Hotels dumping Flight Crews
03-20-2006 | 01:08 PM
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Hotels dumping Flight Crews
We saved their rears during all the down years when business travel was off, and now that it's back they want to kick us to the curb. Bastahds!!!
http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sa...20/story7.html
http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sa...20/story7.html
03-20-2006 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by B757200ER
Jeez, who do you think BRINGS those business and leisure travelers to stay in those hotels???
I hear ya! But most if not all the hotels are corp's with a responsibility to stockholders to make as much money as possible. The economy is picking up and buisness travelers pay a lot of money. The hotels were we stay have been cordial and usually give us enough notice to find a new place when they don't renew the contract. In some cases they have extended our agreement without a contract because we haven't yet found new lodging. Just like we should raise fares, the hotels are doing the right thing. We just need to join in!
03-20-2006 | 05:56 PM
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I have an idea about this one.
1. Airlines own their own hotels. I know that bankruptcy has left many carriers scrambling for cash, and therefore selling off their assets. But this seems like an important investment. If United uses 40 hotel rooms a night in Sacramento, imagine how many rooms they use in San Francisco, or Denver, or Chicago. It seems like airlines should buy a hotel property (Just the right size) in their hub's for their crews. This has got to pay off.
Does anyone have any insight into what carriers like Southwest pay for 20,000 rooms per year? Is it SEVERELY discounted, or only slightly discounted (like 1/2 off)? Just wondering.
1. Airlines own their own hotels. I know that bankruptcy has left many carriers scrambling for cash, and therefore selling off their assets. But this seems like an important investment. If United uses 40 hotel rooms a night in Sacramento, imagine how many rooms they use in San Francisco, or Denver, or Chicago. It seems like airlines should buy a hotel property (Just the right size) in their hub's for their crews. This has got to pay off.
Does anyone have any insight into what carriers like Southwest pay for 20,000 rooms per year? Is it SEVERELY discounted, or only slightly discounted (like 1/2 off)? Just wondering.
03-20-2006 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Packer Backer
God help us if that ever happens. Motel 6 would be a step up and no crew would ever get any real rest.
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