Ric Garrido

Starwood EMEA Discounts at BeattheTimer.com

Last week BoardingArea blogger VeryGoodPoints posted “Starwood’s Beat the Timer how did I not know about this!?! I am asking myself the same

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Driving across the USA on your bucket list?

A travel article in the Los Angeles Times today seems to be filled with mixed messages. The title “Many Americans dream of driving

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Marriott PointSavers hotels updated this week

Marriott PointSavers dates offer reward nights at the price of one category lower. A Marriott Rewards category 6 hotel normally 30,000 points is

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Hilton HHonors earn 5,000 points for Visa, texts and hotel stay

Hilton HHonors members can earn 1,000 points for registering a mobile phone number and VISA card. This reminds me of the type of

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Choice Privileges $50 restaurant card for 3 night stay in 6 cities

Choice Privileges offers a $50 restaurant gift card for a stay of 3 consecutive nights or more at a Choice Hotel in one

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W Paris-Opera Hotel now open

The long anticipated W Paris-Opera is finally open.  There is a 75 second video on the hotel’s website visualizing “New York Energy Meets

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Embassy Suites Facebook Sweepstakes – 366 Days of More

Embassy Suites launched 366 Days of More Sweepstakes on February 29, 2012 through its Facebook page. Residents of the USA, D.C., Puerto Rico and

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Cornell scientists look at Flash Sales Sites like Groupon and LivingSocial

The Center for Hospitality Research (CHR) is a unit of the Cornell School of Hotel Administration and the academics there publish quarterly reports

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Atlantis Resort Bahamas: Marine Habitats

The marine habitats at Atlantis resort Paradise Island, Bahamas are the unique feature that sets this resort in a higher tier from your

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Burn Marriott MegaBonus free nights before 96 hotels rise to category 5 on March 15

The most significant issue affecting Marriott Rewards members when the hotel reward category reassignments happen on March 15, 2012 is the set of

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