Norse Atlantic has launched a new route from London Gatwick to Cape Town. Flights will start on 28th October and operate three days per week, leaving London on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. This is .....

Norse Atlantic has launched a new route from London Gatwick to Cape Town. Flights will start on 28th October .....

19 Apr 202419 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Back in late 2019, a very interesting new Hilton Honors redemption option appeared in New York – Conrad New York Midtown – after a substantial renovation. The history of Conrad New York .....

Back in late 2019, a very interesting new Hilton Honors redemption option appeared in New York – Conrad .....

19 Apr 202419 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 17 comments

Hilton Honors has just launched its new Spring and Summer promotion which is now open for registration – click here. To give Hilton credit, it is very straightforward with minimal small .....

Hilton Honors has just launched its new Spring and Summer promotion which is now open for registration .....

18 Apr 202418 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

American Express has brought back ‘Amex Stays’, a generous cashback offer with 19 UK hotel brands. This is totally separate to the multiple ‘big brand’ hotel cashback deals .....

American Express has brought back ‘Amex Stays’, a generous cashback offer with 19 UK hotel brands. .....

18 Apr 202418 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

We wouldn’t normally cover the addition of seven hotels in Japan, but it is an interesting follow-up to the piece we ran yesterday about IHG’s acquisition of 100 hotels in Germany. In that .....

We wouldn’t normally cover the addition of seven hotels in Japan, but it is an interesting follow-up to .....

18 Apr 202418 April 2024 by Rob Burgess

A majority stake (50.01% to be precise) in Edinburgh Airport has been sold to French group VINCI Airports for £1.27 billion. The current owner, Global Infrastructure Partners, will continue to hold .....

A majority stake (50.01% to be precise) in Edinburgh Airport has been sold to French group VINCI Airports for .....

18 Apr 202418 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 41 comments

This is our review of the EAST Hong Kong hotel in Taikoo, Hong Kong. The hotel is one of two Swire-owned hotels in Hong Kong, the other being the iconic Upper House in Admiralty which is part of The .....

This is our review of the EAST Hong Kong hotel in Taikoo, Hong Kong. The hotel is one of two Swire-owned .....

18 Apr 202418 April 2024 by Rhys Jones • 11 comments

Marriott Bonvoy has just released tickets for the Peter Kay show at The O2 in London on 2nd June 2024. The cost is 50,000 Bonvoy points for two seats in the Marriott Bonvoy VIP suite, with food and .....

Marriott Bonvoy has just released tickets for the Peter Kay show at The O2 in London on 2nd June 2024. The .....

17 Apr 202417 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

For a number of years now, British Airways has allowed you to use Avios to reduce the price of a cash flight. A similar structure is used by Vueling and Aer Lingus, BA’s two low cost sister .....

For a number of years now, British Airways has allowed you to use Avios to reduce the price of a cash flight. .....

17 Apr 202417 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 97 comments

Monday was a busier-than-usual day for IHG Hotels & Resorts. It added over 100 hotels in Germany in one go, through a franchise deal with NOVUM Hospitality. It will see two IHG brands – .....

Monday was a busier-than-usual day for IHG Hotels & Resorts. It added over 100 hotels in Germany in one .....

17 Apr 202417 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 93 comments

Got an SME? On Monday we launched a special sign-up offer on the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa credit card. The offer is exclusive to you as a Head for Points reader. You can receive a sign-up .....

Got an SME? On Monday we launched a special sign-up offer on the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa credit .....

17 Apr 202417 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

Early last month, Finnair adopted Avios as its loyalty currency. We covered the story here. You CANNOT yet move Avios back and forth between Finnair Plus and British Airways Executive Club, but this .....

Early last month, Finnair adopted Avios as its loyalty currency. We covered the story here. You CANNOT yet .....

16 Apr 202416 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 158 comments

Over the weekend we ran an article about the new Four Points Express London Euston. This Marriott Bonvoy hotel is opening soon and will be only the second Four Points Express globally. The hotel has .....

Over the weekend we ran an article about the new Four Points Express London Euston. This Marriott Bonvoy hotel .....

16 Apr 202416 April 2024 by Rob Burgess

Despite launching over £1,000 of cashback offers last week with groups including Hilton, IHG, Marriott, Small Luxury Hotels, Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airlines, Air France and KLM, it seems that .....

Despite launching over £1,000 of cashback offers last week with groups including Hilton, IHG, Marriott, Small .....

16 Apr 202416 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 22 comments