(USA Today) Not Just Key Chains and Snow Globes Gift shops at some high-end hotels are now selling designer clothing, artisan foods and limited-edition books, enticing guests and even locals to linger longer and spend more.
Even if they have maintained their rates, Florida hotels are using incentives to entice guests.
Still, hotels have cut rates so deeply to entice guests that there have been sharp drops in revenues.
Casa Cook is unapologetic in its mission to entice guests who will appreciate its "chill beats, tasty drinks, sunshine and super good food".
The goal is to entice guests who have already booked one treatment to add an extra service for a discounted price, 10 to 35percentt off the regular rate.
And ResortQuest, a large vacation rental company with nearly 10,000 properties in the United States, recently acquired by Wyndham Worldwide, is attempting to entice guests to its vacation rentals with hotel points.
Fragrances, he thinks, are a way to keep memories alive, and he hopes that the smell he created for this amenity collection will entice guests to return to the Peninsula, both literally and in memory.
While other resorts seek to entice guests to remain within their walls, Breezes goes out of its way to encourage its visitors to leave its environs and explore neighbouring villages.
HotelFlex's cofounders, Max Shepherd-Cross, Pete Turnbull and Rich Turnbull explained that properties like this integration because it lets them entice guests to book directly through their own website, where there customer acquisition cost is much lower than a third-party platform like Expedia.
