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Sheraton Sopot has an ideal location for Poland’s premier Baltic Sea beach resort city of Sopot, Poland. This hotel was SPG category 4 at 10,000 Starpoints per night or 5,000 points + $81 (after city tax) as a Cash & Points night. The flexible rate was 787 PLN/$212usd for our dates or 614 PLN/$166usd for…
This is a series of posts on the new Marriott Rewards program launching August 2018 for 6,800+ hotels worldwide. This article covers Marriott Rewards new Category 5 hotels at 35,000 points per night with a list of hotels increasing in reward cost Aug 2018. These are hotels you should consider booking at their lower rates in…
This is the third in a series of posts listing Starwood and Marriott brand hotels increasing in points cost in the new Marriott Rewards program launching August 2018 for 6,800+ hotels worldwide. This article covers Marriott Rewards new Category 4 hotels at 25,000 points per night. Marriott Rewards New Award Charts and Hotels to Book…
This article is my analysis of the new Marriott Rewards charts coming August 2018 and another change to the charts launching in 2019 for hotel reward nights using points. My general assessment is most hotels will cost more points and more cash in one year’s time. List of August 2018 Marriott Rewards hotel reward rates…
Our first summer 2018 trip 15-hotel-nights itinerary across Europe started in Copenhagen with two nights at Nordic Choice Hotels, then six nights in Lithuania at Radisson Rewards hotels in Kaunas and the Baltic Sea port town of Klaipeda, followed by three nights in the Baltic coast beach resort of Sopot, Poland at Marriott and Sheraton…
Marriott announced its $500 million transformation vision for Sheraton Hotels yesterday. Third time’s a charm? There have been two previous Sheraton brand transformation projects launched in the past decade. Since December 2006, Sheraton, part of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, has invested $2.3 billion in opening new hotels, $1.5 billion in property renovations and an…
Savannah, Georgia has two new Starwood Hotels for summer 2018. Perry Lane Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel opened this week. The hotel enters SPG as a category 5 at 12,000 points per night. Of course, this will change in the new Marriott Rewards program coming August 1. The Alida, Savannah, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel is…
Africa makes Marriott and Starwood news with two recent developments. Sheraton Bamako Hotel opens in Mali at SPG category 5 reward nights. Bamako is the capital city of Mali on the Niger River and largest population center with 1.8 million residents. Mali is also where you find the ancient city of Timbuktu. I wanted to…
Starwood Preferred Guest-SPG has what could possibly be its final sale of Starpoints at 35% off through May 31, 2018. This limited time offer reduces the price of points from $35 per 1,000 to $22.75 per 1,000 points when you buy 5,000 or more points. Starpoints can be purchased in increments of 500 points, up…
Marriott Rewards and Starwood Preferred Guest have been my least used major hotel loyalty programs over the past five years. My stays at Marriott hotel brands are generally limited to times when they have a MegaBonus free night offer after 2 stays. SPG is a program I held Platinum elite status in for 9 years…
