Business Travel Tips

Hyatt announced that its loyalty program Gold Passport will also offer the chance to earn and redeem points at Hyatt property restaurants and spas.
It is a points-earning option even when you aren’t staying at the hotel.

Hyatt says that participating locations will be added throughout 2012 ( more details are available here).

Starwood offers a special rate for stays in hotels and resorts in North America booked from November 11-21 and completed by January 31, 2012.

This special rate offers for $11 per night either $11 breakfast for two, overnight parking, or a room upgrade during your stay. Also, with this offer SPG members receive 1,111 bonus Starpoints.

Each hotel package rate includes one of two options — breakfast for two, parking, or a room upgrade — guests are not allowed to choose between the two options.

Guests enjoy the special rate for stays over weekends at hotels — everyday between November 20 and 26 and between December 18 and 30 — and 7 days of the weeks at resorts is available.
Offer details are available here.

Australian Jetstar carrier is now offering iPad as an inflight entertainment option.

The carrier, which has just launched iPad on selected flights, will make this option available across the Australian domestic and short haul international services from Australia and New Zealand in the coming weeks.

The price for hiring an iPad on Jetstar flights longer than two hours is $10-$15 per flight.
The carrier also plans to extend the iPads option on Jetstar’s Asia network.

Hyatt Gold Passport offers 5,000 bonus points every three nights spent at any Hyatt hotel worldwide from September 15 through November 15.
The promotion is based on cumulative nights stayed, that means it rewards both one night stay and extended stay.

To participate in this promotion, you must be a Hyatt Gold Passport member and register for this promotion on this page.

You can earn bonus points even if your account preference is set to earn miles. A maximum of 30,000 bonus points — after 18 nights stayed — may be earned during the promotion period.

To receive bonus points you must be a registered guest physically occupying the room to which you are registered and pay an eligible rate.
Hyatt Gold Passport members will only receive eligible night credit for their room, regardless of the number of paid rooms.

Hertz will offer its customers across Europe the latest edition of the Hertz NeverLost satnav system.
NeverLost 4, based on the TomTom Via 120 EU, features an easy-to-use touchscreen, turn-by-turn directions in 45 languages, providing customers the fastest route to their destination based on the latest traffic situation.

The units incorporate TomTom’s LIVE Services such as HD Traffic, which guides drivers through traffic jams, information via Local Search with Google, and weather reports.

Hertz NeverLost, will be made available in over 700 major airports and cities across the following 17 countries in Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Ireland; Italy; Luxemburg, the Netherlands; Norway; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; UK.