What is a hotel mattress run, and how do you do one? I thought I would take a look at the concept of ‘mattress runs’ today.  A ‘mattress run’ involves booking a .....

What is a hotel mattress run, and how do you do one? I thought I would take a look at the concept of .....

28 Oct 202128 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 112 comments

In a move that will cause much grinding of teeth from IHG loyalists, and whoops of joy from Hyatt fans, Crowne Plaza London The City will rebrand on 1st March. The hotel will become Hyatt Regency .....

In a move that will cause much grinding of teeth from IHG loyalists, and whoops of joy from Hyatt fans, Crowne .....

21 Oct 202121 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 24 comments

IHG Rewards, the loyalty programme for Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental, Hotel Indigo etc, has brought back its generous promotion for new members. The snag, of course, is that .....

IHG Rewards, the loyalty programme for Holiday Inn, HI Express, Crowne Plaza, InterContinental, Hotel Indigo .....

19 Oct 202119 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

We normally get to hear about new IHG hotels before they get anywhere near opening, but the new InterContinental Mina Al Arab resort in Ras Al-Khaimah seems to have popped out of nowhere. IHG has a .....

We normally get to hear about new IHG hotels before they get anywhere near opening, but the new .....

17 Oct 202117 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

Hotel news in brief: IHG Rewards launches a ‘Stay Longer’ offer IHG Rewards is running another of its occasional ‘Stay Longer’ offers, covering participating hotels in the UK .....

Hotel news in brief: IHG Rewards launches a ‘Stay Longer’ offer IHG Rewards is running another of .....

7 Oct 20217 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel .....

As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions .....

5 Oct 20215 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Creation Financial Services, issuers of the IHG Rewards and (closed to new customers) Marriott Visa credit cards, made a very aggressive move on Friday in its dispute with Curve Card. It appears that .....

Creation Financial Services, issuers of the IHG Rewards and (closed to new customers) Marriott Visa credit .....

1 Oct 20211 October 2021 by Rob Burgess • 860 comments

News in brief: IHG’s Six Senses brand takes over a high end Maldives resort This certainly came out of the blue, but it is welcome news regardless. The Kanuhura resort in the Maldives, once .....

News in brief: IHG’s Six Senses brand takes over a high end Maldives resort This certainly came out of .....

23 Sep 202123 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Here is an example of how commenting on HfP can (occasionally) get a problem solved. A few days ago, multiple commented about problems with the free night voucher issued with the IHG Rewards Premium .....

Here is an example of how commenting on HfP can (occasionally) get a problem solved. A few days ago, multiple .....

21 Sep 202121 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

IHG Rewards has launched its Autumn promotion and you can register now via this link. It bears a striking resemblence to the previous May to August promotion …. It could be very lucrative if you .....

IHG Rewards has launched its Autumn promotion and you can register now via this link. It bears a striking .....

15 Sep 202115 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel .....

As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions .....

12 Sep 202112 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your miles INTO a hotel .....

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  .....

9 Sep 20219 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

IHG Rewards has extended its ‘fast track’ promotion for status. It is, on the face of it, very generous but you still need to accept the fact that IHG Rewards status has virtually no .....

IHG Rewards has extended its ‘fast track’ promotion for status. It is, on the face of it, very .....

8 Sep 20218 September 2021 by Rob Burgess • 57 comments

As teased two weeks ago as part of its half year financial results, IHG will soon have its own version of Hilton’s Curio, Marriott’s Autograph or Hyatt’s Unbound Collection. The .....

As teased two weeks ago as part of its half year financial results, IHG will soon have its own version of .....

25 Aug 202125 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments