WWII museum sets attendance record
The National World War II Museum set a monthly attendance record in March.
Officials say the museum attracted 54,198 people, a 23 percent increase over the previous high of 44,800 visitors in March 2012.
The latest milestone comes just months after the grand opening of the U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center, which features new exhibits and artifacts, including a restored B-17E Flying Fortress and B-25J Mitchell.
The museum opened in 2000. Work has begun on another new pavilion, Campaigns of Courage: European and Pacific Theaters, which is slated to open in the spring of 2014.
Hotel program to offer free Internet
The world’s largest hotel company is giving its guests free Internet access. But there is a catch.
InterContinental Hotel Group, which is based in Britain and includes such brands as Holiday Inn, Intercontinental and Crowne Plaza hotels, said guests will get free Internet at all of IHG’s 4,600 hotels in more than 100 countries by joining its newly renamed loyalty reward program, IHG Rewards Club. To join, members must submit an email and a business or home address, which can be shared with third-party businesses.
The offer will begin in July for elite reward members, and extend to other members in 2014.
Hotel officials say the importance of Internet access was emphasized in a recent IHG survey, which found that 43 percent of adults who were asked said they would not stay in a hotel that charged for Internet access. In addition, 23 percent of people who were polled said free Internet in a hotel room is the most important amenity, according to the online survey of about 8,300 adults from several countries.
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