A quick mention that The Trainline is offering Railcards at 33% off during a limited promotion. All 1-year Railcards are reduced from £30 to £20, whilst 3-year Railcards are reduced from £70 to .....

A quick mention that The Trainline is offering Railcards at 33% off during a limited promotion. All 1-year .....

2 Oct 20222 October 2022 by Rob Burgess

IHG One Rewards has come out with a potentially very generous deal for Cyber Monday and, erm, Cyber Tuesday (or whatever tomorrow is called). You will earn 10,000 bonus IHG One Rewards points for .....

IHG One Rewards has come out with a potentially very generous deal for Cyber Monday and, erm, Cyber Tuesday .....

28 Nov 202228 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

After several delays, Emirates finally took delivery of its first A350 jet this week and announced it would start flying from Edinburgh from 3rd January 2025. It’s an exciting time for the .....

After several delays, Emirates finally took delivery of its first A350 jet this week and announced it would .....

1 Dec 20241 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 20 comments

This is my pre-opening review of Accor’s 25hours Hotel Paper Island in Copenhagen. It is the first time in 12 years that HfP has reviewed a hotel before it opened to the public. We weren’t .....

This is my pre-opening review of Accor’s 25hours Hotel Paper Island in Copenhagen. It is the first time .....

20 Aug 202420 August 2024 by Conny Urban • 18 comments

This is our review of the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection and probably the best Hyatt property in London. Part 1, click here, looked at the location, the rooms and .....

This is our review of the Great Scotland Yard Hotel, part of Hyatt’s Unbound Collection and probably the .....

23 Mar 202423 March 2024 by Conny Urban • 3 comments

If you are an Accor Live Limitless member, there is a VERY attractive ‘quadruple points’ offer for bookings made over the Black Friday weekend. You can register here. You can also get a .....

If you are an Accor Live Limitless member, there is a VERY attractive ‘quadruple points’ offer for .....

29 Nov 202429 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 28 comments

Last week, I was on the BBC’s World Business Report commenting on the release of Heathrow’s 2023 results. Sadly it isn’t on iPlayer so you can’t check out my living room! The .....

Last week, I was on the BBC’s World Business Report commenting on the release of Heathrow’s 2023 .....

28 Feb 202428 February 2024 by Rhys Jones • 145 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as our latest reviews and features. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up here to .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

15 Apr 202415 April 2024 by Rob Burgess

It’s 30 months now since the partnership between Avios and BPme Rewards launched. After a flurry of activity at the launch, we’ve hardly covered it since – there was just one article .....

It’s 30 months now since the partnership between Avios and BPme Rewards launched. After a flurry of .....

1 Apr 20241 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

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 by Rob Burgess • 64 comments

IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion following a fallow two months when only targetted offers were made available. IHG One Rewards is the loyalty scheme covering InterContinental, .....

IHG One Rewards has announced a new global promotion following a fallow two months when only targetted offers .....

20 Mar 202420 March 2024 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Whilst I wasn’t hugely impressed by Kimpton Aysla Mallorca (review here), the chain is pushing on with its Spanish expansion. Kimpton Los Monteros Marbella (website here) opened last week. IHG .....

Whilst I wasn’t hugely impressed by Kimpton Aysla Mallorca (review here), the chain is pushing on with .....

7 Mar 20257 March 2025 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

No sooner had we run this article on the 19 UK airport lounges which can be pre-booked from £6 with a Priority Pass, the entire UK Aspire lounge network has now become bookable. Another 11 UK lounges .....

No sooner had we run this article on the 19 UK airport lounges which can be pre-booked from £6 with a .....

4 Dec 20234 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

A day later than planned, and surprisingly not tweeted in advance by Grant Shapps, the Government has updated its travel corridor lists. Nine countries have moved from the Amber list. Seven have moved .....

A day later than planned, and surprisingly not tweeted in advance by Grant Shapps, the Government has updated .....

26 Aug 202126 August 2021 by Rob Burgess • 55 comments