Regular readers of Loyalty Traveler may understand why I am excited about the W Amsterdam opening last week. The hotel sits atop the Albert Heijn AH Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal supermarket, one of the largest grocery stores in central Amsterdam. Many times, many years ago I made those walks regularly from the 17th century canal houses of…
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SPG Hot Escapes are good value for my Asia escape
SPG Hot Escapes are out with a very limited selection of 64 hotels on this week’s October 28 list. Two hotels catch my eye this week as good value for my Asia escape on a $389 Delta Airlines ticket SJC-KUL I bought last April. St. Regis Singapore is $239 on weekend nights – Friday, Saturday…
SPG 7,500 bonus points after 3 stays (targeted offer)
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 Oct 21 Thailand, Canada and Caribbean calling
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…
Liberté and free nights in Paris

This is not a hotel review of InterContinental Le Grand Paris, although I begin this piece with information past and present about the hotel. My hotel review with photos will follow in a subsequent post. This piece is more about the social concepts of liberté, unité, égalité from my impressions as an American tourist wandering…
SPG Stay for More 2x Starpoints + 500 for extended stay
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.…
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…
Imagining Starwood Hotels future with Jeff Higley with an expansion of Choice and Carlson brands
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…
Low USA rates on SPG Hot Escapes June 17 edition
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…
SPG Hot Escapes May 28 small list, low rates, lots of St. Regis Hotels
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…