We recently reported that the Hilton Blackpool was deflagging – although the good news is that a new Hampton by Hilton (click for details) is now open in Blackpool and is getting good reviews. .....

We recently reported that the Hilton Blackpool was deflagging – although the good news is that a new .....

1 Jul 20181 July 2018 by Rob Burgess

Because most frequent traveller currencies can be converted into something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes you can do a conversion which you logically would not .....

Because most frequent traveller currencies can be converted into something else, there are always odd .....

1 Jul 20181 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Here is a full list of the articles we published in June 2018.  Click through to read them in full: Why Marriott Travel Packages are getting worse – but we don’t know by how much Last chance: Win .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in June 2018.  Click through to read them in full: Why .....

30 Jun 201830 June 2018 by HfP team

Yesterday we looked at the changes to hotel award categories for the new combined Marriott Rewards / Starwood Preferred Guest programme, starting in August. In summary, it nets off.  Taken across all .....

Yesterday we looked at the changes to hotel award categories for the new combined Marriott Rewards / Starwood .....

30 Jun 201830 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 88 comments

Hilton is currently running a California Road Trip promotion for anyone planning a trip to the US West Coast. To promote this package, Hilton has given us two ‘Be My Guest’ certificates to .....

Hilton is currently running a California Road Trip promotion for anyone planning a trip to the US West Coast. .....

30 Jun 201830 June 2018 by Anika Burnett • 2 comments

This is my review of the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge at Washington Dulles International airport.  It is the first of three articles covering my journey back from the Hilton event I attended .....

This is my review of the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse lounge at Washington Dulles International airport.  It .....

30 Jun 201830 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

Marriott published the reward chart for the combined Marriott Rewards / Starwood Preferred Guest programme yesterday afternoon.  I did a short extra article on it but this is a deeper look. Travel .....

Marriott published the reward chart for the combined Marriott Rewards / Starwood Preferred Guest programme .....

29 Jun 201829 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 108 comments

To give Willie Walsh and the rest of the IAG management team some credit, they don’t mess around when they want to get something done. IAG, the parent company of British Airways, announced .....

To give Willie Walsh and the rest of the IAG management team some credit, they don’t mess around when .....

29 Jun 201829 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 107 comments

The point of this article, before I start rambling on, is this – if you can book a hotel in a way which guarantees an upgrade AT THE TIME OF BOOKING, you can save a lot of money because you can .....

The point of this article, before I start rambling on, is this – if you can book a hotel in a way which .....

29 Jun 201829 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

I am dropping this in as a ‘rough and ready’ article as I am out in Paris this afternoon.  I will take a proper look later. You can see the new combined Marriott and Starwood reward chart .....

I am dropping this in as a ‘rough and ready’ article as I am out in Paris this afternoon.  I will .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

InterContinental has opened the InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort, located on Phu Quoc island.  This is a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve off the coast of Vietnam. The resort features 459 .....

InterContinental has opened the InterContinental Phu Quoc Long Beach Resort, located on Phu Quoc island.  .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess

As we covered recently, Hainan Airlines has just launched a triangular Beijing – Edinburgh – Dublin – Beijing service using an A330-300. Confusingly, the routing actually goes: .....

As we covered recently, Hainan Airlines has just launched a triangular Beijing – Edinburgh – .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is cancelling all flights to Dubai from 31st March 2019. As a regular traveller on the route, I always struggled with Virgin.  The outbound flight from the UK is .....

Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is cancelling all flights to Dubai from 31st March 2019. As a regular .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess • 101 comments

Gulf Air has launched a couple of interesting business class deals from Heathrow to the Middle East and Asia. Prices are, in theory, £1149 return to Bangkok, £1149 return to Dubai, £1279 return to .....

Gulf Air has launched a couple of interesting business class deals from Heathrow to the Middle East and Asia. .....

28 Jun 201828 June 2018 by Rob Burgess