SVN Announces “Travelocity Partner Network”

[nodge]

Continuing to step on Suzanne Clark’s (VP Owner Services) toes, Joel Pope (and I’m not making this title up) a “Sr. VP of Customer Experience and Resort Operations,” just emailed us an owner newsletter. In it he makes the following comment:

“Starwood Vacation Network will soon offer one-stop travel booking through Travelocity Partner Network(TM). In addition to making resort reservations online, you will be able to book airline tickets and rental cars at mystarcentral.com. Travelocity's Flight NavigatorSM technology will allow you to execute advanced searches, scan available airfares and seats, and compare travel dates, airlines, airports, car rental companies and much more.

With this comprehensive booking engine, making travel plans will be easier than ever before. Travelocity negotiates low-priced deals with the world's most reputable travel providers—hotels, car rental companies, cruise lines and other destination services—to ensure you have a wide variety of travel options to consider for your 2008 travel.”


So what are the chances that Joel’s comment about “making resort reservations online” refers to actually booking our SVN timeshares online? I’m too tired of SVN’s false promises to get excited here.

I’m guessing it’ll just be a link to Travelocity.com, and the “resort reservations” he’s referring to is just booking hotel rooms via Travelocity, which we can already do now just by logging into Travelocity’s web site.

Thoughts?

-nodge

 

[pointsjunkie]

i always thought that if we booked a starwood hotel with travelocity or its competitors we would not get our starpoint bonus. now that will be waived, since they will be partners.

 

[DeniseM]

I just noticed that there was not one word about it being a better deal or a discounted rate for owners...

 

[formerhater]

Only the added convenience of having to log on to mystarcentral to use travelocity features...

 

[rocky]

“Travelocity Partner Network” - yawn. yawn. yawn. It's like those "owners only" special purchases on mystarcentral for all that random stuff that costs 30% more than it would anywhere else on the internet.

Ummm SVO guys, how about you go fix the Starpoints valuations for your owners and put that in the next newsletter. This year's starpoint devaluation did all your owners wrong and it needs to be fixed. You know it. And I'm sure you've done your "annual review" of starpoint valuations and surely the data would indicate the owners are a) currently being ripped-off and that b) fixing this "benefit" is at the top of every one of your beloved owner's lists of things that need repair in SVO-land.