Bits: England v Wales tickets, Calcot Manor bookable via Hilton, IC Singapore leaving IHG?

News in brief:

Hilton offering England v Wales tickets

As we have covered a few times in recent months, Hilton Honors has signed a comprehensive sponsorship deal with both Wembley Stadium and the Football Association.

This is ensuring that a steady stream of tickets for Wembley events (not just football) and England football games (not just Wembley ones) are appearing.

Tickets for the England v Wales friendly on 9th October are now available.

There are five pairs of luxury hospitality tickets being auctioned. These are for The One Twenty Club, the highest level of hospitality available. The minimum bid is 100,000 points per pair and I suspect they won’t go for much more.

An additional pair of VIP tickets is being auctioned along with a night at Hilton Wembley which is next to the stadium. The minimum bid is 150,000 Hilton Honors points and there are no bids as yet.

You can find out more on the Hilton Honors Experiences site here.

Calcot Manor now bookable via Hilton, for cash or points

Calcot Manor, now known at Calcot & Spa, is a boutique hotel in the Cotswolds, around three miles from Tetbury.

It is well known as an upmarket weekend break destination, similar to Cowley Manor Experimental which we reviewed last year.

Calcot & Spa has just been added to the list of Small Luxury Hotels properties which are bookable via the Hilton website.

This means that you can book rooms for cash via hilton.com – and earn Hilton Honors points and elite night credit – or redeem Hilton Honors points.

Elite members of Hilton Honors (Gold and above) will receive free breakfast and space-available upgrades when booking via hilton.com. Other elite benefits such as (non-guaranteed) late check-out do not apply on SLH bookings.

Redemptions are 110,000 points per night. As well as tiny ‘Cosy’ rooms, the larger ‘Comfort’ rooms are included. These cost £465 over most weekends, from what I can tell, so you are getting 0.42p per Hilton point. This is better than our target Hilton valuation of 0.33p per point.

You can find out more on this page of the Hilton website.

InterContinental Singapore closing?

The InterContinental hotel in Singapore (the old one on Middle Road, not the new InterContinental Singapore Robertson Quay) appears to be leaving IHG.

A comment on Flyertalk said that the hotel had been sold and that the new owners would be switching brands. I can’t find anything online to confirm this – so nothing seems certain – but a search on ihg.com shows that no rooms are currently available after 1st January 2026.