Originally Posted by
Baze
All the airlines did was add a dollar requirement. Sure hope no one I know gets a long term assignment and has to stay in one hotel. Even at a high rate. They will get screwed and not get any benefits. Seems a hotel would love to have someone there for a long time at a high rate. Maybe it makes sense to you but it sure doesn't to me.
It depends. If a company arranges a special long term price with the hotel for a set of employees, that means the employee or hotel guest really had no choice in the matter. In that case, what loyalty is there?
However if an individual negotiates a long term stay, then part of the negotiation can include RA level benefits or better. That individual is choosing the IC over other hotels and is guaranteeing a fixed set of weekly or monthly revenue to the hotel.
In the company case, they only care about the cost. In the individual case, they care about how well the hotel treats them.