VILLAGES FOR RENT
Apparently booking a block of rooms in a five star hotel or renting a few villas will no longer cut it for corporate retreats or family vacations. There are whole villages for rent in Austria, France, Italy, UK, Germany and Switzerland. The prices vary but the firm Rent A Village offers customization such as rebranding the street names after your top executives, etching your logo into the snow and hiring the villagers as entertainment beginning at $60,000 per night. All your event needs are managed by Xnet Event Marketing and while village rental might become the latest trend to emerge for destination weddings, Xnet expertise is mainly in conferences, incentives, […]
MEET YOUR PERSONAL ‘AMBASSADOR’—COMPLIMENTS OF SPG
The Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) loyalty program has just launched a new menu of perks for its ‘elite’ members — mainly because their top 2% travelers are dominating over 30% of their revenue. International Starwood properties include Sheraton, Westin, W Hotels, Le Meridien and St Regis and here is how they intend to cater to mega-travelers: – Your24: allows frequent travelers pick their own check-in and check-out times within a 24-hour timeframe — so if you check in at one property at 10 PM, you won’t have to check out until 10PM the next day. – A personal ambassador: available at the end of the telephone and authorized to provide […]