Mad Men Have Hamptonality Too

Guests who stay between August 4 and November 15, 2009 on the Mad Men rate are automatically entered to win a glamorous trip for two to the Big Apple. Guests can book through HiltonFamily.com/madmen or hampton.com.

What can you win?

• Two roundtrip tickets to NYC
• Three nights at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in NYC
• A Fedora hat worn by Don Draper (main character on the show)
• Makeover for the winner by a Mad Men stylist
• Lunch, drinks and dinner gift certificates at Mad Men inspired restaurants in NYC
• Mad Men inspired tour of NYC
• Season 1 and 2 on DVD
• Signed script

There's an app for that...

The brand is always looking for new ways to make it easy for travelers to find a Hampton when they need one. Now, there’s an app for that! Hampton has an exciting new partnership with USA TODAY to offer AutoPilot, an iPhone Travel application on the Apple App Store. AutoPilot, which will be available this fall, helps users track their trip and flight itineraries and provides quick, one-click access to convenient hotel choices like Hampton.

American Towns

Check us out on their blog too...

www.americantowns.com/az/goodyear

Enjoy the rain and sticky cool weather today!

AARP Members Rest Easy

AARP members who enter promotional code AARP and their AARP number when booking their reservations online between July 1 and August 31, 2009, will be entered in a drawing to win a complete set of Hampton Cloud Nine bedding!

Nine lucky winners will receive their choice of a king or queen-sized bedding set including:

• two feather/down pillows


• two lumbar pillow inserts


• two lumbar pillow covers


• one duvet insert


• one duvet cover


• one quilted mattress pad


• one bed skirt

See you soon!

eAdvantage

eAdvantage is an exclusive online program designed to help simplify corporate travel.

With eAdvantage, companies can get one-click access to their locally negotiated rates, keep tabs on employees’ travels and expenditures through real-time reports, and benefit from special promotions.

eAdvantage is available at: http://www.hiltonfamilyeadvantage.com/.

Check it out!!

Goodyear at a glance...

Average
median
temp:
72°F


Goodyear is approximately 6-8 miles wide and 37 miles long

Average number of sunny days: 320 annually

Goodyear was founded in 1917 by Paul Litchfield of Goodyear Tire & Ruber Company

Goodyear was the third fastest-growing place among all cities and towns in Arizona of any size between 1990 and 2000

A haboob is a real thing...I swear!

The word haboob comes from the Arabic word هبوب "strong wind or 'phenomenon'."

A haboob is a type of intense sandstorm commonly observed in the Sahara desert, as well as throughout Kuwait, and in the most arid regions of Iraq. In the United States, they are frequently observed in the deserts of Arizona outside of Phoenix.

During thunderstorm formation, winds move in a direction opposite to the storm's travel, and they will move from all directions into the thunderstorm. When the storm collapses and begins to release precipitation, wind directions reverse, gusting outward from the storm and generally gusting the strongest in the direction of the storm's travel.

When this downdraft, or downburst, reaches the ground, dry, loose sand from the desert settings is essentially blown up, creating a wall. This wall of sand can be up to 60 miles wide and a few miles in high. At their strongest, haboob winds can travel at 20-30 mph and they may approach with little to no warning and can create zero visibility!

Cell Phone Chargers

If you are like most everybody else you have left a cell phone charger or two behind in a hotel room after you have checked out. You get home unpack and realize that once again you are going to have to make a trip to Best Buy. Well, here's a little secret...most hotels I have ever been to or worked at have a box full of cell phone chargers that have been left behind. Next time you check in ask if you can search the hotels cell phone charger box to see if one of the left behind chargers fits your phone!

What is a monsoon you ask?

During the monsoon, or summer thunderstorm season, Arizona experiences more severe weather than many other states. These summer thunderstorms can be dangerous. Monsoon is a weather condition that is actually defined as a season. In Arizona, we typically experience monsoon storms during the summer. Humidity levels increase and the season is marked by wind storms, dust storms, and periods of heavy desert rains. On rare occasions, a severe storm may even spawn a tornado. More often, we experience high winds, dust storms and severe downpours resulting in flash floods during this season.

In Phoenix, the monsoon is considered to have arrived when we have three consecutive days of dew point averages of 55 degrees or higher. The average starting date of the monsoon is July 7. The average ending date of the monsoon is September 13.

Christmas in July

How to Celebrate? Check out Winter in July at the Phoenix Zoo. QVC and Home Shopping Network will have Christmas In July shopping specials. Hallmark unveils their Christmas ornament collection. Christmas and holiday movies are on TV, or you can rent your holiday favorite. Put on some holiday music and organize your Christmas stuff. Declutter your garage and closets with donations to children's hospitals or other charitable organizations. Share now, declutter, and be ready for the Holidays!