Booking a Meeting at hotels
Aug 14, 1999, 2:12 pm
#1
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Booking a Meeting at hotels
I have to book a meeting room at a local hotel (no overnight stays involved) and was reading some hotel program information packets.
I could not find anything about bonuses for reserving a meeting room for a day or two.
Is there any other than earning points if you charge it on their affinity card?
I am in Orlando so we have most chains within 10 minutes of each other.
I could not find anything about bonuses for reserving a meeting room for a day or two.
Is there any other than earning points if you charge it on their affinity card?
I am in Orlando so we have most chains within 10 minutes of each other.
Aug 14, 1999, 4:14 pm
#2
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Location: Escondido CA USA
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Hyatt has big time bonuses, but I believe it is only if you get the group to stay overnight too. Naturally, you would get Hyatt points for the charges and your points for any affinity card. If you get the gift certificates from Hyatt in advance (program expires 8/31 for the bonus purchases but certificates are good for a year), you can use them, get 5 points per dollar purchased and still get points for the expenditure for the meeting room, food etc. If the meeting is large enough, I would call the GM and ask him /her how to maximize your points with such a stay. Same goes with any other hotels. They may "make you a deal"
Aug 15, 1999, 9:42 pm
#3
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Location: Austin, Texas, USA
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You can earn a LOT of hotel points through Hilton, Marriott, Hyatt, even Holiday Inn, for booking meetings. Generally, though, you must occupy at least 10 sleeping rooms in addition to the meeting space. If you have the sleeping rooms, they will calculate the number of points you get based on the # of sleeping rooms used, the food and beverage dollars spent, A/V (sometimes, if it's done in-house). I do that as part of my job and it's easy to rack up 10,000 or more points for a single meeting. Good luck!