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- CT implements environmental lodging (WTNH-TV New Haven)
- Leisure Travel Trends for Georgia’s Top Family Vacation Destinations by Worldwide Lodging Directory Rentalo.com (PRWeb)
- Leisure Travel Trends for Georgia’s Top Family Vacation Destinations by Worldwide Lodging Directory Rentalo.com (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
- State trying to tax hotels for 'free' breakfasts (WMCTV Memphis)
| CT implements environmental lodging (WTNH-TV New Haven) Posted: 07 Mar 2010 07:28 PM PST Hartford, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut's lodging industry is getting some tips on how to run environmentally friendly motels, hotels and beds and breakfasts. Three workshops are planned to help operators of hotels, motels and inns learn how to reduce operating costs and gain a marketing advantage by improving efficiency in energy and water use and waste management. The workshops are sponsored by the state Department of Environmental Protection, state Commission on Culture and Tourism and Boston Green Tourism. Workshops are scheduled for this month at Yale University in New Haven, the Saybrook Point Inn and Spa in April and in May at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| Posted: 07 Mar 2010 05:26 PM PST | Consumer's Trends on Hotels versus Vacation Rentals Comparison Shopping, Vacation Planning, and Themes for Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Ashville, and Norris Lake Miami, FL (Vocus/PRWEB ) March 7, 2010 -- Rentalo.com, a worldwide leader of vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts, and hotels, is publishing a series of trend analysis studies on its database of 850,000 opted-in travelers in 15,000 destinations worldwide. Below, the lodging web site reveals the study findings on 13,867 opted-in travelers who searched for vacation rentals in Georgia's top leisure destinations from July 2008 to January 2010. This study data confirms recent travel expert's predictions about consumer's interests in comparison shopping when searching for hotels. Additionally, the lodging website shares some interesting statistics on vacation planning habits, and vacation themes for these popular vacation destinations in the state of Georgia.
Travel Trends for Georgia's Top Leisure Destination: Helen Helen Comparison Shopping Trends: According to the study, 60 percent of the vacation planners who inquired for a place to stay showed interest in comparison shopping among Helen vacation rentals, bed breakfasts, and hotels. 50 percent also accepted offers from cabins and other lodging properties in the vicinity of Helen which includes Sautee, Sautee Nacoochee, Cleveland, Clarkesville, Suches, Cornelia, Hiawassee, Blairsville, Blairsville, and Dahlonega. Helen Vacation Themes: Helen's most popular vacation theme is romance with 42 percent of the inquiries requesting accommodations for 2, 32 percent for families with children, 33 percent for groups of more than 4 adults, and 3 percent for people traveling alone. Travel Trends for Georgia's Top Leisure Destination: Blue Ridge Blue Ridge Comparison Shopping Trends: According to the study, 65 percent of the trip planners showed interest in comparison shopping among Blue Ridge vacation rentals, cabins, bed and breakfasts, and hotels. 64 percent showed interest in staying in the vicinity of Blue Ridge which includes Mineral Bluff, Ducktown, and Ellijay. Blue Ridge Vacation Planning Trends: 39 percent were from last minute travelers inquiring within the last 30 days prior to the arrival date, 21 percent were early planners who started their vacation planning 2 or more months in advance from the travel date, and 35 percent of the inquiries were sent 1 to 2 months in advance. Blue Ridge Vacation Themes: The most popular vacation theme for Blue Ridge is family reunions with 49 percent of the traveler's inquiries requesting accommodations for groups of more than 4 adults, 42 percent for families with kids, 28 percent for couples, and 2 percent for people traveling alone. Travel Trends for Georgia's Top Leisure Destination: Savannah Savannah Comparison Shopping Trends: According to stats collected, 63 percent of the vacation planners showed interest in comparison shopping among Savannah vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts, hotels, and resorts. 17 percent showed interest in comparing quotes for other lodgings in Savannah area including Port Wentworth, Pooler, Daufuskie Island, Tybee Island, Richmond Hill, Hardeeville, Buckhead, and Bluffton. Savannah Vacation planning Trends: 39 percent were from early planners travelers inquiring 2 or more months in advance, 35 percent of the inquiries coming from those who started their vacation planning within the last 30 days prior to their travel date, 23 percent of the inquiries were sent 1 to 2 months in advance. Travel Trends for Georgia's Top Leisure Destination: St Simons Island Simons Island Comparison Shopping Trends: 68 percent of the travelers who searched for short term accommodations showed interest in comparison shopping among St Simons vacation rentals, bed breakfasts, and hotels. St Simons Island Vacation planning Trends: According to this study, 42 percent were from last minute travelers inquiring within the last 30 days prior to the arrival date, 33 percent of the travelers were early planners who started their vacation planning 2 or more months in advance from the travel dates, and 21 percent of the inquiries were from travelers who inquired 1 to 2 months in advance. St Simons Island Vacation Theme Trends: St Simons Island's most popular vacation theme is family vacations and reunions with 39 percent of the traveler's inquiries requesting accommodations for groups of more than 4 adults, 39 percent for families with children, 30 percent for couples, and 3 percent for people traveling alone. Travel Trends for Georgia's Top Leisure Destination: Tybee Island Tybee Island Vacation Planning Trends: 41 percent of the travelers were early planners who started their vacation planning 2 or more months in advance from the travel dates, 35 percent were from last minute travelers inquiring within the last 30 days prior to the arriving to their lodging in Tybee Island, and 21 percent from travelers who inquired 1 to 2 months in advance. Tybee Island Vacation Themes: Tybee Island's most popular vacation theme is family vacations with 48 percent of the inquiries requesting accommodations for families with children, 35 percent for groups of more than 4 adults, 25 percent for couples, and 4 percent for people traveling alone. "Planning a family vacation is fun, but can be very time consuming." says Frank Suarez, Customer Service Manager for Rentalo.com. "At Rentalo.com, we make it easy for travelers to compare value offers from vacation rentals, hotels, and bed and breakfasts that meet their specific lodging needs." About Rentalo.com Rentalo.com is a leading online travel lodging and vacation rental website. Its broad inventory of vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts, and hotels is available online and via RSS feeds, affiliate distribution partners, as well as thousands of journalists and editors through e-mail, press releases, and travel publications. Through selected partnerships, Rentalo's inventory is available to an online audience of more than 100 million travelers in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit http://rentalo.com or call 1(305) 558-5577. Media Contact:
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| Posted: 07 Mar 2010 04:15 PM PST Consumer's Trends on Hotels versus Vacation Rentals Comparison Shopping, Vacation Planning, and Themes for Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, Ashville, and Norris Lake Miami, FL (Vocus) March 7, 2010 -- Rentalo.com, a worldwide leader of vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts, and hotels, is publishing a series of trend analysis studies on its database of 850,000 opted-in travelers in 15,000 destinations worldwide. Below, the lodging web site reveals the study findings on 13,867 opted-in travelers who searched for vacation rentals in Georgia's top leisure destinations from July 2008 to January 2010. This study data confirms recent travel expert's predictions about consumer's interests in comparison shopping when searching for hotels. Additionally, the lodging website shares some interesting statistics on vacation planning habits, and vacation themes for these popular vacation destinations in the state of Georgia. Travel Trends for Georgia's Top Leisure Destination: Helen Helen Comparison Shopping Trends: According to the study, 60 percent of the vacation planners who inquired for a place to stay showed interest in comparison shopping among Helen vacation rentals, bed breakfasts, and hotels. 50 percent also accepted offers from cabins and other lodging properties in the vicinity of Helen which includes Sautee, Sautee Nacoochee, Cleveland, Clarkesville, Suches, Cornelia, Hiawassee, Blairsville, Blairsville, and Dahlonega. Helen Vacation Themes: Helen's most popular vacation theme is romance with 42 percent of the inquiries requesting accommodations for 2, 32 percent for families with children, 33 percent for groups of more than 4 adults, and 3 percent for people traveling alone. Travel Trends for Georgia's Top Leisure Destination: Blue Ridge Blue Ridge Comparison Shopping Trends: According to the study, 65 percent of the trip planners showed interest in comparison shopping among Blue Ridge vacation rentals, cabins, bed and breakfasts, and hotels. 64 percent showed interest in staying in the vicinity of Blue Ridge which includes Mineral Bluff, Ducktown, and Ellijay. Blue Ridge Vacation Planning Trends: 39 percent were from last minute travelers inquiring within the last 30 days prior to the arrival date, 21 percent were early planners who started their vacation planning 2 or more months in advance from the travel date, and 35 percent of the inquiries were sent 1 to 2 months in advance. Blue Ridge Vacation Themes: The most popular vacation theme for Blue Ridge is family reunions with 49 percent of the traveler's inquiries requesting accommodations for groups of more than 4 adults, 42 percent for families with kids, 28 percent for couples, and 2 percent for people traveling alone. Travel Trends for Georgia's Top Leisure Destination: Savannah Savannah Comparison Shopping Trends: According to stats collected, 63 percent of the vacation planners showed interest in comparison shopping among Savannah vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts, hotels, and resorts. 17 percent showed interest in comparing quotes for other lodgings in Savannah area including Port Wentworth, Pooler, Daufuskie Island, Tybee Island, Richmond Hill, Hardeeville, Buckhead, and Bluffton. Savannah Vacation planning Trends: 39 percent were from early planners travelers inquiring 2 or more months in advance, 35 percent of the inquiries coming from those who started their vacation planning within the last 30 days prior to their travel date, 23 percent of the inquiries were sent 1 to 2 months in advance. Travel Trends for Georgia's Top Leisure Destination: St Simons Island Simons Island Comparison Shopping Trends: 68 percent of the travelers who searched for short term accommodations showed interest in comparison shopping among St Simons vacation rentals, bed breakfasts, and hotels. St Simons Island Vacation planning Trends: According to this study, 42 percent were from last minute travelers inquiring within the last 30 days prior to the arrival date, 33 percent of the travelers were early planners who started their vacation planning 2 or more months in advance from the travel dates, and 21 percent of the inquiries were from travelers who inquired 1 to 2 months in advance. St Simons Island Vacation Theme Trends: St Simons Island's most popular vacation theme is family vacations and reunions with 39 percent of the traveler's inquiries requesting accommodations for groups of more than 4 adults, 39 percent for families with children, 30 percent for couples, and 3 percent for people traveling alone. Travel Trends for Georgia's Top Leisure Destination: Tybee Island Tybee Island Vacation Planning Trends: 41 percent of the travelers were early planners who started their vacation planning 2 or more months in advance from the travel dates, 35 percent were from last minute travelers inquiring within the last 30 days prior to the arriving to their lodging in Tybee Island, and 21 percent from travelers who inquired 1 to 2 months in advance. Tybee Island Vacation Themes: Tybee Island's most popular vacation theme is family vacations with 48 percent of the inquiries requesting accommodations for families with children, 35 percent for groups of more than 4 adults, 25 percent for couples, and 4 percent for people traveling alone. "Planning a family vacation is fun, but can be very time consuming." says Frank Suarez, Customer Service Manager for Rentalo.com. "At Rentalo.com, we make it easy for travelers to compare value offers from vacation rentals, hotels, and bed and breakfasts that meet their specific lodging needs." About Rentalo.com Rentalo.com is a leading online travel lodging and vacation rental website. Its broad inventory of vacation rentals, bed and breakfasts, and hotels is available online and via RSS feeds, affiliate distribution partners, as well as thousands of journalists and editors through e-mail, press releases, and travel publications. Through selected partnerships, Rentalo's inventory is available to an online audience of more than 100 million travelers in the United States and abroad. For more information, visit http://rentalo.com or call 1(305) 558-5577. Media Contact: Rentalo.com Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. | |
| State trying to tax hotels for 'free' breakfasts (WMCTV Memphis) Posted: 07 Mar 2010 12:34 PM PST By JOE EDWARDS NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The so-called complimentary breakfasts at many hotels in Tennessee have stirred the appetite of state revenue officials. The state wants to tax the lodging businesses for the food that they offer as free breakfasts as part of their room rate. The budget-strapped state hopes to get an estimated $10 million for its coffers from the sweet rolls, coffee and such that hotel patrons enjoy at no charge from the Smoky Mountains to Graceland. The proposal, pending in committees in the General Assembly, is to collect tax on the food at the prevailing sales tax rate in the county involved - up to 9 3/4 percent. State officials stress that the businesses would be taxed and not the hungry patrons. Reagan Farr, commissioner of the Department of Revenue, doesn't believe hotels would pass the tax onto consumers. "It would be nominal value that each consumer eats," he said. "I doubt that they would raise their rates. "You are literally talking about sales tax on a bagel and a bowl of Cheerios (as an example)." He said the proposal would bring Tennessee in line with the way other states collect revenue. "Tennessee is an anomaly among the 50 states," Farr said. He said service providers have to purchase their items, "and when they do, they are deemed to be a user and they pay tax on them. This is true regardless of whether the service is ultimately subject to sales tax. "An example is dry cleaning. They purchase hangers and pay tax on that." The proposal is in a much broader tax provisions bill sponsored by state Sen. Jim Kyle of Memphis and State Rep. Mike Turner of Nashville. According to the latest revenue figures, the state has collected $185.1 million less than the budgeted estimate for this fiscal year. The proposed extra tax would not be available until the next fiscal year. The Tennessee Hospitality Association, representing hotels, believes the plan is unfair. "It's an improper way to collect tax dollars, and bullying as much as anything else," said Walt Baker, chief executive officer of the association. "Why don't they just double tax everybody? It's an unfortunate tactic to tax hotels even further." He estimates up to 70 percent of Tennessee hotels offer free breakfast for paying guests. "It's the policy of national franchises," Baker said. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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