What’s Wrong with Hyatt’s Marketing Lately?

I love Hyatt. They generally have excellent hotels in good locations, their Gold Passport points are valuable, and I feel the service and benefits I receive (even before becoming a top-tier Diamond guest) are excellent. But lately it seems that they've made a series of public relations mistakes that, if I knew anything about PR myself, I would … [Read more...]

Are You Going to the Star MegaDO with Randy Petersen?

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You--and the mathematical gods at Random.org--have spoken. I asked what made you excited to travel. Is it the airplanes? The new destinations? Just drawing a new line on a map? A total of 178 people wrote in with their reason for traveling. I encourage you to head back and read a few to see what you have in common. If you didn't win, and you aren't … [Read more...]

Booking Opens for SMD4 International Portion

Well, we're a quarter of the way there at least. If you want to fly to Zurich for the international portion of Star MegaDO 4, the pricing and reservation details have been announced by Tommy777 today. This is only for economy class, and you will have to wait until Monday for business class. Although the international portion is optional, it does … [Read more...]