I may be alone here, but I found this information remarkable:<\/p>\n
Looking at statistics from hotels and resorts worldwide, about “43 percent of business travelers were recorded to have been women”. Moreover, according to American Airlines’ director of women’s sales and marketing, women are responsible for 70 percent of travel decisions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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Interestingly, two key characteristics distinguish women travelers from men. First, according to Marybeth Bond, a consultant who has advised hotels on marketing to women, “Women will take more time for themselves than men if they are traveling for business. Men will rush home, but women will stay an extra day.” The second is that women appreciate the details, cleanliness in everything from the bed linen to the bath-showers. Hilton Garden and Hampton Inns, in particular, have recently enjoyed greater success by catering to women business travelers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That information is from the Herman Group’s Trend Alert email (subscription required). I had no idea about this entire trend. I can say I do rush home when traveling for business and I have stayed in some hotels that can only be categorized as dumps. But I still stayed there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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