News notes from around the interweb:
- Is all that cleaning on board planes and inside of hotel rooms just one big waste?
- The early history of Hilton, as former Hilton International Chairman and CEO Curt Strand passes away
- How Australia Is Outraged As Nicole Kidman, Hollywood Celebrities Dodge Hotel Quarantine
- I mean, I’d probably use more high tech and less manual cleaning solutions, but I hope this stays regardless of the extent to which Covid-19 is spread via surfaces.
The @SouthwestAir crew in Louisville cleaning every seat between flights how it should be. @JTGenter @garyleff @OneMileataTime pic.twitter.com/zppNcLGrtn
— David McDonough (@SharperTravel) July 27, 2020
- Not sure how I missed earlier in the month that (4) Small Luxury Hotels of the World properties are no longer linked with Hyatt. Per a spokesperson when I asked about Castle Hot Springs,
Effective July 2, 2020, four Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) properties no longer participate in the World of Hyatt and SLH loyalty alliance. Properties include Castle Hot Springs, located in Castle Hot Springs, Arizona; The Dudley Boutique Hotel, located in Victoria, Australia; Bay of Many Coves, located in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand; and CasaSur Recoleta, located in Caba, Argentina.
After July 1, 2020, World of Hyatt members are no longer eligible to receive World of Hyatt program benefits when staying at these hotels, including earning and redeeming World of Hyatt points or earing Tier-Qualifying Night Credits. Should members be interested in staying at a Hyatt-affiliated property, we invite them to visit hyatt.com to discover more options.
- Did El Al’s security chief smuggle 150 pounds of cocaine in his luggage?
- Disney has had to update its rules to specify exactly what constitutes a mask, I feel like some people are bringing us back to August 1998 and forcing us to define what is is.
The answer is YES
“Hygiene theater” doesn’t threaten our civil liberties or insult our intelligence as security theater.
Anyone such as @Doug making definitive statements on the efficacy of cleaning methods is low IQ.
Hallmark of low IQ is being certain of something that is fundamentally uncertain.
@Jason
But there seems to be a consensus from several of us that you are an idiot….
At some point you need to accept reality
I object to pompous a**holes who write lengthy articles about How We’re Doing It All Wrong, when about two months ago, scientists were intoning gravely about cleaning everything. Fine, the scientists have moved on, but don’t get all cutesy with the public about how misguided we are. We were listening to you, you incompetent f***w@ds, and now you’ve changed your mind. This is just like the mask thing.
150 pounds of cocaine would have been a lot, but the accusation is 150 kilograms or 330 pounds. Based on what I see as the low end of Israeli street value that would be over $22 million of cocaine.
@Doug HAHAHA the problem with such a low IQ as yours is you can’t think critically, so you have to rely on things like “consensus,” but the consensus group is also people who can’t think critically, so you’re all low IQ.
I have a very high employee engagement and satisfaction rate among my reports. My own bonus last year was several million. At this point it doesn’t actually matter if I am an idiot.
Doug, GFY!
@Total makes good points, science has a PR problem.
I’ve also noticed that the Hyatt site requires three-day advanced booking for SLH properties. If you search closer in, the properties will not show any availability.
@Jason
Sure…you made millions and you rely on satisfaction reports…
We all believe you little jason
Keep typing from mama’s basement…meanwhile I am flying tomorrow to a luxury resort in portugal
Gary should really filter the readership…leave out the imbeciles
I am out..no time for nonsense
Jason, say hi to mama for me pls
This is done to make the public “feel” safer similar to how National Guard troops were deployed at all US airports after 9/11 to make flying “feel” safer.
Unfortunately perception is reality.
“Keep typing from mama’s basement…meanwhile I am flying tomorrow to a luxury resort in portugal”
Ok, @Doug, now that you’ve bragged about your upcoming Portugal trip, please wear your face mask at the airport, on the plane, and in the common areas of the hotel. Oh, and please tell us how you’re avoiding the EU travel ban.
@charlie
Of course, I am not an anti mask or anything similar
Canadian citizen and resident
Cheers
Interesting stuff about the history of Hilton. Thanks.
Came here to see idiotic comments on an article where there was only one answer, which @doug succinctly answered
@jason was there any need for the immediate insult?
@charlie Not every reader of VFtW is American. So try not to make too many assumptions