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Rob’s travel highlights of 2024

As we slowly get back into things after Christmas, Rhys and I are bringing you our annual reflections on our travel year gone by. If you’re looking for exciting tales of new aircraft and .....

As we slowly get back into things after Christmas, Rhys and I are bringing you our annual reflections on our .....

by Rob Burgess54 comments

Happy Christmas from the Head for Points team

Happy Christmas to you and your family from all of the team here at HfP. Thank you for your support over the past year. We managed to grow page views again – up 12% on 2023 to 32 million, on top .....

Happy Christmas to you and your family from all of the team here at HfP. Thank you for your support over the .....

by Rob Burgess110 comments

‘The Travel Brief’, the weekly Head for Points travel trade newsletter

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. If you are not a .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

by Rob Burgess

Review: the new The Resident Edinburgh hotel

This is our review of the newly opened The Resident Edinburgh hotel. The last time HfP reviewed The Resident was in May 2016 at The Resident Victoria in London (you can read the article here). We have .....

This is our review of the newly opened The Resident Edinburgh hotel. The last time HfP reviewed The Resident .....

by Conny Urban16 comments

What you missed on Head for Points last week

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to this free .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

by Rhys Jones2 comments

No1 Lounges is coming to Jersey next summer

Jersey Airport is getting a big increase in lounge space with the arrival of a brand new 148-seat No1 Lounge. It is scheduled to open in ‘late summer’ 2025. Crucially, this is a new lounge .....

Jersey Airport is getting a big increase in lounge space with the arrival of a brand new 148-seat No1 Lounge. .....

by Rhys Jones13 comments

YOTEL opens its first hotel in Japan today

It is now 17 years ago that YOTEL brought its Japanese-inspired capsule hotel concept to Gatwick airport. Since then the chain has grown and developed into three different YOTEL brands: YOTELAIR, .....

It is now 17 years ago that YOTEL brought its Japanese-inspired capsule hotel concept to Gatwick airport. .....

by Conny Urban9 comments

‘The Travel Brief’, the weekly Head for Points travel trade newsletter

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. If you are not a .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

by Rob Burgess

What you missed on Head for Points last week

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to this free .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

by Rhys Jones

Mandarin Oriental to manage two hotels from The Set Collection, leaving GHA

In a surprising move, Mandarin Oriental is taking over management of two luxury European hotels which HfP rates highly – The Conservatorium in Amsterdam (review here) and Hotel Lutetia in Paris .....

In a surprising move, Mandarin Oriental is taking over management of two luxury European hotels which HfP .....

by Rob Burgess33 comments

JetBlue adds Edinburgh-Boston (bookable on Avios), drops Gatwick-New York

JetBlue’s financial woes have been widely documented; the airline has failed to turn a profit since before the pandemic, and a new leadership team was brought in earlier this year to try to turn .....

JetBlue’s financial woes have been widely documented; the airline has failed to turn a profit since .....

by Rhys Jones46 comments

No1 Lounge opens in Heathrow Terminal 2

The brand new No1 Lounge in Heathrow Terminal 2 opened quietly yesterday, and today will be the first full day. The website is here. This will provide competition for the award-winning Plaza .....

The brand new No1 Lounge in Heathrow Terminal 2 opened quietly yesterday, and today will be the first full .....

by Rob Burgess

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