave. In addition, more 25% confessed being in a hotel room makes them feel “randy.” I wonder what free channels are causing those emotions? 45% believe it’s a-okay to shack up for a weekend …
Date: August 9th, 2007 |
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Renaissance Hotels & Resorts $100 Bonus
Renaissance Hotels & Resorts of North America is offering all guests who book a minimum two-night stay at any participating Renaissance hotel or resort in North America by December 30, 2007 a $100 Savvy Savings coupon valid for any future two-night stay. So if you can stay at a Renaissance for work, you can get a $100 voucher to take a nice weekend trip some time in the next 6 months.
In addition, the hotel is offering guests the chance to win a TomTom portable GPS System. To enter …
Date: July 27th, 2007 |
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Marriott Hotels FINALLY Get Free Wi-Fi
Five Marriott brands, including Courtyard, Residence Inn, Fairfield Inn, TownePlace Suites and SpringHill Suites, will now offer guests free Wi-Fi at their properties in the U.S. and Canada. These properties previously offered guests high-speed and Wi-Fi for a fee. The hotel have now eliminated Wi-Fi charges for guests in lobbies and other public areas.
I guess that means you still have to pay in the rooms, which is crap.
Date: July 24th, 2007 |
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The Ultimate Guide to London Airport Hotels
London has a…few airports and from time to time my readers need the services of the hotels near those airports. Lucky for you, Chris at the London Logue has put together information on hotels near each and every one of London’s major airports. Wasn’t that AWESOME of him?
You can find the listings for:
Heathrow Airport Hotels
Gatwick Airport Hotels
Stansted Airport Hotels
Luton Airport Hotels and
London City Airport Hotels
The London Logue is chock full of great information on the city of London. Check it out for …
Date: July 20th, 2007 |
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Element Hotels Green Approach
Element Hotels has a new approach for minimizing the environmental impact of hotel stays. They have some GREAT ideas and I would be a happy guest with the initiatives provided.
Shampoo and conditioner dispensers will eliminate multiple mini-bottles. This is a FANTASTIC move. I’ve always been bothered by the overuse of supplies when in hotels. I don’t need a new bar of soap every day.
Low-flow sink faucets and dual flush toilets and/or low gallonage toilets will allow guests to optimize water use during their time away from home. …
Date: July 14th, 2007 |
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