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Marriott Bonvoy is the loyalty scheme for Marriott hotels, which includes these brands: AC Hotels, Aloft, Autograph Collection, Bulgari, City Express, Courtyard, Delta Hotels, Design Hotels, Edition, Element, Fairfield Inn, Four Points, Gaylord, JW Marriott, Le Meridien, Marriott, Moxy, Protea, Renaissance, Residence Inn, St Regis, Sheraton, The Luxury Collection, The Ritz-Carlton, Tribute Portfolio, Springhill Suites, Towneplace Suites, W Hotels and Westin.
Our main introduction to Marriott Bonvoy is here and you can learn more about the program on marriott.com here.
Check out our ‘Hotel Offers’ page here to see what bonus point offers are currently running.
More information on how you can earn more Marriott Bonvoy points with the Marriott Bonvoy American Express card is here.
You can also transfer points earned from American Express Platinum (high fee, high bonus), American Express Preferred Rewards Gold (free for a year, good bonus) and Amex Rewards Credit Card (no fee, small bonus!).
If you need to top up your Marriott Bonvoy account, you can buy points here.
This is my review of the Aloft hotel in Liverpool. Last weekend I went to Liverpool to take a look at the (fairly) new Aloft hotel. This is, amazingly, the only Starwood hotel in England outside .....
This is my review of the Aloft hotel in Liverpool. Last weekend I went to Liverpool to take a look at the .....
26 Aug 201626 August 2016 • 15 comments
Here is part 2 of my review of the Aloft Liverpool hotel. In part 1 of my Aloft Liverpool review (click here) I looked at my room, gym and meeting spaces. Part 2 focuses on the restaurant and bar .....
Here is part 2 of my review of the Aloft Liverpool hotel. In part 1 of my Aloft Liverpool review (click here) .....
26 Aug 201626 August 2016 • 32 comments
News in brief: Finnair increasing Edinburgh and Dublin services Finnair is clearly happy with the success of its new Edinburgh and Dublin routes as both services are being increased for 2017. Remember .....
News in brief: Finnair increasing Edinburgh and Dublin services Finnair is clearly happy with the success of .....
25 Aug 201625 August 2016 • 37 comments
The acquisition of the Starwood hotel group – owner of W, Westin, Sheraton, St Regis, The Luxury Collection, aloft etc – by Marriott is running late. The cause is Chinese competition .....
The acquisition of the Starwood hotel group – owner of W, Westin, Sheraton, St Regis, The Luxury .....
21 Aug 201621 August 2016 • 3 comments
News in brief: Accor and Amex launch new cashback deal Accor Hotels, which operates Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Ibis, M Gallery, Pullman etc, is running a new cashback deal with American Express. There .....
News in brief: Accor and Amex launch new cashback deal Accor Hotels, which operates Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, .....
5 Aug 20165 August 2016 • 50 comments
A couple of weeks after a non-functioning website went up, a new partnership between Hertz and Le Club AccorHotels has been officially launched. Accor has previously only worked with Europcar. Adding .....
A couple of weeks after a non-functioning website went up, a new partnership between Hertz and Le Club .....
29 Jul 201629 July 2016 • 104 comments
News in brief: Get double Avios with LOVEtheatre lovetheatre.com, the new Avios theatre ticketing partner, is offering double Avios points on all tickets booked before 31st August. It doesn’t .....
News in brief: Get double Avios with LOVEtheatre lovetheatre.com, the new Avios theatre ticketing partner, is .....
28 Jul 201628 July 2016 • 16 comments
This is the final part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series which I have updated and re-run this week in preparation for the Summer season. Earlier articles looked at the best credit card to use .....
This is the final part of our ‘Holiday Tips’ series which I have updated and re-run this week in .....
24 Jul 201624 July 2016 • 45 comments
The general view of hotel loyalty programmes is that Starwood Preferred Guest is the only scheme where it is is worthwhile trading your points for airline miles. There are a couple of reasons for .....
The general view of hotel loyalty programmes is that Starwood Preferred Guest is the only scheme where it is .....
16 Jul 201616 July 2016 • 21 comments
News in brief: Why Starwood and Marriott should be a focus for upmarket travellers My main article today draws on a huge analysis of the major hotel loyalty schemes from Travel Expert. One other .....
News in brief: Why Starwood and Marriott should be a focus for upmarket travellers My main article today draws .....
16 Jul 201616 July 2016 • 10 comments
News in brief: Qatar Airways to buy 10% of LATAM and 49% of Meridiana I mentioned in the Accor article yesterday that the Qatar Investment Authority has now become a shareholder in Accor Hotels by .....
News in brief: Qatar Airways to buy 10% of LATAM and 49% of Meridiana I mentioned in the Accor article .....
15 Jul 201615 July 2016 • 10 comments
This is my review of my Monday night in the Presidential Suite of the Hotel des Indes in The Hague. Even by my standards this was a slightly bizarre way to start the week. At Christmas, Starwood .....
This is my review of my Monday night in the Presidential Suite of the Hotel des Indes in The Hague. Even by .....
13 Jul 201613 July 2016 • 16 comments
News in brief: More British Airways Gatwick schedule changes British Airways has announced some additional schedule changes for Gatwick this Winter. None of these are substantial. The reason I .....
News in brief: More British Airways Gatwick schedule changes British Airways has announced some additional .....
8 Jul 20168 July 2016 • 15 comments
Etihad Guest has brought back its offer of a 25% bonus on points you transfer into their scheme. It is 14 months since we last saw this offer. You can find full details of this offer on the Etihad .....
Etihad Guest has brought back its offer of a 25% bonus on points you transfer into their scheme. It is 14 .....
3 Jul 20163 July 2016 • 29 comments
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