Ric Garrido

I’m in love with my hotel brand, so forget about the points dear!

Are you kidding? Yes, I am. Although I am making fun of a portion of the article, “Loyalty schemes — What Really Matters,”

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Hyatt Place University of California, Davis and Remembrance of Days Past

Hyatt Place U.C. Davis announced its grand opening Friday, March 19. The hotel has 75 rooms and is located adjacent to the UC

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Official Sweepstakes Entry Post for Gold Coast, Australia Trip

American Express and BoardingArea.com have come up with a sweepstakes contest for a nearly all expense paid trip for two to Gold Coast,

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Hyatt Free Night Promotion to begin March 26

Update: Monday, March 22, 2010 – No longer a rumor. I received an email from Hyatt PR confirming the “Big Welcome Back” details

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Loyalty Wars 2010: A Guide to Crunching the Numbers on Hotel Battlefields

“Hotels Compete for Loyal Guests,†is another example in a series of articles that highlight the loyalty wars of 2010. The article by

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Country Inn & Suites 3rd night Free is Truly a Free Night

Country Inn & Suites is running a Spring Vacation Get-away promotion for a third night free when you pay for two nights at

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Starwood Hotels Not-So-Secret Ambassador Program

Barbara De Lollis published a scoop last week for her Hotel Check-In blog on Starwood Hotels secret elite program, “Scoop: Starwood Hotels runs

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Morgans Hotel Group Stays Earn 1,000 Virgin America Elevate Points

Virgin America has partnered with the boutique concept hotels of Morgans Hotel Group.  Earn 1,000 Elevate points per stay through the end of

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Comparison of Carlson, Hilton, Marriott, and Starwood Multi-Night Hotel Awards

Many frequent guests save their hotel points for week-long vacation stays. Carlson goldpoints plus, Hilton HHonors, Marriott Rewards, and Starwood Preferred Guest offer

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Which locations saw Marriott hotel award changes for 2010?

In this post I share some of the observations I made as I went through the lists of Marriott brand hotels that decreased

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