What Would You Most Like to Get for Free at a Hotel?

The following results were taken from a Linkedin survey asking "What Would You Most Like to Get for Free at a Hotel?"

Linkedin Members: Comments:

Peter

Peter Jeffries • It seems to me that the bush is leading the charge in the area of free wifi! I also think the industry could learn from their country counterparts in the art of friendliness.

24 days ago Voted for Late check-out

Jan

Jan Dickens • Free WiFi should be available but I don't think Australia has the capacity to provide this. Hotel bookings should be for at least 22 hrs - this would enable the hotel to have 2 hours cleaning time and still keep their occupancy rates.

27 days ago | Voted for Wireless internet

Lee

Lee Oliveira • Australia is way behind when it comes to free wifi in hotels. Every hotel should at least have free wifi in the lobby. They would need to upgrade their system if a hotel was going to offer free wifi. Some hotels I've stayed at that offer free wifi are extremely slow because of the amount of people using it.

about 1 month ago

Phillip

Phillip Fitzgibbon • wifi should be free in Hotels, if you ask nicely you can usually get late check out free anyway

about 1 month ago | Voted for Wireless internet

Makoto "Mak"

Makoto "Mak" Arai • Free WiFi for sure - Just imagine when you have to sign in and even agree to pay for such basic infrastructure, first thing at hotel after hours of tiresome flight(s)...

about 1 month ago | Voted for Wireless internet

James

James Rennie • Absolutely free WiFi. You have already paid a premimum to stay there so why not offer something that is free in other parts of the world

about 1 month ago | Voted for Wireless internet

Mathew

Mathew Thompson • I have recently returned from a Western USA road trip. I found it interesting that of the five hotels I stayed in, it was the "mum and dad" operators to provide free WiiFi and it was the major national chains who failed to deliver. Unless corporate's refuse to book group travel with hotels failing to step into the 21st century, they won't change their ways, vote with your feet people!

about 1 month ago | Voted for Wireless internet

Carmel

Carmel Hutt • I would like Free WiFI and late a Late Check Out

Ella

Ella Conway • honestly, I think Wifi and Late check outs should be at no extra charge at all.

View the Survey

No More Five Star Australia Hotels

The development of new five star hotels in Australia is looking increasingly unlikely, according to industry experts.

Room rates are not high enough resulting in lower returns, according to Tourism Australia general manager destination development, Craig Davidson.

“The returns just don’t stack up,” he told a conference in Sydney. “We see the majority of new hotels being built in the four star market which is where the new Sydney Airport hotel will most likely sit.”

Karen Wales, senior vice president research and strategic advisory Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, agreed that growth would most likely occur

In the lower brackets.

“Most visitors are looking for budget or mid-market accommodation,” she said.

But with even lower room rates, these properties were also difficult to make viable, she added.

Meanwhile, chairman and founder of Anthology Hotels Grant Hunt drew a question mark over the existence of luxury properties in Australia.

“I don’t think that we do luxury in Australia,” he said. “We don’t have the service or the staff.”

(Source: Travel Today, December 2011)

Brisbane Hotel Reviews: No More Five Star Australia Hotels