Articles tagged “wyndham rewards”

Hotels

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Explained

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is a fairly new company, but it has a complicated spin-off history from a much larger corporation. Here we explain the hospitality company's beginnings and its distinction from Wyndham Worldwide.

Jasmine Ganaishlal, Skift | 2 years ago

Hotels

Wyndham Backtracks on Award-Winning Loyalty Program

Wyndham pulled an about-face on its award-winning loyalty program last week. Perhaps aligning every award room in the hotel's network to the same price wasn't sustainable after all.

Grant Martin, Skift | 3 years ago

Hotels

Wyndham Is Changing Back Its Loyalty Program to Be More Like Everyone Else’s

Does this mean that Wyndham's experiment in creating a simple, straightforward loyalty program for the everyday traveler failed? Maybe, but not necessarily. It just means that there are some laws in travel loyalty programs that are there for a reason.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 3 years ago

Hotels

Wyndham Hotels CEO on Life After Company Split: ‘La Quinta Will Be Transformational’

In the hospitality business, the big are getting bigger — and, we hope, getting smarter about how they communicate that to consumers, and how they keep their hotel owners and franchisees happy. This points transfer and status match between Wyndham and La Quinta is a good start.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 4 years ago

Business Travel

New Wyndham Branding Should Enhance Its Loyalty Proposition

While a new branding campaign by Wyndham may foreshadow some turbulence ahead for the hotel group, on the surface it will make it easier to find and book network hotels.

Grant Martin, Skift | 4 years ago

Hotels

Wyndham Finally Joins Competitors With Discounted Loyalty Rates

When it comes to Wyndham finally offering loyalty program members discounted rates, it's always better late than never, right?

Deanna Ting, Skift | 4 years ago

Hotels

Wyndham Hotels Debuts Online Auctions for Loyalty Program Redemption

Travel brands haven't innovated much when it comes to reward redemption. So kudos to Wyndham for gambling on something new. But their new auctions aren't without risk to the company.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 4 years ago

Hotels

Wyndham Is Finally Harnessing Its Global Scale Via Loyalty

Wyndham might not have 30 hotel brands like Marriott, but it does have the world's largest timeshare business and a pretty robust vacation rental business, too. Leveraging the power of all three of its businesses just makes us wonder: Why haven't they tried to do this before?

Deanna Ting, Skift | 5 years ago

Hotels

Wyndham Is Betting on the Sharing Economy for Its Success

Wyndham Worldwide, like its peers, is betting big on loyalty, but unlike its peers, it plans on keeping its timeshare and vacation rental businesses all together, instead of spinning them off like others have.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 5 years ago

Hotels

Wyndham Expands Loyalty Program to Its Vacation Rentals and Timeshares

This is a much smarter, more thought-out move on Wyndham Rewards' part, compared to its failed attempt to woo away Starwood Preferred Guest members a few weeks ago. Drawing on its parent company's strong portfolio of vacation rentals and timeshares gives Wyndham Rewards an edge in attracting travelers who desire a wider variety of accommodations when they travel.

Deanna Ting, Skift | 5 years ago