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Hilton opens the first hotel under its new Spark brand

It is only four weeks since Hilton last launched a new hotel brand, with the opening of the first Tempo hotel in New York. You can never have too many brands, it seems, and last week saw the opening .....

It is only four weeks since Hilton last launched a new hotel brand, with the opening of the first Tempo hotel .....

by Rob Burgess

Stansted Express to return to four trains per hour

Back in May, Stansted Express resumed a ‘four trains per hour’ service during the morning and evening peaks for the first time since the pandemic. This didn’t go down well with .....

Back in May, Stansted Express resumed a ‘four trains per hour’ service during the morning and .....

by Rob Burgess19 comments

How do you get a British Airways Executive Club Premier card?

Most people think that the British Airways Executive Club tiers are Blue, Bronze, Silver and Gold.  There is also Gold Guest List – see here for how you get that – but it is a subset .....

Most people think that the British Airways Executive Club tiers are Blue, Bronze, Silver and Gold.  There .....

by Rob Burgess44 comments

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

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. This newsletter is the successor to Malcolm Ginsberg’s Business .....

Welcome to your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest .....

by Rob Burgess

Save 15% on reward nights at new IHG hotels

IHG One Rewards is continuing with its new promotion which offers a 15% discount on redemptions at selected new hotels. The list has been extended with more new hotels so I thought we’d take .....

IHG One Rewards is continuing with its new promotion which offers a 15% discount on redemptions at selected .....

by Rob Burgess8 comments

Review: the impressive United Polaris lounge in San Francisco

This is our review of United’s Polaris business class lounge in San Francisco Airport. Polaris is United’s term for its international long haul business class cabins, introduced in 2016 .....

This is our review of United’s Polaris business class lounge in San Francisco Airport. Polaris is .....

by Rhys Jones19 comments

How to earn Avios with NH Hotels and nhow

This article looks at how to earn Avios points from stays at NH Hotels and nhow. It is now over a decade since Avios was launched and the British Airways and Iberia loyalty schemes given the same .....

This article looks at how to earn Avios points from stays at NH Hotels and nhow. It is now over a decade since .....

by Rob Burgess7 comments

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