Italy Hotel Near Venice Offers Rooms for 1 Euro Cent
Society | August 16, 2009, Sunday // 10:47| views
The offer was up only Sunday night, but that was long enough for travelers to book dates running from October through 2010. On picture - Venice, Italy. File photo
A four-star hotel near Venice offered by mistake a surprisingly low-cost vacation for only EUR 0,01 (1 Euro cent).
The offer was supposed to be for a two-night stay at half price. A night at the 151-room hotel normally costs from EUR 90 to EUR 150.
The offer was up only Sunday night, but that was long enough for travelers to book dates running from October through 2010.
The hotel, the Crowne Plaza in Quarto D'Altino situated 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. It stands to lose EUR 90 000 , hotel spokesmen said.
The hotel first thought the offer was posted by a hacker. However, it turned out to be human error at the Atlanta, Georgia, offices of Intercontinental Hotels Group, the hotel's mother company.
"Although a pricing error, IHG is committed to honoring the 1-cent rate for guests who have a valid confirmation", a hotel representative explained.
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