hotel deals
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz, The Motley Fool
| 7:30AM 1/13/2012
New travel website RoomKey.com launched earlier this week, offering to hunt through the available hotel rooms across several chains and find you the best deals. But with so many similar websites out there, how can it expect to compete? Well, guess who's running it.
| 8:00AM 7/06/2011
Priceline is adding new features to allow its customers to be alerted when certain pre-set criteria are reached, yet another move by an online travel agency to personalize itself for its customers. Read what stock analysis firm Trefis sees as the future for Priceline -- and for its stock.
| 9:00AM 4/12/2011
The sluggish economy and high unemployment rate mean that many of us won't be splurging on exotic vacations this year. But a staycation doesn't have to mean a boring bout with cabin fever. The key to being a successful local tourist lies in looking at your region the way an outsider would.
| 10:00AM 9/02/2010
Hotels spend a lot of money hiring marketing, advertising, and public relations specialists to sell packages to consumers, and lots of times, they win by getting press. But just because you see a hotel package advertised in a newspaper or a blog doesn't mean the editors of that blog have lifted a...
| 1:00PM 8/26/2010
"Overpack. There's plenty of room for the maybes and why nots. We're paying"
So urged InterContinental Hotels Group recently in an all-out push to win back customers to its properties this fall with an unusual promotion in which it's offering to pay for guests' baggage fees.
There's plenty of...
| 4:00PM 3/15/2010
It's bad news for hotel industry execs, but good news for thrifty globetrotters: according to USA Today, luxury hotel chains like Ritz-Carlton and Four Seasons are dramatically decreasing room prices and offering extras and promotions (restaurant credits, free third nights) in an effort to fill up...
| 1:00PM 12/03/2009
Get $100 off when you book a 3-night hotel stay through Travelocity and pay with your American Express card. Your total must be at least $500 to get the $100 off the hotel stay -- so that's as much as 20% off! Use promo code SAVE100AMX at check-out.
You can also get $200 off on a 5-night vacation...