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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:
The battle for the future of Heathrow Airport is not just about a third runway
British Airways to begin a First Wing ‘refresh’ in Terminal 5 on Monday
The excellent £99 Manchester private terminal deal is now permanent
Wizz Air launches flights from Glasgow to Italy
Accor might put 16 upscale brands up for IPO – is the loyalty scheme to blame?
Get cheap business class fares to Asia and Australia with China Southern
American and Delta introduce ‘One Stop Security’ on some Heathrow flights
Two historic Scottish hotels, Mar Hall and The Bruntsfield, join Global Hotel Alliance
The DoubleTree London Docklands hotel is to become a hostel!
Stories we recommend from other sites:
Virgin Atlantic to increase capacity to Dubai and Cape Town (Business Traveller)
Relief at Gatwick as strikes called off following pay offer (UK Aviation News)
Mandarin Oriental Mayfair ends partnership with chef Akira Back (Boutique Hotelier)
easyJet Airbus A320s clip wings In Manchester causing delays and damage (Simple Flying)
Our latest reviews:
Conny reviews the Waldorf Astoria Versailles Trianon Palace hotel – a surprisingly impressive property on the doorstep of the Palace of Versaille in south west Paris. Image above.
Katie heads to Madrid to review the Hilton Madrid Airport hotel – is it a good choice if you need to stopover? Image below.
The latest UK travel loyalty news:
How do you earn tier points from BA Holidays in The British Airways Club?
New: Collect 5,000 Avios with Nutmeg
How to redeem Avios on Oman Air – and why you might want to
Loganair is running a ‘Double Avios’ offer for flights booked by Tuesday
What is the British Airways On Business redemption chart?
Get 2,000 Hilton points, £20 driving credit and £40 off the joining fee with Enterprise Car Club
Earn double points with Virgin Trains Ticketing
Get a 20% discount when you buy World of Hyatt points, and annual limit doubled – click here to buy
Get 2,000 Virgin Points when you buy a Railcard
Get double points with Marriott Bonvoy Homes & Villas
What are Accor Live Limitless points worth? We begin our annual series of valuation updates
What are Hilton Honors points worth?
What are IHG One Rewards hotel points worth?
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 August from the big chains.
See you next Monday,
Rob, Rhys, Sinead and Katie @ Head for Points
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