Become a Home Based Travel Agent

A StarwoodPro Update
By Chris Austin
Vice President, Global Retail Leisure & Luxury Sales

We recently graduated our 10,000 StarwoodPro from the first module of ProLearning, our professional learning and development portfolio.  That means, today, there are only 10,000 travel professionals who have access to our lowest industry rates, STARPRO rates. These rates start at $69 a night and are offered throughout the Starwood network of nine brands, 1,000 properties and almost 100 countries around the world.

If you have not yet completed the first module, Loyalty and Brands, we hope you will visit us today at www.starwoodpro.com and join our growing family of StarwoodPros. Then, you can take some time for yourself this summer and experience a Starwood property and then share the good news of that experience with your customers. 

ProLearning, built specifically to serve your needs, includes four business and sales oriented modules, and soon to come, our first two destination specific modules. Each module is designed to take less than half an hour and incorporates many of the sales and development training skills we utilize for our own Starwood associates.

We know many in the Home Based Travel Agent Community took the initiative to take the five minute learning burst, the Sheraton Check In On Us promotion, and registered for their free night stay at a newly renovated Sheraton property! First, and foremost, thank you for your time. And let us know how you enjoyed your stay at Sheraton and what you think of our $6 billion investments!

At Starwood, we continue to look for ways to help your business grow, add to your bottom line and be a good partner for you and a great product for your customers.

Recognizing that in a challenging economic year for all of our business, we hope you are taking advantage of our StarwoodPro “Book and Win BIG” one million Starpoints®. Every time a reservation is confirmed, via the GDS, web, Starwood call center or tour operator at any Starwood hotel or resort property, a travel professional is eligible to submit an entry into the sweepstakes. We know you, as a travel professional, have plenty of choices for  your customers’ hotel and resort stays and we certainly recognize and appreciate the decision to choose us.

Book & Win BIG prizes include:

•   Grand Prize – One Million Starpoints® to redeem in any way you wish*
•   Plus, twelve monthly prizes of 50,000 Starpoints®.
•   Five monthly land based vacations of 3 nights making a total of 60 land based vacations at Starwood Resorts in North America to be won.
*   Starpoints® will be awarded as part of the Starwood Preferred Guest® hotel loyalty program. See SPG.com for full program details.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Starwood Preferred Guest® is unique in its free night awards with no blackout dates or availability restrictions. Very simply, if there's a standard room available on the chosen night, it can be booked with starpoints. Free Night Awards can be redeemed for as few as 2,000 Starpoints® in popular cities or be used at rates of up to 35,000 points a night for stays at magnificent resorts in the world's most sought-after places, or upgrade to a Specialty Room or Suite at participating hotels starting at just 1,000 Starpoints®.