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Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as the latest reviews and features from the Head for Points team.
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This week’s top travel news stories:
A big surprise – InterContinental Manchester Deansgate on the way as the Hilton rebrands, image above
Finnair announces flights to Toronto, which will be bookable with Avios
Icelandic airline Play cuts its US routes entirely – a budget option to the East Coast disapppears
Lucknam Park hotel to launch Accor’s new Emblems Collection
Mandarin Oriental takes over the San Clemente Palace island resort in Venice from Kempinski
Win a trip to New York by registering with Virgin Hotels
Get 3-4-2 and 4-4-3 at Hilton’s luxury hotels in Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia
Big lounge changes in Manchester as the Escape lounge closes and BA moves to a temporary lounge in a corridor by Gate 37
Save 20% in the citizenM hotel sale – and rooms are fully cancellable
Get 1 month of Super Duolingo free if you are a Marriott Bonvoy member – and if you’re not a Bonvoy member, you can join for free and immediately claim your Super Duolingo code
Get a free £5 to spend with LNER trains when you join ‘LNER Perks’
This deal is now dead but if you want to read about it anyway – Book Manchester to New York in Aer Lingus business class for £850 return
Stories we recommend from other sites:
Qantas shutting down Jetstar Asia (Business Traveller)
The Savoy unveils redesigned rooms and suites (Boutique Hotelier)
Turkish Airlines adds flights from Birmingham, Dublin, Edinburgh, Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester (Business Traveller)
Our latest reviews:
How I got a flat bed on my Iberia flight from Madrid to London – you may not know that Iberia runs a long haul aircraft on one Heathrow-Madrid rotation per day, which means business class passengers get a very comfy trip indeed. Image above.
And on the way TO Spain, we reviewed Iberia Express short haul business class from London Gatwick to Madrid. It is surprisingly good – and Iberia Express also flies from Manchester and Edinburgh.
The latest UK travel loyalty news:
My 1p rule for picking the best ‘Avios and cash’ combination to book
Should you convert Amex, Heathrow Rewards or HSBC points to Avios on receipt?
Earn 2,000 to 10,000 bonus Marriott Bonvoy points per stay with a new promotion
Get a 70% bonus when you buy Virgin Points – worth it? Click here to buy
Earn double Avios with Avis car rentals
Get a 100% bonus when you buy Hilton Honors points – click here to buy
Accor Live Limitless opens up more tickets for its terrace at OVO Arena Wembley
Hyatt launches a generous bonus points promotion for its budget brands
Enter a draw to win 100,000 Accor points, worth €2,000, if you stay at two different brands
Amex Preferred Rewards Gold cuts its annual spend bonuses but not everyone will be worse off
Our credit card reviews series concludes:
Thank you for reading
Please drop me a note at rob@headforpoints.com with any feedback.
If you are booking a hotel this week, click here to read our summary of the best bonus points offers for June from the big chains.
See you next Monday,
Rob, Rhys, Sinead and Katie @ Head for Points
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