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Not many people know that IHG – owner of the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc hotel brands – has a scheme aimed at travel bookers and small businesses. It is called .....
Not many people know that IHG – owner of the InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza etc hotel .....
20 Sep 202320 September 2023 • 9 comments
British Airways has released a number of schedule improvements for the summer 2024 flying season. The reason this is interesting is that these seats were only made available for booking in the last .....
British Airways has released a number of schedule improvements for the summer 2024 flying season. The reason .....
19 Sep 202319 September 2023 • 69 comments
Like virtually all other frequent flyer schemes, British Airways Executive Club lets you issue tickets for other people using your Avios. Unless you are in a BA Household Account, there are no .....
Like virtually all other frequent flyer schemes, British Airways Executive Club lets you issue tickets for .....
19 Sep 202319 September 2023 • 91 comments
Accor Hotels, the ibis, Novotel, Pullman, Mercure, Sofitel, Fairmont etc group, is running a short European sale until Friday. The details are here. When you book for 2+ nights, you will receive a 20% .....
Accor Hotels, the ibis, Novotel, Pullman, Mercure, Sofitel, Fairmont etc group, is running a short European .....
19 Sep 202319 September 2023
Air Belgium, which is currently operating one daily round-trip from Heathrow to Chicago on behalf of British Airways, has placed itself into an insolvency protection process. The good news is that the .....
Air Belgium, which is currently operating one daily round-trip from Heathrow to Chicago on behalf of British .....
19 Sep 202319 September 2023 • 4 comments
Whilst it disappeared for a year or so during the pandemic, Hilton has an attractive discount code for UK residents who work in the public sector. If you work in a qualifying role then you .....
Whilst it disappeared for a year or so during the pandemic, Hilton has an attractive discount .....
19 Sep 202319 September 2023 • 53 comments
It is only four weeks since Hilton last launched a new hotel brand, with the opening of the first Tempo hotel in New York. You can never have too many brands, it seems, and last week saw the opening .....
It is only four weeks since Hilton last launched a new hotel brand, with the opening of the first Tempo hotel .....
18 Sep 202318 September 2023
Back in May, Stansted Express resumed a ‘four trains per hour’ service during the morning and evening peaks for the first time since the pandemic. This didn’t go down well with .....
Back in May, Stansted Express resumed a ‘four trains per hour’ service during the morning and .....
18 Sep 202318 September 2023 • 19 comments
Most people think that the British Airways Executive Club tiers are Blue, Bronze, Silver and Gold. There is also Gold Guest List – see here for how you get that – but it is a subset .....
Most people think that the British Airways Executive Club tiers are Blue, Bronze, Silver and Gold. There .....
18 Sep 202318 September 2023 • 44 comments
Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. This newsletter is the successor to Malcolm Ginsberg’s Business .....
Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest .....
18 Sep 202318 September 2023
If you are a newcomer to the world of Avios (and this is an article aimed at newcomers), I generally recommend that you try Club Europe business class on short-haul redemptions from Heathrow .....
If you are a newcomer to the world of Avios (and this is an article aimed at newcomers), I generally .....
17 Sep 202317 September 2023 • 85 comments
IHG One Rewards is continuing with its new promotion which offers a 15% discount on redemptions at selected new hotels. The list has been extended with more new hotels so I thought we’d take .....
IHG One Rewards is continuing with its new promotion which offers a 15% discount on redemptions at selected .....
17 Sep 202317 September 2023 • 8 comments
This article looks at how to earn Avios points from stays at NH Hotels and nhow. It is now over a decade since Avios was launched and the British Airways and Iberia loyalty schemes given the same .....
This article looks at how to earn Avios points from stays at NH Hotels and nhow. It is now over a decade since .....
17 Sep 202317 September 2023 • 7 comments
There was a lot of concern in early 2023 about the ‘status cliff’, with literally millions of frequent travellers due to lose their airline or hotel status due to reduced 2022 travel and .....
There was a lot of concern in early 2023 about the ‘status cliff’, with literally millions of .....
16 Sep 202316 September 2023 • 26 comments
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