Articles tagged “amenities”

The physical phones will stay in the hotel rooms, but only as customer service intercom. Now if some hotel's bold enough to strip away rest of the functions and make these machines usable again....

Luxury amenities are a welcome treat on long-haul flights, but most airlines reserve the high-end goods for high-paying passengers in business or first class.

Hotels with mini-markets in the lobby may not look five-star sexy, but they make guests happy without making them feel agitated over being charged if they look at the minibar in the wrong way. Let's get rid of them.

These trends are generalizations at best and stereotypes at worst, but attempt to give hotels an inside look at what drives the decisions of their most coveted travelers.

From it's ridiculously priced yet still awful restaurants to its Euro trash-inspired fashions, Moscow has some fantastic ways to screw over travelers, and its hotels lead the way for many other industries.

Airlines add small touches in hopes of differentiating themselves from the competition, but price, schedules, and travel policies will continue to mandate business travelers’ final booking.

The most likely future for hotel Wi-Fi is the tiered pricing plan: Get low-bandwidth surfing for free or cheap and pay more for data hogging activities like Netfilx streaming or video conferencing.

Check one bag and buy an airport sandwich and, before you know it, that ticket from a low-cost carrier doesn’t end up costing much less than a BA seat. Ads should show the actual math.