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With the recent post re Conrad Rangali and room types, I visited the Conrad Rangali website to reacquaint myself with the room details.
What I have noticed, is that the prices seem a lot cheaper this year compared to last year.
Base king beach villa for Jan 2014 is starting from about AU$1050 (avg - AU$1500) on the AP rate and AU$1100 (avg $1700) on the AAA rate. IIRC last year these same rooms were going for about AU$2400.
Furthermore, the B&B rate is the same as the room only rate ie......they're giving away breakfast at a resort which obviously make a lot of their income from meals.
I know this is far too simplistic to be a gauge, but it has made me wonder if the Hilton point devaluation is resulting in a lower number of point stays and hence driving rates down due to lower occupancy levels. I know the Conrad Rangali AFF rep has previously told us that Rangali has a huge number of diamond point redemption guests, so I'm guessing this just may be a contributing factor, which in turn makes me wonder if the point devaluation was a little counter-productive for Hilton?
Has anyone noticed any other examples of this?
What I have noticed, is that the prices seem a lot cheaper this year compared to last year.
Base king beach villa for Jan 2014 is starting from about AU$1050 (avg - AU$1500) on the AP rate and AU$1100 (avg $1700) on the AAA rate. IIRC last year these same rooms were going for about AU$2400.
Furthermore, the B&B rate is the same as the room only rate ie......they're giving away breakfast at a resort which obviously make a lot of their income from meals.
I know this is far too simplistic to be a gauge, but it has made me wonder if the Hilton point devaluation is resulting in a lower number of point stays and hence driving rates down due to lower occupancy levels. I know the Conrad Rangali AFF rep has previously told us that Rangali has a huge number of diamond point redemption guests, so I'm guessing this just may be a contributing factor, which in turn makes me wonder if the point devaluation was a little counter-productive for Hilton?
Has anyone noticed any other examples of this?
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