Hilton for business is born, gives away 7500 points and some benefits for SMEs
In recent days Hilton Honors, the loyalty program of the world's second largest hotel chain, launched an appendix [...]
In recent days Hilton Honors, the loyalty program of the world's second largest hotel chain, has Launched an appendix to the main program designed for small and medium-sized companies, in this article I try to explain features and operation.
What is Hilton for business
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This novelty offers a Comprehensive set of tools designed to improve the travel booking and management experience business and provides Hilton Honors benefits to member companies and their employees worldwide.
Hilton for Business responds to a growing need: data obtained from Hilton revealed that 75% of Hilton Honors member companies are small and medium-sized enterprises that book business travel and manage it in-house, without using travel agencies.
Benefits for businesses
The program allows you to earn the following bonuses upon reaching certain milestones through the award-winning Hilton Honors loyalty program:
- Simple enrollment procedure And no new accounts to manage.
- Businesses that participate in Hilton for Business receive 7,500 Hilton Honors points as soon as any member of the program completes their first stay at the hotel.
- For every 10 nights of stay by a program member, the company receives 5,000 Hilton points, which remain on the company account and can be distributed among the manager and/or any member of the Hilton for Business program.
- Individual travelers, including owners and employees, Will continue to earn personal Hilton Honors benefits and points on each stay.
Who can participate in the Hilton for Business program?
Did you get your flight cancelled, miss your connection, land late?
You could get up to 600€ compensation per person
As mentioned, there is nothing bureaucratic, no need to send documents or certify the company. It is required "only" to have an e-mail box.
The only limitation for membership Is that you must have a business e-mail address with a business e-mail domain. Simply put, you cannot activate a business account with an @gmail, tim or libero mailbox.
The program is operational worldwide and for all SMEs as long as the company does not have an active contract with Hilton. Since an administrator account is not created, one must be enrolled in order to hook the business profile to the personal profile.
How do you book rooms with Hilton for Business?
In the future, when you or your colleagues access the usual Hilton website/app, you will be able to choose whether to see "Hilton for Business" rates in addition to the standard rates:
- cost about 2% less Than the best flexible rate for members
- If available, check-out time is 2:00 p.m.
- you get the standard cancellation fees usually until the day before arrival
- "Hilton for Business" rates are NOT cheaper than prepayment rates
Who manages the business points
The person who created the "Hilton for Business" account decides what to do with the points. You can transfer them to your Hilton Honors account or transfer them to one of the registered employees.
Points cannot be redeemed directly from the "Hilton for Business" account. Points must first be transferred to a personal account.
In conclusion
Simple and painless, it took me about 30 seconds to activate my company. The 7500 point bonus is a nice gift, I hardly book pre-paid fares, and so the 2% discount might at the end of the year turn out to be a small savings, combined also with the 500 bonus points that each booking carries with it.
