This is my review of The Thief hotel in Oslo. The Thief is probably the best hotel in Oslo, although the competition isn’t much. It’s not part of one of the six major global chains we .....

This is my review of The Thief hotel in Oslo. The Thief is probably the best hotel in Oslo, although the .....

25 Aug 202225 August 2022 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Global Hotel Alliance, which operates the loyalty scheme for 45 hotels brands including Kempisnki, Anantara and NH, had added a new brand – Cinnamon Hotels. Cinnamon Hotels is based in Sri Lanka .....

Global Hotel Alliance, which operates the loyalty scheme for 45 hotels brands including Kempisnki, Anantara .....

14 Jan 202514 January 2025 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of the new Plaza Premium lounge at London Gatwick Airport’s North Terminal. It is part of our series of reviews of airport lounges across the UK. You see all of the reviews .....

This is our review of the new Plaza Premium lounge at London Gatwick Airport’s North Terminal. It is .....

13 Apr 202313 April 2023 by Rhys Jones • 29 comments

Hyatt announced some changes to its ‘Guest of Honour’ benefit last month. I won’t go into it again but our full article is here. Put very simply, the ‘Guest of Honour’ .....

Hyatt announced some changes to its ‘Guest of Honour’ benefit last month. I won’t go into it .....

4 Jan 20244 January 2024 by Rob Burgess

At last …. we have a date for direct Elizabeth Line services from Central London to Heathrow. Although the Elizabeth Line initially opened in May it was on a split service. Trains are currently .....

At last …. we have a date for direct Elizabeth Line services from Central London to Heathrow. Although .....

26 Aug 202226 August 2022 by Rhys Jones • 113 comments

It may have taken a large proportion of my lifetime to build, but today is the day that you can finally take an Elizabeth line train directly from Heathrow Airport to central London. You can also .....

It may have taken a large proportion of my lifetime to build, but today is the day that you can finally take .....

6 Nov 20226 November 2022 by Rob Burgess • 158 comments

This is our review of China Airlines’ premium economy cabin from Taipei to London. On my return from Taipei I was booked into the increasingly popular premium economy cabin on China Airlines. .....

This is our review of China Airlines’ premium economy cabin from Taipei to London. On my return from .....

29 Oct 202429 October 2024 by Rhys Jones • 34 comments

American Express has launched a batch of new ‘100% cashback’ offers this morning. Unscientifically, the offers appear to be targetted at free cards and the cheaper paid cards, such as the .....

American Express has launched a batch of new ‘100% cashback’ offers this morning. .....

20 Dec 202120 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 68 comments

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 .....

6 Jan 20256 January 2025 by Rob Burgess

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 .....

24 Jun 202424 June 2024 by Rob Burgess

Storm Eunice is causing disruption at Heathrow and other airports in the South East as pilots struggle to land aircraft in high winds. The Met Office has issued a red weather warning due to high winds .....

Storm Eunice is causing disruption at Heathrow and other airports in the South East as pilots struggle to land .....

18 Feb 202218 February 2022 by Rhys Jones • 59 comments

We have been big fans of the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa credit card for small businesses for many years, and a lot of our SME-owning readers have taken one out. Earning points worth 1 Avios .....

We have been big fans of the Capital on Tap Business Rewards Visa credit card for small businesses for many .....

8 Dec 20248 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

This is second part of an interview with Sir Tim Clark, CEO of Emirates. We published Part 1 on Friday, click here to read. It is his combined thoughts from a moderated public Q&A and a private .....

This is second part of an interview with Sir Tim Clark, CEO of Emirates. We published Part 1 on Friday, click .....

4 Mar 20244 March 2024 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments

13 months after its collapse a new management team is declaring that Flybe will restart flights this summer. Or will it ….? The road to this point has been a rocky one. It involves the .....

13 months after its collapse a new management team is declaring that Flybe will restart flights this summer. .....

17 Apr 202117 April 2021 by Rhys Jones • 46 comments