Luxury Hotels Offer Dollar Guarantee

This article originally appeared in the April 2004 issue of Dream of Italy

Luxury Hotels Offer Dollar Guarantee

Concerned about the dollar’s fall
against the euro? Two luxury
hotel groups want to calm your
worries and entice you to stay at their
hotels with the promise of a dollar
guarantee. Through the end of the summer,
selected members of Leading
Hotels of the World are offering
American
travelers a
fixed dollar
rate (based
on an
exchange
rate of $1.15
per euro) for hotel rooms. Travelers will
“know before they go” how much they
will be spending on accommodations.
Sample rates include $330 per night at
the Carlton Baglioni in Milan and $448
per night at Rome’s Hotel Majestic.
Dollar rates include taxes and service
charges. Members of Small Luxury
Hotels of the World are offering a similar
dollar guarantee through 2004. For
more information, contact Leading
Hotels: 800-223-6800; www.lhw.com or
Small Luxury Hotels: 800-525-4800;
www.slh.com.

–Marielena Martone