blog:Venice hotel mistake creates rush for 1 cent weekend
Posted in weekend on August 17th, 2009 by admin – 1 CommentROME (Reuters) – Hundreds of holiday makers struck lucky when they chanced upon a very
special offer — a mistake in a hotel booking system which offered a romantic four-star
weekend in Italy’s lagoon city of Venice for 1 cent.The offer, a tiny fraction of the Crowne
Plaza Quarto D’Altino’s normal rate of up to 150 euros ($214) a night, was quickly withdrawn
when staff realized the mistake, Italian state TV reported.In just a few hours, some 1,400
nights had been booked under the tariff, costing an estimated 90,000 euros for the hotel,
part of the Intercontinental Hotels Group, the world’s largest chain, media reported.Staff
at the hotel, some 25 km (16 miles) outside Venice, declined to comment. A spokeswoman for
Intercontinental Hotels Group was not immediately available.
