American Express has launched a new wave of hotel cashback deals. Whatever you are planning this Spring, you are likely to find a deal for you. As usual, these offers may or may not appear somewhere .....

American Express has launched a new wave of hotel cashback deals. Whatever you are planning this Spring, you .....

26 Apr 202226 April 2022 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

Yesterday Rhys gave a comprehensive run-down of recommendations from his very extensive travels in 2023, virtually all of which we documented on the site. My end of year review is slightly different. .....

Yesterday Rhys gave a comprehensive run-down of recommendations from his very extensive travels in 2023, .....

27 Dec 202327 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

This is our review of the Pendry Manhattan West hotel in New York. You probably haven’t heard of Pendry before, but it is a small brand of luxury hotels based in the United States. It also has a .....

This is our review of the Pendry Manhattan West hotel in New York. You probably haven’t heard of Pendry .....

21 Nov 202121 November 2021 by Rhys Jones • 29 comments

What food and drink is British Airways serving during coronavirus? Just a day after we complained about the state of British Airways onboard catering, British Airways has unveiled its new interim .....

What food and drink is British Airways serving during coronavirus? Just a day after we complained about the .....

11 Jun 202011 June 2020 by Rob Burgess • 105 comments

W Rome was one of the hotels we featured in our ‘top 10 new Marriott hotels for 2021’ list in December 2020. It was due to open in Spring 2021 but, all things considered, we’ll let .....

W Rome was one of the hotels we featured in our ‘top 10 new Marriott hotels for 2021’ list in .....

10 Dec 202110 December 2021 by Rob Burgess

‘Vignette’ is IHG’s newest hotel brand. As we covered here, Vignette is IHG’s version of Hilton’s Curio, Marriott’s Autograph or Hyatt’s Unbound Collection. Here’s the .....

‘Vignette’ is IHG’s newest hotel brand. As we covered here, Vignette is IHG’s version .....

10 Dec 202110 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

This is our review of SWISS Business Class to Dubai on an Airbus A330. It is the third part of our review series looking at the SWISS Business Class experience. You can see our review of the Lufthansa .....

This is our review of SWISS Business Class to Dubai on an Airbus A330. It is the third part of our review .....

11 Oct 202111 October 2021 by Rhys Jones • 25 comments

This is our review of the One Hundred Shoreditch hotel in London. Working for Head for Points has many perks but one of the best is getting to stay in and review some fantastic hotels. However, when .....

This is our review of the One Hundred Shoreditch hotel in London. Working for Head for Points has many perks .....

14 Aug 202214 August 2022 by Sinead Archer • 53 comments

This is our review of the ExpressTest ‘Day 2’ covid testing service at London Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5. After six fabulous nights in the Balearics it was time to come home .....

This is our review of the ExpressTest ‘Day 2’ covid testing service at London Heathrow .....

20 Jul 202120 July 2021 by Rhys Jones • 152 comments

The White House has put out a press release this afternoon announcing the United States’ response to the emergence of Omicron. The good news is that the changes are all fairly measured. In .....

The White House has put out a press release this afternoon announcing the United States’ response to the .....

2 Dec 20212 December 2021 by Rhys Jones • 15 comments

This is our review of the Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge in the international Satellite Terminal in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia Airlines operates a number of lounges in Kuala Lumpur, depending on where .....

This is our review of the Malaysia Airlines Golden Lounge in the international Satellite Terminal in Kuala .....

19 May 202219 May 2022 by Rhys Jones • 30 comments

This is my review of the Jumeirah Muscat Bay resort in Muscat, Oman. We spent a week in Oman over October half term, split between beach and mountains. Whilst I don’t often write about family .....

This is my review of the Jumeirah Muscat Bay resort in Muscat, Oman. We spent a week in Oman over October half .....

7 Dec 20237 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

Marriott has announced that it is bringing its luxury butler-service St Regis brand to London next year. The St Regis London will open in 2023 and involves a £90 million redevelopment of the Westbury .....

Marriott has announced that it is bringing its luxury butler-service St Regis brand to London next year. The .....

25 Feb 202225 February 2022 by Rhys Jones • 7 comments

After a couple of years of on again-off again travel, 2022 has seen a return to vague normality. Huge swathes of the globe were still off limits, of course, including many parts of Asia, but it was .....

After a couple of years of on again-off again travel, 2022 has seen a return to vague normality. Huge swathes .....

26 Dec 202226 December 2022 by Rhys Jones • 49 comments