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Travel Industry Slams Obama, Congress in New Ads
Hoo Boy - things are not going well for the "anointed one". Now the
travel industry is jumping on the hate Obummer bandwagon: http://tinyurl.com/ckdzx3 - jms |
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Travel Industry Slams Obama, Congress in New Ads
Trancender wrote:
Hoo Boy - things are not going well for the "anointed one". Now the travel industry is jumping on the hate Obummer bandwagon: http://tinyurl.com/ckdzx3 - jms The travel industry is missing an opportunity. Trim a few things, call the business class plane tickets or whatever "executive light" or something, pitch them at the business traveler who needs to get there but who is conscious of cost, etc. Perception is everything. Have the airlines laid off all of their marketing folks? Isn't this what they're supposed to be doing? Louis |
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Travel Industry Slams Obama, Congress in New Ads
Shawn Hirn wrote:
Sorry travel people, but we taxpayers shouldn't be paying for bankers to go on expensive junkets. If Bank of America needs to hold a conference, let them do it in NYC. There's more than enough conference space right there in their back yard. There are often some less than obvious issues that result in a conference costing less overall in a certain location. You need to factor in where most people will be coming from. If the bank is in NY and the conference attendees are all in NY, then yeah, hold it in NYC. BUT, if the bank is in new york and attendees come from all over the place and flights/hotels to new york are quite expensive, then it may cost less to move the new NY people to a less costly city where attendees will save lots of money on flights/hotels There are even cases where going to some beach resort ends up being cheaper because of charter flight availability makes that resort much cheaper than going to a boring city like Dayton or Cleveland where policitians wouldn't dare criticise that connference. |
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Travel Industry Slams Obama, Congress in New Ads
Louis Krupp wrote:
The travel industry is missing an opportunity. Trim a few things, call the business class plane tickets or whatever "executive light" or something, pitch them at the business traveler who needs to get there but who is conscious of cost, etc. Perception is everything. Have the airlines laid off all of their marketing folks? Pretty much. Some of the airlines haven't given up on marketing, are getting new planes with useful features, i.e. power outlets at every seat, and still serving meals, offering ways to get around the luggage fees, etc. I see a lot of marketing by hotels. I.e. one hotel we've been to in Reno keeps sending out promotions by e-mail and snail mail with deals that are very good even for the leisure traveler. The problem is that Bush created a downward spiral that'll be tough to break out of. |
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Travel Industry Slams Obama, Congress in New Ads
"Shawn Hirn" wrote in message
... In article , John Doe wrote: Shawn Hirn wrote: Sorry travel people, but we taxpayers shouldn't be paying for bankers to go on expensive junkets. If Bank of America needs to hold a conference, let them do it in NYC. There's more than enough conference space right there in their back yard. There are often some less than obvious issues that result in a conference costing less overall in a certain location. You need to factor in where most people will be coming from. If the bank is in NY and the conference attendees are all in NY, then yeah, hold it in NYC. BUT, if the bank is in new york and attendees come from all over the place and flights/hotels to new york are quite expensive, then it may cost less to move the new NY people to a less costly city where attendees will save lots of money on flights/hotels There are even cases where going to some beach resort ends up being cheaper because of charter flight availability makes that resort much cheaper than going to a boring city like Dayton or Cleveland where policitians wouldn't dare criticise that connference. Who're you kidding? Most of the attendees at a meeting held by a NYC bank will be from the NYC area. Bank of America is based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Not New York. |
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Travel Industry Slams Obama, Congress in New Ads
Shawn Hirn wrote:
Fine. Then let Bank of America have its annual conference in Charlotte. I am sure it will be cheaper than Las Vegas or San Francisco. How can you be sure ? When Nations Bank bought Bank of America, did they shutdown all California offices where BoA was headquartered ? And if this is to be a conference bringing in all very important internaional customers, then you need to have a location that is easy to get to from international locations. Unless you know where attendees are coming from, you cannot "be sure" of where the converence venue will be cheapest. Even better, the conference should be held via satellite so that people in Yes. But there are limits. A lot of "business" at conferences is handled outside of the formal presentations where you meet people, solidify friendships and talk shop informally with your peers. This doesn't happen with video conferencing. |
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