Ric Garrido

35 InterContinental Hotel Presidential Suite e-Bay Auctions for Prince’s Trust

Octopus Travel and InterContinental Hotels Group are auctioning 2-night stays in Presidential Suites (or comparable rooms) at 35 InterContinental Hotels around the world

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Haiti Earthquake Relief Loyalty Program links

There are some updates for hotel loyalty point donations from the post I made a week ago. WebFlyer has a page with links

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Hyatt Place and Summerfield Suites 30% Sale through Jan 23

Book between January 19 and Saturday, January 23 for hotel stays between February 7  and April 5, 2010. The 30% discount is a

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Hilton HHonors Rewards Compared to Marriott Rewards for San Francisco Area

The category shift in HHonors last Friday is a difficult systemwide, global change to analyze. I decided to restrict my initial observations to

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Dublin…so foreign, so Californian

Last night I stayed at the Hyatt Place in Dublin…California, not Ireland. I’ve been to Dublin, Ireland. That place is old. Most of

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HHonors 2010 Hotel Category Shift – It is bad!

Here is a table showing the hotel category shift for USA hotels. USA properties comprise approximately 88% of total Hilton portfolio. The average cost of a

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Donate Hotel Loyalty Points for Haiti Relief Effort

The earthquake disaster in Haiti is going to require billions of dollars for rescue, recovery, and rebuilding of lives and infrastructure. Juliana at

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Hyatt Gold Passport 3,000 miles for 2-night stay American, Alaska, Aeroplan

Hyatt Gold Passport offers 2,500 airline bonus miles for American Airlines, Air Canada Aeroplan, and Alaska Airlines with hotel stays of two or

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IHG Priority Club PointBreaks Posted Today, Stay through March 30 for 5,000 points

The new InterContinental Hotels Group Priority Club PointBreaks list posted today. The best value hotels tend to get booked out in the first

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Marriott 20% Global Rate Break – Book by Jan 22, Stay by March 21

Marriott has a 20% global rate break for weekend stays, valid from Thursday through Sunday nights. Some resorts in Hawaii, Caribbean, and Latin

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