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Some of the best deals I see this week in hotels are room rate discounts across Europe with Accor, Club Carlson and Hilton. Kimpton, Marriott and Starwood have sales on the USA home front. January is a tough month for promotions with Marriott Rewards in between MegaBonus offers Jan 16-31. Club Carlson has no new…
SPG released its 2016-Q1 promotion Take Two offering double points for Starwood Hotel stays worldwide from January 11 through April 30. There is also a supplementary 250 bonus points per night at around 260 hotels, less than 20% of Starwood Hotels globally. Double points means 4 points per dollar rather than the normal 2 base…
SPG Keyless has a 2,500 bonus points one time American Express card offer for registration, app dpwnload and use of SPG Keyless at a participating Starwood Hotel. Register your SPG account at spg.com/amexkeyless and stay between November 20 and February 29 using SPG Keyless. SPG Keyless Registration and Earning Members must register for this offer…
This morning the news posted of a major hotel chain merger with Marriott buying out Starwood Hotels in a takeover acquisition. I never saw Marriott International mentioned in 2015 during all the speculation of a Starwood acquisition, but I have felt the chain has been making the most news in the past few years with…
The news of Hyatt Hotels takeover talks for Starwood Hotels had me thinking about how the two hotel chains compare for hotel brands, number of hotels in each brand and average daily rates for each brand. Here are tables I made from the most recent Third Quarter 2015 Financial Statements for each hotel chain. Hyatt…
When I logged into my SPG account today I was greeted with an offer for 7,500 bonus points after three hotel stays between October 1 and December 31, 2015. This is the second time I have received this offer in 2015. This has been a year of burning hotel points for most of my stays.…
SPG Hot Escapes this week is far larger than last week’s deals with 100 hotels in the USA and Canada and another 70 hotels elsewhere. On of this week’s hot spots for hot escapes is Thailand with 16 hotels. Thailand Le Meridien Koh Samui is $89 or $110 nearly every date. Of course, this is…
Starwood Preferred Guest is one of the miles and points bloggers darling chains, but I have hardly stayed in Starwood Hotels over the past three years due to continually poor promotions. SPG Stay for More offers double points for 2 night stays and an additional 500 points for an extended stay three nights or more.…
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…
Starwood Hotels rumors have been in the trade news the past few months with speculation the hotel chain may be bought out by IHG or Wyndham. Jeff Higley, editorial director of Hotel News Now, has a different solution. Starwood Hotels brands are purchased by different hotel companies to beef up their brand segments. There are…
