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 .....

28 Apr 202528 April 2025 by Rob Burgess

In what is a small coup for Marriott Bonvoy, and a blow for World of Hyatt, MGM Resorts International and Marriott International have announced the launch of ‘MGM Collection with Marriott .....

In what is a small coup for Marriott Bonvoy, and a blow for World of Hyatt, MGM Resorts International and .....

17 Jul 202317 July 2023 by Rob Burgess • 21 comments

I’m in Poland at the moment, so I’m catching up with the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club changes at roughly the same time as the rest of you. Rhys has been doing the heavy lifting in the .....

I’m in Poland at the moment, so I’m catching up with the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club changes at .....

2 Oct 20242 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 96 comments

How do you book flights on Virgin Atlantic’s non-SkyTeam alliance members using Virgin Points? This article is Part 5 of our updated ‘Virgin Redemption University’ series. Further .....

How do you book flights on Virgin Atlantic’s non-SkyTeam alliance members using Virgin Points? This .....

14 Sep 202414 September 2024 by Rob Burgess • 13 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 .....

11 Dec 202311 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 1 comment

This is our review of Marriott’s new Koenigshof hotel in Munich, part of the Luxury Collection. As the capital of Bavaria, Munich attracts a lot of business travel and its size, history and .....

This is our review of Marriott’s new Koenigshof hotel in Munich, part of the Luxury Collection. As the .....

23 Feb 202523 February 2025 by Conny Urban • 31 comments

We’ve covered Privilege Club Collection a few times recently. This is the new events platform launched by Qatar Airways Privilege Club which allows you to use your Avios for VIP tickets to key .....

We’ve covered Privilege Club Collection a few times recently. This is the new events platform launched .....

21 Mar 202421 March 2024 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

Earlier this month I was invited to Newcastle Airport for the official launch of THREE new Aspire lounges at the airport. The abandoned British Airways space has been combined with the old Aspire .....

Earlier this month I was invited to Newcastle Airport for the official launch of THREE new Aspire lounges at .....

31 May 202431 May 2024 by Rob Burgess • 54 comments

A handful of airlines operate short haul UK and European flights with lie-flat business class seats. Booking these flights can be a good way of experiencing an airline’s business class product .....

A handful of airlines operate short haul UK and European flights with lie-flat business class seats. Booking .....

13 Mar 202513 March 2025 by Rhys Jones • 39 comments

We don’t normally cover special offers run by the airline hotel booking websites, because they are usually weak. If you’re booking a hotel via a third party, you are missing out on earning .....

We don’t normally cover special offers run by the airline hotel booking websites, because they are .....

20 Oct 202420 October 2024 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Lincoln Plaza, Hilton’s Curio Collection hotel in Canary Wharf that reopened this year following an extended pandemic closure, is offering cut-price deals in a bid to get people back in. The offer .....

Lincoln Plaza, Hilton’s Curio Collection hotel in Canary Wharf that reopened this year following an extended .....

7 Aug 20247 August 2024 by Rhys Jones • 41 comments

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Mercure, ibis, Pullman, Raffles, Fairmont and many more brands, has launched an interesting new promotion. I don’t think anyone at Accor .....

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Novotel, Mercure, ibis, Pullman, Raffles, Fairmont and many more .....

9 Apr 20239 April 2023 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

Aer Lingus has launched a sale on its two direct routes from Manchester to the US: You can get £200 off business class transatlantic fares departing from Manchester. You can also get £100 off .....

Aer Lingus has launched a sale on its two direct routes from Manchester to the US: You can get £200 off .....

20 Jun 202320 June 2023 by Rob Burgess

The Lufthansa Miles & More scheme is certainly not perfect, but it does have some good reasons to use it.  As I covered in an article about my trip to the Middle East over Christmas 2020, .....

The Lufthansa Miles & More scheme is certainly not perfect, but it does have some good reasons to use .....

25 Mar 202425 March 2024 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments