Last week we covered the ‘densification’ of the BA Cityflyer fleet at London City Airport – see here. This involves an extra eight seats being added to each aircraft with seat pitch .....

Last week we covered the ‘densification’ of the BA Cityflyer fleet at London City Airport – .....

16 Jan 202416 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 69 comments

Starwood Capital Group has bought the 10 Radisson Blu Edwardian hotels in London from Edwardian Hotels for a reported £800 million. Apart from the Heathrow hotel, the properties are all in Central .....

Starwood Capital Group has bought the 10 Radisson Blu Edwardian hotels in London from Edwardian Hotels for a .....

16 Jan 202416 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

IHG One Rewards has just been announced as the official hotel partner of the Six Nations rugby championships and to celebrate has added a pile of tickets to its IHG Access platform. There were some .....

IHG One Rewards has just been announced as the official hotel partner of the Six Nations rugby championships .....

15 Jan 202415 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 13 comments

Here is something which could lead to a big change in the Avios universe – RevPoints. Revolut has started to offer Avios for debit card spending in five European countries via its new RevPoints .....

Here is something which could lead to a big change in the Avios universe – RevPoints. Revolut has .....

15 Jan 202415 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 87 comments

If you are in any doubt that air travel is back to normal, take a look at Heathrow’s record-breaking December 2023 performance. With 6.6 million passengers, Heathrow is calling it the biggest .....

If you are in any doubt that air travel is back to normal, take a look at Heathrow’s record-breaking .....

15 Jan 202415 January 2024 by Rhys Jones • 82 comments

News in brief: Conrad Singapore Orchard hotel now open Hilton has opened the Conrad Singapore Orchard hotel. The website is here. Set on Orchard Road, this is a full top-to-toe refurbishment of the .....

News in brief: Conrad Singapore Orchard hotel now open Hilton has opened the Conrad Singapore Orchard hotel. .....

15 Jan 202415 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 24 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 .....

15 Jan 202415 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Emirates Skywards seems to have revived its plans to launch a new UK co-brand credit card. This is a project that I know was being worked on before the pandemic (I know someone who worked on that one, .....

Emirates Skywards seems to have revived its plans to launch a new UK co-brand credit card. This is a project .....

14 Jan 202414 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 84 comments

This is my review of the Hotel Lutetia in Paris, part of The Set Collection. You may remember that Rhys reviewed Hotel Cafe Royal in London a couple of months ago. This is part of The Set Collection, .....

This is my review of the Hotel Lutetia in Paris, part of The Set Collection. You may remember that Rhys .....

14 Jan 202414 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

In my previous article yesterday I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Accor Live Limitless loyalty scheme.  This article is my personal opinion, highlighting areas where I think you might .....

In my previous article yesterday I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Accor Live Limitless loyalty .....

14 Jan 202414 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything listed below has been covered on HfP in recent weeks, but years of experience of running .....

The aim of this feature is to summarise flight, hotel and points offers that are ending soon.  Everything .....

14 Jan 202414 January 2024 by HfP team

We don’t cover Tesco Clubcard much these days since the Avios partnership ended, but it does still partner with Virgin Flying Club. 1 Clubcard point converts into 2 Virgin Points, which is a .....

We don’t cover Tesco Clubcard much these days since the Avios partnership ended, but it does still .....

13 Jan 202413 January 2024 by Rob Burgess

British Airways and BA Holidays suffered a major payments problem on 1st January. It’s not that ba.com wouldn’t accept your booking – it’s that it was far too eager to do so, .....

British Airways and BA Holidays suffered a major payments problem on 1st January. It’s not that ba.com .....

13 Jan 202413 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

This is the first of our updated overview series on the major hotel loyalty programmes. Each scheme will be covered over two articles on consecutive days. One will list the basic facts of the scheme .....

This is the first of our updated overview series on the major hotel loyalty programmes. Each scheme will be .....

13 Jan 202413 January 2024 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments