In late 2021, Macdonald Hotels sold Macdonald Manchester and Macdonald Holyrood to Zetland Capital Partners. Both hotels are now showing on marriott.com as unbranded hotels, but presumably this .....

In late 2021, Macdonald Hotels sold Macdonald Manchester and Macdonald Holyrood to Zetland Capital .....

7 Nov 20237 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

TAP Air Portugal is running a special offer from London and Manchester to New York and Cancun in Business Class. Whilst you will need to change aircraft in Portugal, the price is at least £600 .....

TAP Air Portugal is running a special offer from London and Manchester to New York and Cancun in Business .....

7 Nov 20237 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

In an interesting move, and one which is beneficial to most of our readers, British Airways has restricted the ability of some frequent flyer programmes to book redemption seats. Put very simply, it .....

In an interesting move, and one which is beneficial to most of our readers, British Airways has restricted the .....

6 Nov 20236 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 76 comments

Two new hotel ‘buy points’ bonuses have popped up: Get a 40% bonus buying Marriott Bonvoy points Marriott Bonvoy has launched a new deal if you buy their hotel points. Via this page of the .....

Two new hotel ‘buy points’ bonuses have popped up: Get a 40% bonus buying Marriott Bonvoy points .....

6 Nov 20236 November 2023 by Rob Burgess

Reader Ross dropped me a note to flag something which had never crossed my radar before but which looks fantastic. The airport lounge at Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic has a swimming pool! Take .....

Reader Ross dropped me a note to flag something which had never crossed my radar before but which looks .....

6 Nov 20236 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel Offers’ page which contains .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in .....

6 Nov 20236 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

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 .....

6 Nov 20236 November 2023 by Rob Burgess

A reader dropped me a note asking if HfP has a page devoted to explaining some of the specialist terms that crop up in the frequent flyer and hotel loyalty world. The answer is ‘No’. .....

A reader dropped me a note asking if HfP has a page devoted to explaining some of the specialist terms that .....

5 Nov 20235 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 233 comments

IHG One Rewards – the rewards programme for InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc – has added new tickets for UK events to its ‘experiences’ platform, .....

IHG One Rewards – the rewards programme for InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo .....

5 Nov 20235 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments

Back in April, Hyatt bought the London-based Mr & Mrs Smith hotel marketing group. Long term readers will know that Mr & Mrs Smith used to have a deal with IHG One Rewards, whereby certain .....

Back in April, Hyatt bought the London-based Mr & Mrs Smith hotel marketing group. Long term readers will .....

5 Nov 20235 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 12 comments

In response to the British Airways Business Class sale launched this week – which we’ll look at properly once Rhys gets back from Taiwan – and the BA Holidays sale we covered here, .....

In response to the British Airways Business Class sale launched this week – which we’ll look at .....

4 Nov 20234 November 2023 by Rob Burgess

BA emailed a lot of people on Thursday with details of a very generous Uber offer. You will earn 500 bonus Avios for every UK (and only UK) Uber trip you take in November, up to a maximum of 4,000 .....

BA emailed a lot of people on Thursday with details of a very generous Uber offer. You will earn 500 bonus .....

4 Nov 20234 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

London Stansted airport has received planning approval for its major extension of its terminal. Under the scheme, which will be seamlessly bolted on to the existing Norman Foster-designed modular .....

London Stansted airport has received planning approval for its major extension of its terminal. Under the .....

4 Nov 20234 November 2023 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

If you like the idea of watching the Hong Kong Seven’s rugby tournament from 5th to 7th April 2024, Cathay Pacific has launched a number of ‘flight and ticket’ packages. Use code .....

If you like the idea of watching the Hong Kong Seven’s rugby tournament from 5th to 7th April 2024, .....

4 Nov 20234 November 2023 by Rob Burgess