Business Travel Tips

To celebrate its 65th birthday, Best Western has launched a Summer promotion for stays across Europe.
You’ll pay no more than 65 Euros per night at any of over 250 Best Western hotels in 18 European countries for stays between July 1st and September 3rd, 2011.

This special offer is only available for those who book between 7am on May 24 to midnight on May 26, 2011.

Best Western Rewards members are entitled to book the promotion between 7am on May 17 to midnight on May 19, 2011.

The European countries in which participating hotels in this Best Western promotion are located include: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey. Details of the promotion are available here.

Members of Marriott Rewards have received three targeted offers for Marriott Rewards MegaBonus promotion.

The offers include:
1.  2 free nights after 4 stays.
2.  30,000 points after 20 nights.
3.  40,000 points after 25 nights.
Promotion period: June 1 through August 31, 2011.

In order to see which offer members received, they have to sign into their Marriott Rewards account and click “Promotion Central” link.

Members who prefer a different offer than the one they received will be able to change it. They should call Marriott Rewards Guest Services 1-801-468-4000 and ask to change their offer.
Details can be found at http://marriottrewardsinsiders.marriott.com (follow forum threads covering the promotion).

Marriott will offer its Marriott Rewards members free in-room internet access in Asia Pacific and Australia.

Marriott Rewards members — regardless their program status — will receive free in-room high-speed internet access at JW Marriott, Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Renaissance Hotels and Courtyard by Marriott hotels in the following countries: Australia, China, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Marriott Rewards elite members already receive free internet access worldwide.

To celebrate the launch of its new hotel loyalty program — Club Carlson — Carlson is offering a free night’s stay to those who stay twice at a Carlson property during the promotional period between April 15 and June 15 2011.
In order to take advantage of the promotion — “Stay Twice, Earn a Free Night” — , existing and newly enrolled members are requred to register and then stay twice at one of more than 1,000 Carlson branded hotels worldwide — including Radisson, Country Inns & Suites by Carlson, Park Inn by Radisson and Park Plaza hotels, during the promotional period. You have to use the free night by December 31, 2011.

Carlson has also just launched a new mobile application for iPhone and Android devices, which will feature express booking, personalization options, GPS mapping and the ability to redeem points.

Main privileges and benefits of Club Carlson include:
- Club Carlson offers its members up to 15% discount at its hotel all-day dining restaurants in Asia Pacific;
- The program has no blackout dates on standard rooms;
- Rollover nights allow elite members to roll over extra nights to qualify toward their next year’s elite status;
- The new Concierge elite tier provides members with complimentary room upgrades and continental breakfast; early check in and late checkout, and a 75% point bonus on eligible stays.

Conrad Hotels and Resorts is offering a free night to those who meet minimum night stay requirement for stays booked between March 1 and June 12, 2011 and completed by June 30, 2011.

Minimum paid stay requirement is two to six nights, it will vary by individual hotel.

Rate must be booked at least 3 days in advance of stay.

Free night, which includes room rate and corresponding room taxes for the same room type and in the same hotel as stay, must be consumed on last night of the stay in which it was earned.

This offer is not applicable to existing reservations.
Details of the promotion are available here.