News in brief: Save 15% on easyJet Plus membership Over the weekend we ran a review of the easyJet Plus membership scheme, which you can read here. Reader Dave pointed out in the comments that there .....

News in brief: Save 15% on easyJet Plus membership Over the weekend we ran a review of the easyJet Plus .....

15 Dec 202115 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

News in brief: Register now for the new World of Hyatt promotion World of Hyatt has launched its Winter promotion, which is called ‘Bonus Journeys’. It is, effectively, a copy of the .....

News in brief: Register now for the new World of Hyatt promotion World of Hyatt has launched its Winter .....

12 Dec 202112 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

News in brief: IHG’s new ‘Vignette’ chain signs three 5-star European hotels ‘Vignette’ is IHG’s newest hotel brand. As we covered here, Vignette is IHG’s .....

News in brief: IHG’s new ‘Vignette’ chain signs three 5-star European hotels .....

10 Dec 202110 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running. All of the information in this article can also be found on our ‘Hotel .....

As travel begins to restart, we have brought back our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions .....

8 Dec 20218 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

Is it possible to transfer hotel loyalty points to a friend or partner?  Can you transfer the points for free?  In most cases, the answer is ‘Yes’. Airline schemes are not like this.  .....

Is it possible to transfer hotel loyalty points to a friend or partner?  Can you transfer the points for .....

6 Dec 20216 December 2021 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

News in brief: Were you caught up in the Creation credit card cancellations? If you are one of those people whose IHG Rewards credit card is being closed down this week, you may find this .....

News in brief: Were you caught up in the Creation credit card cancellations? If you are one of those people .....

30 Nov 202130 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 399 comments

The rumours were correct. IHG Rewards is running a huge ‘5x’ bonus promotion today and tomorrow. The rules have been published here (click here). Full details of the offer, and .....

The rumours were correct. IHG Rewards is running a huge ‘5x’ bonus promotion today and tomorrow. .....

29 Nov 202129 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

This is our review of the new Kimpton St Honore hotel in Paris. In 2017, we visited Kimpton’s new European flagship in Amsterdam and gave it a bad review – despite being upgraded to a .....

This is our review of the new Kimpton St Honore hotel in Paris. In 2017, we visited Kimpton’s new .....

29 Nov 202129 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

This is part 2 of our review of IHG’s new Kimpton St Honore Paris hotel. You can read Part 1 of my Kimpton Paris review here, which covers the hotel’s location and a full look at my suite. .....

This is part 2 of our review of IHG’s new Kimpton St Honore Paris hotel. You can read Part 1 of my .....

29 Nov 202129 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

What is InterContinenal Ambassador, and is it worth paying a $200 annual fee to join a loyalty programme?  I thought it was worth taking another look as we haven’t focused on the benefits of .....

What is InterContinenal Ambassador, and is it worth paying a $200 annual fee to join a loyalty programme?  I .....

28 Nov 202128 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 71 comments

News in brief: Rumour of massive IHG bonus next week If you are an IHG Rewards member, you will have had a cryptic email about a big Cyber Monday promotion. The landing page is here but doesn’t .....

News in brief: Rumour of massive IHG bonus next week If you are an IHG Rewards member, you will have had a .....

25 Nov 202125 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 53 comments

IHG has just opened Hotel Indigo Cagnes-sur-Mer, the brand’s first hotel on the French Riviera. Details are here. This looks, on the face of it, like a very attractive option for someone who wants .....

IHG has just opened Hotel Indigo Cagnes-sur-Mer, the brand’s first hotel on the French Riviera. Details are .....

20 Nov 202120 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 46 comments

Because most frequent traveller currencies can be converted into something else, there are always odd opportunities that get thrown up. Sometimes you can do a conversion which you would logically not .....

Because most frequent traveller currencies can be converted into something else, there are always odd .....

18 Nov 202118 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 2 comments

This is my review of the InterContinental Le Grand hotel in Paris. Back in 2014, I wrote a HfP article where I said that, for reasons that I did not fully understand myself, InterContinental Le Grand .....

This is my review of the InterContinental Le Grand hotel in Paris. Back in 2014, I wrote a HfP article where I .....

11 Nov 202111 November 2021 by Rob Burgess • 40 comments