Fitzpatricks Hotels "Joy of Summer" Competition
First off, full disclosure, although I work in the Travel trade I am in no way associated with Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel. To be honest, after seeing their latest marketing ploy make its way to my inbox I wouldn't want to be either.
The above image was attached to the following email:
"Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel has great news for you...
To celebrate the launch of its wonderful Summer Break Packages, we would like to treat you to a wonderful weekend of luxury.
You and a friend will enjoy :
- a 2 night stay in a Luxurious Suite
- wine & chocolates on arrival
- a sumptuous dinner in one of Fitzpatricks Award-Winning restaurants
And
- a wonderful relaxtion treatment of choice in our Treatment Rooms
To indulge yourself in this weekend away, all you have to do is:
Simply send this email to 8 friends and cc competition@fitzpatricks.com by Monday, June 15th for your chance to enjoy a relaxing weekend away.
Please see our Summer Break Packagesn Attached to forward to your 8 friends"
Essentially what they've done is ask 1 person to give up 9 email addresses in order to win a competition. So what do they do with the email addresses after that? I can guess, I'm sure you can too.
I suppose this just gives them more publicity though, doesn't it... *sigh*
The above image was attached to the following email:
"Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel has great news for you...
To celebrate the launch of its wonderful Summer Break Packages, we would like to treat you to a wonderful weekend of luxury.
You and a friend will enjoy :
- a 2 night stay in a Luxurious Suite
- wine & chocolates on arrival
- a sumptuous dinner in one of Fitzpatricks Award-Winning restaurants
And
- a wonderful relaxtion treatment of choice in our Treatment Rooms
To indulge yourself in this weekend away, all you have to do is:
Simply send this email to 8 friends and cc competition@fitzpatricks.com by Monday, June 15th for your chance to enjoy a relaxing weekend away.
Please see our Summer Break Packagesn Attached to forward to your 8 friends"
Essentially what they've done is ask 1 person to give up 9 email addresses in order to win a competition. So what do they do with the email addresses after that? I can guess, I'm sure you can too.
I suppose this just gives them more publicity though, doesn't it... *sigh*
3 comments:
Just got this in my inbox from a friend, minus the attachment. The email I received doesn't even say that it's a competition, it's a basic given that if you send the email to 8 other people, you get a free weekend away.
Yeah. Right.
Why do people fall for these everytime!
I just got this email as well.
I honestly can't believe that an established business would actually use a chain letter as a way of marketing.
I won't ever go there because of this.
This is a hoax, it's a variation of the Ericsson chain mail hoax see .. http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/internet/a/ericsson_hoax.htm
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