Hotel and Car Rental April Update
Omni Hotels is offering members of its Select Guest program the opportunity to earn unlimited triple miles in the American AAdvantage and United Mileage Plus programs.
Guest Select members also get complimentary Wi-Fi, morning beverages, pressing, newspapers and online check-in and express checkout. To take advantage of the triple miles offer, visit SelectGuestProgram/ . .
Travel Back LashConcerned by public perception of meetings and events as frivolous, some corporations are opting to meet in places that may look like a bargain but actually cost more.
An Association of Corporate Travel Executives survey of business managers found companies are factoring political correctness into their calculations.
Sixty percent would avoid a “resort” destination like Las Vegas even if the resort city were a better deal than a non-leisure destination. Thirty-eight percent said public perception is now a key factor in choosing a meeting site. Sixty-two percent said it would take a dramatic increase in their own business or an increase in projects that required meetings for them to increase the number of meetings and conferences they attend.