LHW 19.28 Promo Screenshot

Looks like all went according to plan for the Leading Hotels of the World this time around.  We managed to place our own order for a room with no technical breakdown at all.  We did only try towards the end of the 80 minutes, but the team over at Hotel Chatter were on the ball and live blogged the whole affair, managing to place an order with ease.

We will be very surprised to get a room given our late entry, but at least LHW have managed to save some face after the disastrous first attempt at what was a great promotion.

Leading Hotels of the World 19.28 Promotion

As promised, here is an update from Ted Tang of Leading Hotels of the World on their USD 19.28 Promotion.  These are his words:

I would like to once again express my gratitude for your continued support, understanding, and patience with The Leading Hotels of the World. Since October 1, we have explored and evaluated many solutions to the technological failures encountered during the online USD 19.28 Sale.

Some of you may not be aware, but in celebration of their 80th birthday, the Leading Hotels of the World created a great special offer to celebrate it - rooms for $19.28 per night, on-sale for just 80 minutes - LHW/1928.

Trouble is they used technology from 1928 to manage demand.  At 14:00 CET on 01 October the rooms went on sale but no-one could actually log in due to such high demand.  Despite knowing how many registrations they had, somehow they didn’t manage to manage demand.

This was a real shame, given the great idea and sensational offer.