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Comment on Starwood ready to conquer travel social media with new Twitter and Facebook tools by Starwood giving thanks with its first ever Cyber Monday sale! « *wood

Starwood giving thanks with its first ever Cyber Monday sale! « *wood — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:41:48 +0000

[...] is quickly positioning itself as a web savvy company. In addition to its plethora of social media tools and sites, Starwood is now offering a special promotion for Cyber Monday. For those who [...]

Comment on Holy crap! Starwood global headquarters is moving to Connecticut! by Peter

Peter — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:58:38 +0000

Those buildings represented where Dunder Mifflin Stamford was in “The Office”, it looks like. I think I remember them in Season 3…..

Comment on Stumbled on some professional photos of the new W Boston! by Leo

Leo — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:51:26 +0000

Don’t need to stumble.. Just go to the Starwood archive

http://www.starwoodarchive.com/search/results.php?recent_search_id=3199218

Comment on Like any 100 year old, the Palace Hotel could do without some stress by Peter

Peter — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:33:17 +0000

Yes, it has a great classic feel to it.

Comment on About *wood, About me by starwood

starwood — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:59:30 +0000

Hey Stacie, what a fun research assignment! Try this if you haven’t found it already: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starwood_Hotels_&_Resorts_Worldwide#History

Hope that helps! Wish I had more time to reply. Swamped with schoolwork myself.

Comment on About *wood, About me by Stacie

Stacie — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:22:46 +0000

Hi, I’m doing some research for a class… do you know of a source for the history of Starwood? Who started the company & when, that sort of thing. Thanks!

Comment on Starwood ready to conquer travel social media with new Twitter and Facebook tools by BigSocial » Starwood’s loyalty program launches Twitter, Facebook strategies

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:04:59 +0000

[...] full steam ahead, Starwood is going headlong and strong into the realm of social media, with a number of tools and applications all designed to better connect with their clientele. From [...]

Comment on Buy one night and get the second 50% off for a better tomorrow by starwood

starwood — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:16:58 +0000

Yeah this promo (and others similar to this one) can sometimes be more pricey. This typically happens when retail rates are low to begin with. Mexico is a prime example of retail rates that are much lower than the rack rates, which is sometimes what the 50% discount is based off. You’ll find that this promotion and those similar to it will work better, on average, in cities and over dates that have higher levels of occupancies.

Good luck Bill!

Comment on Buy one night and get the second 50% off for a better tomorrow by Bill

Bill — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:44:31 +0000

Tried to use the promotion for Mexico City and it ended up more costly than the regular weekend rate.

Comment on Tough call: Dropping from a five star to a four star rating by Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:45:23 +0000

1) I believe this is just a way to allow Management to cut (further) costs ‘officially.’ However,

2) What a slap in the face of the Hotels Yield/Revenue Management Systems! Yielding is supposed to provide the ‘optimal’ pricing for the property to sustain (this/any economy), yet it comes to down to this ’star-reduction’ approach, which tells me, once again, that Yield Management is over-rated.