Originally Posted by
behuman
You don't mention "onboard" where, but given that you are the OP, Dear DavidO, and that you are using FT as your commercial platform, I guess it must be Virtuoso.
This comment makes no sense...what do you mean he doesn't mention "where"??? He was pretty explicit in the initial statement that he just heard about the program and doesn't know which hotels are a part of it.
You do know that preferred partner programs (RC STARS, FSPP, etc) have zero - literally nothing - to do with Virtuoso, right?
Moreover, never once seen DavidO use FT as a commercial platform...if giving hotel reviews and alerting others to hotel news, then I think 90% of us are guilty of using FT as a commercial platform.
Originally Posted by
behuman
Shows that things are going really bad for our good old Relais - they sadly lost so many members in Asia, especially Australia is a disaster for them.
I'd agree that R&C isn't what it used to be.
Originally Posted by
behuman
Perhaps voluntary hotel chains will disappear along with travel agents
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This makes no sense, and flies in the face of most, if not all empirical data coming out lately about both "voluntary hotel chains" (not sure what that means) and travel agents.
Originally Posted by
behuman
A good hotelier, especially of small scale, will treat all guests as honored guests.
Didn't realize you were a hotelier in your past life..
Originally Posted by
behuman
BTW: You don't need a TA to book a R&C
Mindblowing news!
Originally Posted by
behuman
they have a nice website and lovely staff at each property happy to assist
Originally Posted by
behuman
And I can assure you especially with R&C: You get more what you exactly want in dealing with them directly.
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