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IHG has added another new hotel brand – but this time it is an established one. To be fair, with just 20 brands, IHG is being positively restrained compared with Accor (40+) or Marriott’s .....
IHG has added another new hotel brand – but this time it is an established one. To be fair, with just 20 .....
19 Feb 202519 February 2025 • 64 comments
News in brief: An update on HSBC’s 25% Avios transfer bonus As we covered last month, HSBC has launched its ‘roughly annual’ 25% bonus on conversions of HSBC Premier credit card .....
News in brief: An update on HSBC’s 25% Avios transfer bonus As we covered last month, HSBC has launched .....
1 Jul 20241 July 2024 • 88 comments
Hilton Honors appears to have snuck through a series of points price increases at some of its very top properties. It only appears to impact a small percentage of hotels, although the impact on the .....
Hilton Honors appears to have snuck through a series of points price increases at some of its very top .....
18 May 202518 May 2025 • 80 comments
GHA DISCOVERY, the loyalty programme for Global Hotel Alliance, has been making a name for itself over the last couple of years with a mix of easy to earn status, generous elite benefits and .....
GHA DISCOVERY, the loyalty programme for Global Hotel Alliance, has been making a name for itself over the .....
28 Apr 202528 April 2025 • 71 comments
Last summer, Virgin Red signed a deal on a box at The O2 arena in London with tickets available for members of Virgin Red and Virgin Flying Club. Marriott Bonvoy, of course, has been doing this for .....
Last summer, Virgin Red signed a deal on a box at The O2 arena in London with tickets available for members of .....
15 Dec 202415 December 2024 • 28 comments
This is our review of Hilton’s Conrad Osaka hotel in Japan. After two nights in Nagoya (TIAD Nagoya hotel review here) I took the Shinkansen bullet train about 50 minutes west to Osaka. Both .....
This is our review of Hilton’s Conrad Osaka hotel in Japan. After two nights in Nagoya (TIAD Nagoya .....
29 Sep 202429 September 2024 • 31 comments
According to press reports, Accor is considering an IPO (stock market listing) of its lifestyle hotels joint venture, Ennismore. In a separate transaction, LVMH is reported to have secured an option .....
According to press reports, Accor is considering an IPO (stock market listing) of its lifestyle hotels joint .....
14 Aug 202514 August 2025 • 52 comments
Marriott Bonvoy and Nectar have launched the two-way transfer partnership that was announced last October. Marriott Bonvoy has always been happy for members to transfer their points to other schemes. .....
Marriott Bonvoy and Nectar have launched the two-way transfer partnership that was announced last October. .....
23 Jul 202523 July 2025 • 67 comments
Two bits of Virgin Atlantic news: What’s happening to the Seoul route? Odd things are happening with Virgin Atlantic’s long promised route to Seoul. As we covered here, tickets went on .....
Two bits of Virgin Atlantic news: What’s happening to the Seoul route? Odd things are happening with .....
28 Jun 202528 June 2025 • 35 comments
When you think about it, running an airline alliance is a strange job. Virtually all customer engagement is via one of the constituent airlines, with the alliance providing an underlying network .....
When you think about it, running an airline alliance is a strange job. Virtually all customer engagement is .....
16 Sep 202516 September 2025 • Leave a comment
In 2022 IHG launched its new IHG One Rewards loyalty programme, which covers Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, InterContinental, Holiday Inn Express etc. We were very pleasantly surprised with .....
In 2022 IHG launched its new IHG One Rewards loyalty programme, which covers Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Hotel .....
22 Jun 202522 June 2025 • 42 comments
Virgin Money has launched an offer for anyone who is interested in transferring their existing pensions into a Virgin Money pension. You can earn 125,000 Virgin Points if you transfer a pension worth .....
Virgin Money has launched an offer for anyone who is interested in transferring their existing pensions into a .....
10 Jul 202410 July 2024 • 43 comments
American Express has made two announcements today. The first, covered in a separate article, is the temporary offer of a £400 Amex Travel credit when you apply for The Platinum Card and spent £6,000 .....
American Express has made two announcements today. The first, covered in a separate article, is the temporary .....
3 Jul 20243 July 2024 • 103 comments
It turns out that it has been five years since we wrote about the American Express lounge at The O2 arena in London. I got to visit it for the first time recently (I’m normally hiding away in .....
It turns out that it has been five years since we wrote about the American Express lounge at The O2 arena in .....
1 Sep 20241 September 2024 • 33 comments
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