Trump hotels dropped as preferred partner by luxury travel agency

[babylonsister]

https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/544604-luxury-travel-agency-drops-trump-hotels-as-preferred-partner


Trump hotels dropped as preferred partner by luxury travel agency
By John Bowden - 03/23/21 06:59 PM EDT


The luxury travel agency Virtuoso will no longer list Trump Organization properties on its website, a spokesperson for the company said.

A Virtuoso spokeswoman confirmed in a statement reported by multiple outlets that Trump hotels were no longer a preferred partner of the company, and as of last week the properties were no longer listed on its website.

“As of March 8, 2021, Trump Hotels are no longer part of the Virtuoso network,” Misty Ewing Belles, head of Virtuoso's public relations department, said in a statement to Zenger News, which first reported the move.

“Virtuoso considers many variables when reviewing both existing and new network participation. Out of respect for all involved parties, and as a general policy, we do not share comments regarding our non-renewal and exit decisions,” she added.

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“It’s a big deal because Virtuoso is very well-respected in the industry,” the analyst, Henry Harteveldt of the Atmosphere Research Group, told the newspaper. “It serves a very elite base of customers and its actions are often studied by others. With Virtuoso doing this, some travel agencies that may have been debating whether or not to do it could decide well, if Virtuoso has done this, we too will end our professional relationship with the Trump hotels.”

The Trump Organization faced scrutiny during former President Trump's time in the White House over the rates the company charged the federal government for housing staff including Secret Service agents designated to protect the president when Trump would stay at his own properties, which was a frequent occurrence.

[EYESORE 9001]

1. Bedbugs bring consequences

[PJMcK]

2. Drop by drop, Trump's businesses are sinking

The golf courses aren't doing very well, losing millions of dollars every year.

The hotels are under-performing and now they're no longer "elite."

Trump can't even fly his plane.

He's going broke.

Good.

[CTyankee]

3. good! Let him be shunned contemptuosly...

[tulipsandroses]

4. If those other places are as gaudy as mar a Lago I don't know why anyone would want to go there

gold everywhere. It looks so trashy.

[keithbvadu2]

5. Mar a lago dues jumped by double(?) when Donald took the WH.

Mar a lago dues jumped by double(?) when Donald took the WH.

Wonder what the dues are now?

[smirkymonkey]

6. Good, bring him to his knees.

It's the only way to really hurt him. Go after his assets and his income stream. I want to see him desperate and broken, along with the rest of his greedy, grifting family.

[JI7]

7. I love hearing this type of news