This is our review of the Sheraton Grand Doha hotel in Qatar. I checked in to the Sheraton after my flight from London to review Qatar’s Qsuites on the Boeing 777 – you can read that here. .....

This is our review of the Sheraton Grand Doha hotel in Qatar. I checked in to the Sheraton after my flight .....

3 Jun 20223 June 2022 by Rhys Jones • 31 comments

This is my review of the new The St Regis Venice hotel. On 1st May, Italy dropped virtually all of its covid restrictions. No more mask wearing in shops, restaurants or indeed anywhere except on .....

This is my review of the new The St Regis Venice hotel. On 1st May, Italy dropped virtually all of its covid .....

31 May 202231 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

This is Part 2 of our review of The St Regis Venice hotel. Part 1, which looks at the public spaces, is here. Unusually, I’ve done this review in reverse, leaving the room to last. This is .....

This is Part 2 of our review of The St Regis Venice hotel. Part 1, which looks at the public spaces, is here. .....

31 May 202231 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 94 comments

The Ritz-Carlton is one of Marriott’s most luxurious brands with 108 hotels worldwide. In this article we’ll look at the history of The Ritz-Carlton brand, what you can expect when you .....

The Ritz-Carlton is one of Marriott’s most luxurious brands with 108 hotels worldwide. In this article .....

22 May 202222 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 33 comments

This is my review of the Sheraton Frankfurt Airport hotel, where I spent last Monday night. The reason will become clear in a day or so. The old Sheraton Frankfurt Airport has recently been .....

This is my review of the Sheraton Frankfurt Airport hotel, where I spent last Monday night. The reason will .....

21 May 202221 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

Marriott Bonvoy has brought back its annual round of standard and VIP tickets for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on 3rd July. Hilton Honors is also offering packages, as we wrote about here, .....

Marriott Bonvoy has brought back its annual round of standard and VIP tickets for the British Grand Prix at .....

19 May 202219 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

This is our review of the W Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I have stayed at a lot of W Hotels recently. Just a few weeks ago I was at the W Amsterdam (review here); the W Kuala Lumpur is my 5th in .....

This is our review of the W Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I have stayed at a lot of W Hotels recently. Just .....

18 May 202218 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 77 comments

Marriott has added some new events at The O2 in London to its Marriott Moments ‘experiences’ platform. The Moments website is here. This is what is available on a ‘buy it now’ .....

Marriott has added some new events at The O2 in London to its Marriott Moments ‘experiences’ .....

13 May 202213 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

This is our review of the W Amsterdam hotel, just round the corner from Dam Square. The W Amsterdam opened in 2015 as the new flagship of the trendy W Hotels brand, so it has a lot to live up to. If .....

This is our review of the W Amsterdam hotel, just round the corner from Dam Square. The W Amsterdam opened in .....

9 May 20229 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 31 comments

It has been a number of years now since the major hotel chains started allowing you to enter your room by using your mobile phone, rather than a key card. Despite this, I had never done it. Last week .....

It has been a number of years now since the major hotel chains started allowing you to enter your room by .....

3 May 20223 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 104 comments

For the next few hours, Marriott Bonvoy is still offering an increased sign-up bonus on the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Credit Card. Until some point on Tuesday 3rd May 2022, the sign-up bonus is .....

For the next few hours, Marriott Bonvoy is still offering an increased sign-up bonus on the Marriott Bonvoy .....

2 May 20222 May 2022 by Rob Burgess

One of the long promised improvements to Marriott Bonvoy – although admittedly one of limited use to UK members – is the ability to top up ‘fixed value’ free night vouchers. In .....

One of the long promised improvements to Marriott Bonvoy – although admittedly one of limited use to UK .....

1 May 20221 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

News in brief: British Airways closes its lounge in Houston Whilst British Airways is investing huge sums in a new lounge complex at New York JFK Terminal 8 in advance of its move in December, other .....

News in brief: British Airways closes its lounge in Houston Whilst British Airways is investing huge sums in a .....

27 Apr 202227 April 2022 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments

American Express has launched a new wave of hotel cashback deals. Whatever you are planning this Spring, you are likely to find a deal for you. As usual, these offers may or may not appear somewhere .....

American Express has launched a new wave of hotel cashback deals. Whatever you are planning this Spring, you .....

26 Apr 202226 April 2022 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments