Who is the larger hotel chain – InterContinental Hotels Group or Wyndham Hotel Group? It depends on how you look at the numbers. Wyndham Hotels Group is the largest hotel chain in the world by hotel properties. InterContinental Hotels Group
I am at a Holiday Inn Express in Ashland, Oregon and Obama won the Presidential election. I frequently comment about the great value of Priority Club PointBreaks and last night was a good value for me. Portland, Oregon is over
Starwood Points Earning Power in Real Travel One of the primary difficulties in hotel loyalty program-to-program comparisons is the inability to accurately predict the earning power of real hotel travel due to variability of hotel program special offer bonuses for
A few days ago I copied a chart from the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) website showing the number of hotels and rooms for each of the major 10 global hotel corporations. [Loyalty Traveler note: the pdf on the IHG website appears to
800 rooms for 8 nights at Super 8 motels for $8.88/night (beginning 8pm Eastern USA time zone each night) Wyndham Rewards member Super 8 Motel has a Super 888 Promotion special offer rate going on for another 7 nights.
For the past several weeks I have been thinking about writing a piece on hotel brands and hotel market segments. The release yesterday of the JD Power 2008 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study brought the idea back to the
Bill Marriott (of Marriott Hotels) wrote a blog post last week, “Weathering Turbulent Times” in which he states “business outside of North America is terrific – and that’s where over 60% of our new full-service hotels will be built.”
Elite status qualification in a hotel loyalty program is the avenue to getting consistent higher-value out of your hotel expenditures. My rule of thumb with the major frequent guest programs like Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott, and Starwood is high elite status
Hyatt Gold Passport has announced the end to Hawthorn Suites participation as a hotel partner in the Gold Passport hotel loyalty program. Hawthorn Suites stays will no longer earn Gold Passport points and future reservations for free nights at Hawthorn
Go HoJo and possibly save 15% on your hotel rate for summer bookings. Howard Johnson hotels advertise a 15% discount off Best Available Rate with their “Stay 2, Save a Few” summer offer for 2 nights or longer stays. Free
