Bookings at Trump Hotels Plummet

[applegrove]

Bookings at Trump Hotels Plummet

By Priceonomics Data Studio

http://priceonomics.com/bookings-at-trump-hotels-plummet/

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The Trump brand is associated with a variety of hotels, apartments, and products. On one hand, a growing number of political supporters could boost sales of Trump products; on the other, a growing number of political detractors could lead people to avoid his brand. So which of these two forces is stronger?

To answer this question, we analyzed hotel data from Hipmunk, a Priceonomics Customer. Focusing on Trump Hotels’ most-booked locations, we compared bookings this year to the previous year (before Trump attracted national political attention).

The results? Bookings at Trump Hotels are down big time: they have decreased 59% compared to the same period last year on Hipmunk. It seems that customers willing to spend $500 a night on a Trump Hotel room may not be fans of Trump the political candidate.

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While overall Hipmunk hotel bookings have been on the rise year-over-year, that has not been the case with bookings of Trump Hotels.



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[babylonsister]

1. Excellent! I love that his personal investments are suffering.

Maybe he'll just go away?

[Urchin]

5. Won't bother Trump

He'll just claim bankruptcy again.

Or maybe his lenders will cut him a good deal because without the Trump name on the hotels, they're just big boxes filled with fast funiture.

[Demoiselle]

28. But it will bother all the hotel workers.

No, I'm not suggesting we should feel sorry for Trump. But it's sadly true that the bigger a greedy idiot gets, the more people his stupidity hurts...

[dhill926]

2. good....

I hope every one of his goddamn businesses tanks...and I'm betting most of his drool stained supporters can't afford to stay in one of his hotels anyway..

[ailsagirl]

23. +100

[0rganism]

3. post-election, will he declare bankruptcy *again* and get a nice bailout?

i guess he's too rich to fail

[kimbutgar]

4. I still think the banksters are going to stop giving him the loans he uses to leverage his empire

Imagine right in the middle of his campaign he starts having financial problems, the argument could be his empire is collapsing imagine how he would manage the country? Followed by an apocalyptic scene of America crumbling.

[usedtobedemgurl]

36. Well his campaign is already having financial problems....

He recently told the RNC his campaign is out of funds!!!

[Fritz Walter]

6. Is "boo hoo" hyphenated? N/T

[3catwoman3]

10. When you spell it...

...boo-fucking-hoo it is.

[Urchin]

7. Here's how he does it

Here's one explanation of Tump's business strategy:

[tenderfoot]

8. Yeah. Because most of his voters can't afford to stay at them.

Plus, they're all shite!

[Demobrat]

9. I stayed in the Trump tower in Vegas a few years ago.

I chose it because it's smoke free and there's no casino. So you can actually breathe in there. In hotels where smoking is allowed in the casinos even the non-smoking rooms reek. So it was a great find for me.

Today I wouldn't darken the doorway. Nice to know I'm not alone.

[MH1]

13. I never would have expected the Trump hotel to not have a casino.

But that definitely would be a plus. (Not outweighing the Trump aspect now, however.)

The only times I've stayed in Vegas it was for a conference for work, and I stayed with my group. At the Venetian. Or was it the Palazzo? Anyway having to walk through the casino to get anywhere was really annoying. Not to mention, assuming you could actually find one to buy, an apple would cost $3. (ONE apple). A freakin' pastry for breakfast was like $8. I don't mean room service, either.

I was thinking if I go to this shindig again I might check out the Best Western around the block ...

[IronLionZion]

20. The Nevada Gaming Commission did not find Trump trustworthy

for a casino license.

Which is false: http://www.snopes.com/nevada-gaming-denied-trump/ It sounds like a business decision more than a licensing issue.

But I still like the meme and for people to understand that he's not to be trusted. He's had casino problems in other areas and legal battles in the past.

There are plenty of hotels in the LV area that are not attached to casinos, and many people go there and never step foot in a casino if we can help it.

[Bigredhunk]

11. -

Classic!

[Fla Dem]

12. If, and it's a big if, Trump won the presidency would he have to divest

himself from all his properties and investments? Or would they have to be put into some type of blind holdings?

[Bucky]

14. it's traditional. LBJ continued to control his blind trust though

Trump would probly do the same

[katmondoo]

15. His kids would control all

[HillareeeHillaraah]

16. The same kids who forgot to register

As republicans so they could vote for him? Those kids?

Hmmm....interesting ~

[Bucky]

18. and he controls his kids

[Hekate]

25. Bush Senior put everything in a blind trust. I remember Doonesbury riffing on it...

....claiming he had "put his manhood in a blind trust." It was quite funny at the time.

[Wounded Bear]

17. Couldn't happen to a nicer guys....

[gollygee]

19. I would be embarrassed to stay at a hotel with the name "Trump" on it.

I recently chaperoned a group of teens on a trip to Chicago. The kids wanted to know which building was Trump Tower. I thought they were Trump fans until they found it and then mercilessly made fun of him.

[smirkymonkey]

22. So would I. I don't associate the name Trump with luxury or class.

I associate it with tackiness and social climbing.

[Califonz]

21. Wonder what the rates are for election night...

Seems one could negotiate a pretty good rate if bookings are down.

[RAFisher]

24. I want this to true, but the data and methodology looks very questionable.

The chart below compares the percentage of bookings on Hipmunk for Trump Hotels’ most popular locations in 2015 (before his campaign received much attention) to the percentage of bookings in 2016 (as the campaign receives ample media attention).

Well Trump was not running for President in 2015 Q1 so no shit his campaign wasn't getting much attention, it didn't exist. That mistake alone really makes me question if the author knows what he or she is talking about. Moreover there seems to be a selective exclusion of the data between 2015 Q1 and 2016 Q1. Why was data from 2015 Q2,Q3 and Q4 excluded? My guess it that it did not show a negative trend that the author claims is there.

Another point I don't understand is why use percentage of bookings instead of number of booking. The actual number of bookings could be exactly the same between 2015 Q1 and 2016 Q1. Hell it could have actually increased! A decrees in percent of bookings could just mean more people are using Hipmunk to book other hotels at a greater rate than Trump Hotels. Keep in mind all this data is from people who use Hipmunk to book their hotel, not the actual numbers.

I'm no fan of Trump, fuck that guy. But this is just a fluff piece to get more people using Hipmunk. The actual analysis is piss poor.

[hobbit709]

26. $500 a night is way out of my price range no matter who owns the hotel.

[ailsagirl]

27. I wouldn't stay there if you paid me

He represents just about everything I find reprehensible-- he's the lowest scum imaginable

[rladdi]

29. None of the Trump hotel rooms are worth the money he charges. You can stay at some

great Marriott hotels and pay less for much better rooms and service. Donald is all talk and bragging.

[applegrove]

30. Maybe that is why he won't release his tax returns. Maybe his net worth, and how he valuates his

his name, has completely tanked in the last year.

[Miigwech]

31. HA ha

I guess all the Mexicans, Muslims, and people of conscience are dumping Trump! Kick him in the purse .... huts more then a kick to balls, cause he doesn't have any!

[SunSeeker]

32. Good.

[AgadorSparticus]

33. I would be embarrassed to stay there. Seriously, I would stay at a motel 6 before I stay at anythin

That has trump on it. I would not give that racist, mysogynistic douchebag one cent. Not one.

[47of74]

34. If I wouldn't have stayed at one of his roach motels before

I sure as hell won't now.

[Feeling the Bern]

35. Which ones are his so I can help him by booking at a competitor? Oh and tell me Adelson's ones too

so I can avoid his as well.

[meow2u3]

37. Question is, is there a boycott of tRump hotels?

If so, I say congratulations!