Business Travel Tips

Hilton Garden Inn has launched a service enabling guests to print documents from anywhere in the world directly to the printers located in each of Hilton Garden Inn’s complimentary business centers.

The service — PrintSpots mobile printing from PrinterOn® — is complimentary to hotel guests and works with any smartphone device, including the Blackberry® and iPhone®.

- How it works

A guest can simply forward the document they want to print from their smartphone to a property-specific email address dedicated to the PrintSpot printer located in the hotel’s business center.

The PrintSpots service completes the task by processing the document and holding it until the guest releases it, using a unique release code.
(Source: Hilton Garden Inn’s press release)

Despite the January’s results showing a continued improvement of US hotel performance — began toward the end of 2009, the U.S. hotel industry posted declines in all three key performance measurements during January 2010 when compared with a year earlier.

In year-over-year measurements:
- Industry’s occupancy: - 0.4% (decrease to 45.1%) ;
- ADR: - 7.1% (decrease at US$ 93.93) ;
- RevPAR: - 7.4% (decrease at US$ 42.35).

Three of the seven Chain Scale segments reported occupancy increases: the Luxury segment (+9.4% to 57.2%); the Upper Upscale segment (+5.4% to 56.1%); and the Upscale segment (+4% to 53.1%).

Among the Top 25 Markets, Boston, Massachusetts, reported the largest occupancy increase as Houston, Texas, registered the largest occupancy decrease dropping 15.7% to finish the month at 49%
Top occupancy increase:
- Boston, Massachusetts, (+ 18.3% to 48.9%)
- Detroit, Michigan (+11.2% to 44.5%)
- Miami-Hialeah, Florida (+10.6% to 74.6%).

US Airways is offering up to a 30% bonus miles when staying at at any qualifying hotel.

Registered Dividend Miles members earn a 20% bonus, Registered Dividend Miles Preferred members earn a 30% bonus, on all Dividend Miles earned per stay.

Also members can earn the same bonus miles — 20% and 30% — by converting hotel points to miles.
Online registraton is required. Promotion period: February 1 - March 31, 2010.

Details of the promotion are available here.

Hilton is offering its HHonors members Gold status after just four stays within a 90-day period.
It normally takes 16 qualifying stays in a calendar year to achieve this elite level of HHonors membership.

hiltonhhonors.com says: “As a valued American Express Corporate Cardmember, you can sprint down the fast track to Gold. Complete just two qualifying stays and pay with your Savings at Work eligible American Express Corporate Card within 90 days of enrollment to earn Silver VIP status, or stay four times within the same period to attain Gold VIP status—instantly.”

Details of this Hilton promotion are available at hiltonhhonors.com.

Hilton Worldwide has opened a Hilton Garden Inn in New Delhi, India. It’s the first Hilton Garden Inn in the Asia Pacific region.

Located the heart of New Delhi’s shopping and recreation district, the Hilton Garden Inn New Delhi/Saket is just 30 minutes drive from New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
The hotel is also in close proximity to business districts such as Nehru Place, Okhla and Jasola, where local and multinational companies are headquartered.

The Hilton Garden Inn New Delhi/Saket features 114 guest rooms equipped with a range of amenities including:
- Self-adjusting, pressure-relieving Garden Sleep System bed.
- In-room work space with a clutter-free desk and ergonomic Mirra chair designed by Herman Miller.
- Complimentary wired and wireless high-speed internet access.
- Secure and remote printing to the hotel’s complimentary 24-hour business center.
- 24-hour Pavilion Pantry convenience shop featuring a variety of snack options, microwaveable meals, a selection of beverage options and sundries.

Recreational facilities comprise an outdoor rooftop swimming pool and whirlpool, state-of-the-art fitness centre by Precor and Stay Fit Kits for in-room work outs.
The all-day dining restaurant and bar, the India Grill, offers a plethora of freshly prepared local and international dishes from interactive kitchens. Whether a guest is looking for local cuisine from the Tandoor or a selection of pizzas, this striking open concept kitchen offers something for all palates.