SLS Las Vegas has been losing money since opening August 2014 as an initial member of Hilton’s Curio Collection. Financial filings indicate the hotel lost nearly $90 million in the first half of 2015. This past week the owners of SLS Las Vegas dropped Hilton Worldwide in favor of rebranding SLS Las Vegas with Starwood…
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List of major loyalty program hotel brands categorized by luxury, upscale and midscale
When someone tells me they stayed at a luxury hotel, I try and elicit specific details to see if I agree with their classification that it is a luxury hotel. Say Four Seasons or Ritz-Carlton and that sounds like a luxury hotel brand to me. Tell me you stayed at the Embassy Suites and I’ll…
Hilton HHonors Triple Your Trip Sep 1-Dec 31 is satisfactory value, plus new member 2,000 bonus points

Hilton HHonors Triple Your Trip is the fall promotion released yesterday. Earn triple points on weekend nights and double points on Monday to Thursday weekday nights for stays from September 1 through December 31, 2015. HHonors Triple your Trip promotion registration required. Triple points is 30 points/$1 for all brands, except Home2Suites. Double points is…
Hilton Getaways 72-hour flash sale 15% off is real deal for HHonors loyalists

I call the Hilton Getaways 72-hour flash sale launched today for U.S. hotels a real deal since the discount is 15% off the Best Flexible Rate and offers flexible cancellation too. Hilton sales generally require nonrefundable prepayment for hotel stays. The limitations of this Hilton flash sale are its limited dates for discount hotel stays.…
Curio Collection 1,500 bonus points per night April 1 to July 31, 2015
Earn up to 6,000 points with Hilton HHonors promotion for Curio Collection stays. Curio Collection 1,500 bonus points per night April 1 to July 31, 2015 are available for up to four nights. This promotion is stackable with the current double points or double miles HHonors promotion running through May 31, 2015. Curio Collection promotion…
Hilton Curio Collection signs Jamaica’s Jewel Paradise Cove and Jewel Dunn’s River Beach
Hilton Curio Collection expands to the Caribbean with two Jewel beach resorts in Jamaica as its first two properties. Curio Collection signs Jewel Paradise Cove in Runaway Beach and Jewel Dunn’s River Beach in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Jewel Dunn’s River Beach Resort & Spa Ocho Rios is an all-inclusive adults-only hotel. The resort offers two…
Portland Oregon building Hilton Canopy and Curio Collection hotels
Hilton launched two brands in 2014 with Canopy and Curio Collection. Portland, Oregon is in the midst of a hotel construction boom and two new hotels are signed with Canopy and Curio Collection. Canopy Portland Pearl District is one of the original 11 hotels announced in October 2014 in Hilton’s Canopy new hotel brand launch…
Hilton signs LondonHouse Chicago Hotel to Curio Collection
Big news announcement in hotel branding as Hilton signs Chicago LondonHouse Hotel to Curio Collection. There is good reason you likely never heard of LondonHouse Hotel. The hotel will not open for another year in spring 2016. The big deal is its location on the Chicago River in the historic London Guarantee Building designed and…
Book SLS Las Vegas 50% off rates by 12/08 for stays through August 31, 2015.
SLS Las Vegas has a 50% rate offer for stays through August 31, 2015 when booked by December 8, 2014. This rate offer has no blackout date or minimum stay restrictions with the opportunity to get discount rates even during special events like Rock in Rio next May when performers like No Doubt, Linkin Park…