News and notes from around the interweb:
- The importance of loyalty to Starwood: 2% of guests deliver 30% of profit, and over 50% of guests are SPG members. Another underscoring as well of customization to meet guest needs. (HT: Alan H.)
- In addition to Hyatt’s 50,000 point bonus offer there are several offers between 2000 and 10,000 points that you may be eligible for. I apparently wasn’t targeted for any of them.
- Win 140,000 Hawaiian miles plus stays at the Royal Hawaiian and Moana Surfrider.
- What do people remember when their plane almost crashes? (HT: Hans M.)
- United’s mobile app now integrates with Uber
- Hyatt now embeds Uber in its app, too.
- I wasn’t totally impressed by Hyatt’s 40% bonus on purchased points so I’m not jumping on the offer of up to a 30% bonus through September 15. Hyatt sure is pushing the sales of points, though!
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I’m staring a “We are the 2%” chant outside a domestic W (TBD) if anyone wants to join me. My list of demands are as follows:
-Breakfast that consists of more than a croissant and coffee and domestic W hotels
-Transparent SNA inventory
-No more “all suite” redemptions. I’m not aware of any other management company that allows hotels to charge sometimes 3X or more the normal nightly points rate for their category because they’re “all suite.”