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Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as the latest reviews and features from the Head for Points team. If you are not a .....
Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....
3 Mar 20253 March 2025
News in brief: Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry leaves Marriott As we have covered in earlier articles, the QHotels group seems to be slowly breaking all of its branding agreements as the contracts come .....
News in brief: Delta Hotels Nottingham Belfry leaves Marriott As we have covered in earlier articles, the .....
10 Jul 202510 July 2025 • 18 comments
Later this year, Iberia will be the first airline to take delivery of the extended-range Airbus A321XLR. Internal IAG politics means that the Spanish flag carrier is leap-frogging its sister airline .....
Later this year, Iberia will be the first airline to take delivery of the extended-range Airbus A321XLR. .....
8 Jun 20248 June 2024 • 66 comments
Registration is open today for the Summer 2022 version of American Express Shop Small. The campaign runs from 20th to 26th June. This is far shorter than the 2021 version which ran for almost three .....
Registration is open today for the Summer 2022 version of American Express Shop Small. The campaign runs from .....
13 Jun 202213 June 2022 • 43 comments
Where is British Airways currently flying to in the UK and Europe? British Airways has just released its planned October schedules to the travel trade. British Airways has been tweaking its short haul .....
Where is British Airways currently flying to in the UK and Europe? British Airways has just released its .....
27 Sep 202027 September 2020 • 37 comments
News in brief: East Midlands lounge closure announced The Escape Lounge at East Midlands Airport is to be refurbished. That’s the good news. The bad news is the lounge will be closed from 20th .....
News in brief: East Midlands lounge closure announced The Escape Lounge at East Midlands Airport is to be .....
3 Dec 20243 December 2024 • 11 comments
Hilton has added the final batch of 100 Small Luxury Hotels properties to its website. This means that of the 560 hotels in Small Luxury Hotels, 400 have agreed to join the Hilton partnership and are .....
Hilton has added the final batch of 100 Small Luxury Hotels properties to its website. This means that of the .....
19 Sep 202419 September 2024
A long time ago, at the dawn of the internet, hotel groups made some very big mistakes when dealing with nascent online travel agents. Scared of being left behind, they entered into agreements that .....
A long time ago, at the dawn of the internet, hotel groups made some very big mistakes when dealing with .....
27 Sep 202427 September 2024 • 50 comments
Three bits of BA and Avios related news: Club Iberia Plus renamed after eight weeks Of all the things I thought we may see backsliding on after the 1st April IAG loyalty changes, the one I .....
Three bits of BA and Avios related news: Club Iberia Plus renamed after eight weeks Of all the things I .....
3 Jun 20253 June 2025 • 134 comments
Iberia Express is offering 25% off Avios redemptions from London Gatwick to Madrid. This means that Economy tickets are reduced to: You need to book via Iberia Plus which means moving .....
Iberia Express is offering 25% off Avios redemptions from London Gatwick to Madrid. This .....
9 Mar 20229 March 2022
News in brief: More Border Force strike action at Heathrow Border Force staff at Heathrow have once again voted in favour of strike action. It is scheduled for four days starting on 11th April and .....
News in brief: More Border Force strike action at Heathrow Border Force staff at Heathrow have once again .....
3 Apr 20243 April 2024 • 89 comments
Before Christmas, we covered an exceptional free offer. If you have any level of airline elite status, or mid tier or higher status with any major hotel group, you can claim a full year of top-tier .....
Before Christmas, we covered an exceptional free offer. If you have any level of airline elite status, or mid .....
6 Jan 20256 January 2025 • 125 comments
Accor recently revitalised its two subscription cards – the ALL PLUS ibis card and the ALL PLUS Voyageur card. Targeted at repeat Accor customers and valid across 21 brands, we wanted to take a .....
Accor recently revitalised its two subscription cards – the ALL PLUS ibis card and the ALL PLUS Voyageur .....
8 Dec 20238 December 2023 • 42 comments
This is our review of Cathay Pacific’s new Aria Suite business class. Whilst Cathay Pacific has kept it quiet for fear of last minute aircraft swaps, it is now flying its first Aria .....
This is our review of Cathay Pacific’s new Aria Suite business class. Whilst Cathay Pacific has kept it .....
29 Jan 202529 January 2025 • 86 comments
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