IHG has announced that it is taking over the Hilton Singapore hotel on Orchard Road. The property is scheduled to join IHG on 1st January 2022, when it will become the first voco hotel in South East .....

IHG has announced that it is taking over the Hilton Singapore hotel on Orchard Road. The property is scheduled .....

5 Jun 20215 June 2021 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

If you can’t wait to get back to Paris as soon as restrictions allow, here are two interesting new hotel options which are bookable on points. Canopy Trocadero Most of you will be unfamiliar .....

If you can’t wait to get back to Paris as soon as restrictions allow, here are two interesting new hotel .....

27 May 202127 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 18 comments

Earlier this week I took a look at hotels which are just 5,000 Hilton Honors points per night.  These are incredibly cheap redemptions – you could stay for 20 nights for the cost of just .....

Earlier this week I took a look at hotels which are just 5,000 Hilton Honors points per night.  These are .....

27 May 202127 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

If the school run is getting boring, Hilton Honors has the answer. One Hilton Honors member can have their child driven to school by Formula 1 driver Lando Norris. You don’t need to worry about .....

If the school run is getting boring, Hilton Honors has the answer. One Hilton Honors member can have their .....

26 May 202126 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 19 comments

Hilton Honors still has a handful of hotels which are 5,000 points per night EVERY NIGHT. Given that some of their hotels now run to 150,000 points per night (the new rate for Waldorf Astoria Maldives .....

Hilton Honors still has a handful of hotels which are 5,000 points per night EVERY NIGHT. Given that some of .....

25 May 202125 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 14 comments

In my previous article, I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Hilton Honors loyalty scheme. This article is my personal opinion, highlighting areas where I think you might want to focus. The .....

In my previous article, I outlined ‘the facts’ of the Hilton Honors loyalty scheme. This article .....

23 May 202123 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 58 comments

Hilton Honors has decided to make a temporary change to its breakfast benefit at its US hotels. You should have received an email from Hilton’s CEO this week outlining what the chain is doing to .....

Hilton Honors has decided to make a temporary change to its breakfast benefit at its US hotels. You should .....

22 May 202122 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 73 comments

This is the second part of our overview series looking at the main hotel loyalty schemes.  Each scheme will be covered over two articles on consecutive days. One will list the basic facts of the .....

This is the second part of our overview series looking at the main hotel loyalty schemes.  Each scheme will .....

22 May 202122 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Back in 2018, we wrote about Motto. Motto was a new hotel brand announced by Hilton. It “is a micro-hotel with an urban vibe in prime global locations”. In plain English, Hilton believed .....

Back in 2018, we wrote about Motto. Motto was a new hotel brand announced by Hilton. It “is a .....

19 May 202119 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment

News in brief: Aspire lounge re-openings in London If you are passing through Heathrow Terminal 5 soon, Aspire has confirmed that its Club Aspire lounge will reopen on Tuesday 25th May. The Gatwick .....

News in brief: Aspire lounge re-openings in London If you are passing through Heathrow Terminal 5 soon, Aspire .....

19 May 202119 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 27 comments

The secret of maximising the value of hotel loyalty points is to redeem them in ludicrously expensive places, where even the maximum possible price that the loyalty scheme can charge looks like a .....

The secret of maximising the value of hotel loyalty points is to redeem them in ludicrously expensive places, .....

18 May 202118 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 52 comments

Hilton’s DoubleTree Westminster re-opened yesterday with a new name, The Westminster, and a new Hilton brand – Curio Collection. The hotel has been fully refurbished during its closure .....

Hilton’s DoubleTree Westminster re-opened yesterday with a new name, The Westminster, and a new Hilton .....

18 May 202118 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Many hotel chains let you use your points to pay for food, drink and spa treatments whilst a guest.  Is it ever worthwhile, or would you be better saving your points for another free night in the .....

Many hotel chains let you use your points to pay for food, drink and spa treatments whilst a guest.  Is it .....

14 May 202114 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Hilton, covering selected European hotels. If you are targetted, you will see the deal on the ‘Offers’ page of one or more of your .....

American Express has launched a new cashback deal with Hilton, covering selected European hotels. If you are .....

11 May 202111 May 2021 by Rob Burgess • Leave a comment