Ric Garrido

Hotel High-End Category Distribution Across Major Chains

    Today I put some more time into analyzing the category changes for Hilton HHonors. Hilton HHonors = 3,551 hotels (Waldorf Astoria Collection

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Starwood Preferred Guest uber-Category hotels

Starwood Preferred Guest classifies 16 hotels in their highest Category 7 level requiring 30,000 points per night. A closer look at these hotels

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STR Hotel Industry Forecast for U.S. 2010

Smith Travel Research in Hendersonville, TN is one of the leading hotel industry data reporters.  Last week the company published its 2010 hotel

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Hyatt Gold Passport G Bonuses for March 1 – May 31

Hyatt has added new G Bonus offers for hotel stays from March 1 to May 31. Hyatt Gold Passport members can frequently earn

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Luxury Boutique hotel brands are so 2010

  Starwood Hotels launched the W Hotel brand way back in 1998 as a luxury boutique brand. Since then, other hotel chains have

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Hilton HHonors Category 7 Hotel List and 50% VIP Reward Increase for 22 hotels

Hilton’s press release yesterday states they added 302 hotels in 2009 following the company’s  2008 banner year with 327 new hotels. Hilton now

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Fairmont President’s Club Elite Suite Offer – Book by Jan 28

Fairmont President’s Club Premier and Platinum members who book an “Everyone’s an Original” or “Winter Sale” rate by 12 noon EST, Thursday, January

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Kimpton InTouch Hotel Credit with $50 Haiti Donation

Update: January 27, 2010 – I interpreted this Kimpton InTouch charity offer incorrectly in my original Loyalty Traveler post. Generally I don’t even bother

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El Niño waves drove me like a magnet to the sea

California has been battered by El Niño surf this past week. Storms turn me on. I am a stormy weather addict. When nature

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What is the Value of Hotel Points?

It seems bloggers all over are calculating the value of hotel points and airline miles with regard to Haiti donations – P.Ling in

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