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October 26, 2016

Trump brand loses luster with affluent

  • It's difficult to know how any future loss of hotel bookings and events could hurt Donald Trump because his businesses are privately held, but he is vulnerable because so much rides on his name.
    • By MAE ANDERSON and BERNARD CONDON
    AP Business Writers

    AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm
    Rates for rooms at Trump's new D.C. hotel are being slashed as travelers weigh their options, and smartphone data suggest fewer people are visiting his properties compared to rival venues nearby.

    NEW YORK — Event planner Beth Bernstein decided she had had enough with Donald Trump after his 2005 hot-mic boasts about groping women came to light earlier this month. She removed photos of weddings she had thrown at a Trump hotel in Chicago from her website, wrote to hotel staff to remove her from the list of “preferred vendors” and posted a sort of call to arms on her blog.


     
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