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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…
by Ric Garrido
There are 128 hotels on SPG Hot Escapes June 17 edition posted today. The 64 hotels posted for the USA surprised me at so many hotels with fairly low rates. Of course, some of these hotels may only have the low rate for one date over the next six weeks, but you might find a…
by Ric Garrido
SPG Hot Escapes is a very small list of hotels this week of May 28 with only 53 properties. Good news is there are some low rates. St. Regis Abu Dhabi is $145 per night every date June 18-30 2015 as one of several St. Regis hotels worldwide under $200 per night. St. Regis Chengdu…
by Ric Garrido
SPG Hot Escapes has many more hotels this week than last with 128 properties available at discount rates for some dates over next six weeks. Half the hotels are in the USA. These are prepaid, nonrefundable rates and bookings must be made before midnight Saturday May 23, local hotel time. This means hotels in Asia…
by Ric Garrido
SPG Hot Escapes has a small list of hotels this week at only 80 properties worldwide with 31 in the USA. There are many properties under $100 per night in the USA and many higher priced hotels. W New York Downtown at $197 is a teaser rate, available only one date on May 25 Memorial…
SPG Hot Escapes has nearly 140 hotels for booking this week of April 15, with 68 hotels in the USA and 15 in Canada. There are some discount vacation hotels in places during shoulder season like Colorado ski resorts and Virginia Beach beach resort hotels. Canada is on sale and British Columbia hotels are even…
by Ric Garrido
A quick read from AM New York shares photos with a paragraph about 17 New York historic hotels. Inside NYC’s oldest hotels: Celebrity tales, literary wunderkinds and one famous cat (March 18, 2015). There are five hotels on the list I recognize as affiliated with major hotel loyalty programs and perhaps more of these hotels…
by Ric Garrido
SPG Hot Escapes March 18 edition jumped out at me with USA deals. Boston, Chicago, Denver, Minneapolis, New Orleans and Savannah are some of the cities with some of the lowest rates I recall seeing in quite some time. There are 76 hotels in the USA and 14 in Canada on this week’s list. Westin…
Starwood Preferred Guest is raising the reward night category for 94 hotels in the USA, while only 22 Starwood Hotels in USA drop category on March 10, 2015. Still, there are some highly desirable hotels dropping in category. Several of these hotels only reached their higher SPG reward category in 2014 and are now retreating…
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