If you’re heading down to Sydney this year, here is a good hotel deal to consider. In mid April, a new Crowne Plaza hotel is opening – Crowne Plaza Sydney Darling Harbour. I don’t .....

If you’re heading down to Sydney this year, here is a good hotel deal to consider. In mid April, a new .....

11 Jan 202011 January 2020 by Rob Burgess • 117 comments

If you need to lock in any IHG hotels for stays before the10th May, you should take a look at the brand new IHG Flash Sale. The headline discount is up to 30% off the Best Available Rate. This is .....

If you need to lock in any IHG hotels for stays before the10th May, you should take a look at the brand new .....

31 Dec 201931 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Hyatt is about to make a major change to its loyalty programme, which will suddenly make it good value to use your points to pay for food, drink and spa treatments whilst a guest.  What other .....

Hyatt is about to make a major change to its loyalty programme, which will suddenly make it good value to use .....

29 Dec 201929 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic to upgrade elderly passengers this Christmas Following a social media story which went viral, about a Virgin Atlantic passenger who gave up his Upper Class seat for an .....

News in brief: Virgin Atlantic to upgrade elderly passengers this Christmas Following a social media story .....

24 Dec 201924 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 214 comments

You may not know that you can get free access to club lounges at some InterContinental hotels if you book via a ‘preferred partner’ or Virtuoso travel agent. The idea for this article came .....

You may not know that you can get free access to club lounges at some InterContinental hotels if you book via .....

23 Dec 201923 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

This is our review of the Kimpton Charlotte Square hotel in Edinburgh. Kimpton is not a brand you might be familiar with in the UK.  The chain was only in the US when IHG bought it back in 2014.  .....

This is our review of the Kimpton Charlotte Square hotel in Edinburgh. Kimpton is not a brand you might be .....

22 Dec 201922 December 2019 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments

IHG’s new ‘conversion brand’, voco, has opened its first hotel in the South of England. The old Millennium Madejski Hotel in Reading, by the Madejski Stadium, has been rebranded as .....

IHG’s new ‘conversion brand’, voco, has opened its first hotel in the South of England. The .....

21 Dec 201921 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 135 comments

We very rarely write about new hotels which are just announced, as opposed to just about to open.  Experience shows that a large percentage never happen, or open years late, or open with a different .....

We very rarely write about new hotels which are just announced, as opposed to just about to open.  Experience .....

19 Dec 201919 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 186 comments

One of the more surprising hotel tie-ups of 2019 was the announcement that IHG has secured a tie-up with hotel marketing group Mr & Mrs Smith. Our full article on the IHG / Mr & Mrs Smith .....

One of the more surprising hotel tie-ups of 2019 was the announcement that IHG has secured a tie-up with hotel .....

17 Dec 201917 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

If you need to lock in any IHG hotels for stays before the end of May, here is your final reminder that you have two days left to book in the Winter IHG Cyber Sale. The headline discount is up to 25% .....

If you need to lock in any IHG hotels for stays before the end of May, here is your final reminder that you .....

15 Dec 201915 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 6 comments

Something a little different has appeared on the IHG Auctions website. IHG has secured two places for the 2020 London Marathon on 26th April – an event which is so popular that places are .....

Something a little different has appeared on the IHG Auctions website. IHG has secured two places for the 2020 .....

11 Dec 201911 December 2019 by Rob Burgess

As we reported back in September, Hyatt is opening two hotels in Manchester next year. These are NOT new hotels.  They are rebrandings of the brand new Crowne Plaza Manchester Oxford Road and the .....

As we reported back in September, Hyatt is opening two hotels in Manchester next year. These are NOT new .....

11 Dec 201911 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 120 comments

There’s some good news.  If you’ve been cashing in on the generous new IHG Rewards Club promotion, you have an extra month to book. The promotion is called ‘4x’ and you can .....

There’s some good news.  If you’ve been cashing in on the generous new IHG Rewards Club .....

8 Dec 20198 December 2019 by Rob Burgess • 77 comments

IHG Rewards Club has added packages to see comedian Jack Whitehall at the SSE Arena, Wembley to its IHG Auctions site. These are all ‘buy it now’ deals, so you can be certain that you are .....

IHG Rewards Club has added packages to see comedian Jack Whitehall at the SSE Arena, Wembley to its IHG .....

5 Dec 20195 December 2019 by Rob Burgess