This is our review of the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for hotels and resorts in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. You can get up to 20% .....

This is our review of the Hilton Molino Stucky Venice hotel. Hilton is currently running its latest sale for .....

27 Jul 202427 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 47 comments

This is our review of Club Eurostar, the Eurostar loyalty scheme. We don’t give Club Eurostar much coverage on Head for Points, mainly because it doesn’t run many promotions and we are .....

This is our review of Club Eurostar, the Eurostar loyalty scheme. We don’t give Club Eurostar much .....

23 Jan 202523 January 2025 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

This is Part 2 of my review of the newly refurbished, extended and generally revived Carlton Cannes hotel, part of IHG’s Regent chain. I visited the hotel for two nights earlier this month as .....

This is Part 2 of my review of the newly refurbished, extended and generally revived Carlton Cannes hotel, .....

22 Sep 202322 September 2023 by Rob Burgess • 35 comments

I’ve read many articles about World of Hyatt in my time, and obviously written a few myself. I never remember reading anywhere that some Hyatt brands do not participate in the ‘best .....

I’ve read many articles about World of Hyatt in my time, and obviously written a few myself. I never .....

23 Jun 202523 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

Marriott has scored a minor coup by signing the Stock Exchange Hotel in Manchester to Autograph Collection. The website is here. Autograph Collection is Marriott’s ‘soft’ brand for .....

Marriott has scored a minor coup by signing the Stock Exchange Hotel in Manchester to Autograph Collection. .....

28 Nov 202428 November 2024 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments

As an editorial rule, Head for Points does not usually write about hotels which only exist on paper. A contract may be signed but it doesn’t mean that the project will ever happen. We do cover .....

As an editorial rule, Head for Points does not usually write about hotels which only exist on paper. A .....

2 Jul 20242 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

News in brief: British Airways reopens its lounge in Singapore British Airways reopened its lounge at Singapore Changi Airport yesterday after a closure of exactly a month for refurbishment. This is .....

News in brief: British Airways reopens its lounge in Singapore British Airways reopened its lounge at .....

11 Dec 202411 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

As summer approaches, we wanted to take another look at the popular group of resort hotels, Domes Resorts. With recent enhancements and the introduction of Domes Novos Santorini and 91 Athens Riviera .....

As summer approaches, we wanted to take another look at the popular group of resort hotels, Domes Resorts. .....

25 May 202525 May 2025 by Sinead Archer • 6 comments

There are two global mega projects in aviation right now. There’s the transformation of Air India, which we covered last week, and then there is Riyadh Air. As its name suggests, Riyadh Air is .....

There are two global mega projects in aviation right now. There’s the transformation of Air India, which .....

19 Apr 202519 April 2025 by Rhys Jones • 94 comments

We have been working with Hyatt to bring you details of 10 new World of Hyatt hotels opening in 2024 which would resonate with a UK audience. They chose well, and I think that most of you will find at .....

We have been working with Hyatt to bring you details of 10 new World of Hyatt hotels opening in 2024 which .....

4 Jan 20244 January 2024 by Rhys Jones • 26 comments

This is a guest post by Oliver Ranson, who runs the fascinating Airline Revenue Economics blog on Substack. You can read Oliver’s previous HfP articles, “How we built the first business .....

This is a guest post by Oliver Ranson, who runs the fascinating Airline Revenue Economics blog on Substack. .....

16 Dec 202316 December 2023 by HfP team • 73 comments

One of the lesser known secrets of Heathrow airport is that guests of the Thistle Heathrow hotel can use the driverless pods to get to Terminal 5. The hotel backs on to the pod parking car park.  .....

One of the lesser known secrets of Heathrow airport is that guests of the Thistle Heathrow hotel can use the .....

28 Mar 202428 March 2024 by Rob Burgess • 58 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 Jul 202415 July 2024 by Rob Burgess

Last Autumn, thanks to a new long-term agreement with Iberostar, IHG added 70 beach resorts to its roster. Iberostar is a Spanish family-run chain of hotels that runs four and five star leisure .....

Last Autumn, thanks to a new long-term agreement with Iberostar, IHG added 70 beach resorts to its roster. .....

19 Dec 202319 December 2023 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments