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Hotel Frequent Travelers Program
Posted September 10, 2009 by Mary Haven
Hotel Frequent Traveler Program

Earn Rewards and Reap the Benefits

There are many industries involved in the frequent traveler´s program. These industries do not necessarily work together as partners and can put up a frequent traveler´s program by themselves. Frequent traveling offers traveling individuals the benefits of getting something out of their traveling. Traveling for so many times a year can be costly. It helps to know that at the end of every travel session, the person is close to getting a reward.

The Beginnings of the Hotel Frequent Travelers Program

In the beginning, airlines promoted frequent travelers program as an extended bonus or benefit for loyal and frequent travelers. Hotels were merely partners to this program meaning that travelers were rewarded with hotel stays other than just free air travel. When an individual racks up specific amounts of frequent flyer miles, he or she will be rewarded with a free hotel stay in a certain hotel stated in the program agreement. Later on, the hotel industry realized the advantage of such a program and inculcated it, calling it the frequent stay program. The creation of the frequent stay program did not stop the existing partnership hotels already had with designated airlines.

Earning Flyer Miles without Traveling

Hotel frequent travelers program also work without the traveler having to fly overseas or to different countries. The program can also work if the guest stays for a minimum of 2 consecutive nights at an eligible rate with a partner hotel. By doing so, he or she can earn certain amounts of flyer miles and still be rewarded even if he or she has not traveled by plane.

Hotel Frequent Stay Program

Hotel frequent stay programs work when guests stay at a designated hotel for a certain number of consecutive nights. Points earned depend on room rate and depend on the partner hotel. Points earned are redeemable and can be received by the individual through different prizes.

Hotel frequent stay programs and traveler programs were developed not only to increase sales to these industries but also to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. When customers know they can get rewarded after a certain number of transactions, this motivates him or her to join the program and stick to it.

Benefits

Not only do the hotel and airline industry benefit from these programs but the participating individuals do as well. For the hospitality and service industries, they generate more customers and more sales thus earning more profits. For the participating individuals, he or she gets the most out of his or her money, as well as feels attended and cared for by such industries.

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