W Hotels extends Whatever/Whenever service with the Acura Experience

QF009 · #1 (**permalink**) 20th March 2008, 01:31 PM

W Hotels and Acura Launch Landmark Brand Partnership: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance

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Beginning April 1, 2008 through January 31, 2009, guests of all 18 W Hotels in North America will have the option of being chauffeured across town in style in Acura’s 2008 MDX. Many of the properties will also feature an Acura Experience Desk in the W Living Rooms spaces, where guests can book the service. Offered as an extension of the W brand’s signature Whatever/Whenever Concierge Service, the Acura Experience will also feature signature W amenities, including the W brand’s hit “Warmth of Cool” CD, the W book and complimentary bottles of water.

Febs · #2 (**permalink**) 20th March 2008, 05:51 PM

So wait, you have to pay for the "experience" of being chauffered around in a Honda???

QF009 · #3 (**permalink**) 20th March 2008, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Febs

So wait, you have to pay for the "experience" of being chauffered around in a Honda???

I don't mind if the cost is competitive against using external chauffeurs. Then again that'd mean less Starpoints.