Italian hotel mistakenly offers 1-cent weekend

**Jason** · 08-17-2009, 06:36 AM

A four-star hotel near Venice mistakenly offered the ultimate low-cost vacation — a romantic weekend in the Italian lagoon city for 1 euro cent.

Not surprisingly, the Crowne Plaza in Quarto D'Altino, 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) from Venice, received bookings for the equivalent of 1,400 room nights on the night the rate was posted on its Web site, the hotel chain acknowledged. And it seems those bookings may be valid.

The hotel first thought the offer was posted by a hacker, sales manager Fulvio Danesin said Friday. But it turned out to be human error at the Atlanta, Georgia, offices of Intercontinental Hotels Group, the hotel's mother company, he said.

The offer was supposed to be for a two-night stay at half price. A night at the 151-room hotel normally costs between euro90 ($128) and euro150 ($214).

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090815/...cent_weekend_4

**beefers1** · 08-17-2009, 10:39 AM

Man... the flight costs would've been well offset by the 1 cent hotel room.

**Cathy95820** · 08-20-2009, 09:33 AM

ya, too bad we live on the other side of the planet

should book, prepay and put on ebay

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Jason Faugh a ballagh Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Pasco, FL Posts: 8,476 OS: Windows Vista My System Blog Entries: 2	Italian hotel mistakenly offers 1-cent weekend A four-star hotel near Venice mistakenly offered the ultimate low-cost vacation — a romantic weekend in the Italian lagoon city for 1 euro cent. Not surprisingly, the Crowne Plaza in Quarto D'Altino, 15.5 miles (25 kilometers) from Venice, received bookings for the equivalent of 1,400 room nights on the night the rate was posted on its Web site, the hotel chain acknowledged. And it seems those bookings may be valid. The hotel first thought the offer was posted by a hacker, sales manager Fulvio Danesin said Friday. But it turned out to be human error at the Atlanta, Georgia, offices of Intercontinental Hotels Group, the hotel's mother company, he said. The offer was supposed to be for a two-night stay at half price. A night at the 151-room hotel normally costs between euro90 ($128) and euro150 ($214). http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090815/...cent_weekend_4 __________________ Posting Tips \| Advice for New People \| Common Fixes \| Agus na damnaithe fágtha gan focal Glaoigh ormsa i measc na naomh

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Cathy95820 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,368 OS: Windows XP Svs.Pk 3	Re: Italian hotel mistakenly offers 1-cent weekend ya, too bad we live on the other side of the planet should book, prepay and put on ebay __________________ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * We are but a moment's sunlight fading in the grass... * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *