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Program features in four different hotel loyalty programs were eliminated or changed in the past 14 months resulting in a significant loss of hotel discount strategies for budget travelers. This post is a recap of these program features that I used with great effect for room rate reductions. This is kind of a last look…
Radisson Rewards launches its first promotion running March 12 to June 30, 2018 after rebranding from Club Carlson. Members who stay 2 nights, 5 nights, 10 nights or 20 nights earn up to 120,000 bonus points. Radisson Rewards Hotel Nights March 12 – June 30, 2018 2 nights = earn 5,000 bonus points. 5 nights…
Club Carlson is raising reward rates at 55 hotels on March 1, 2018. That is not an alarming number of hotels in a portfolio of 1,500+ hotels worldwide. What blows my mind is 11 of these 55 hotels are places I have stayed in the past three years or plan to be in 2018. Loyalty…
Club Carlson members have early access to a global Dream Deals sale for 30% off Best Available Rates and 2,500 bonus points per stay from February 28 to June 30, 2018. These are prepaid, nonrefundable rates. Must book by February 25, 2018. This is different than most promotional discount rates from Club Carlson, which generally…
Ten major hotel chains with loyalty programs currently number 134 different hotel brands for earning and redeeming points. Over 25% of these brands became part of their respective hotel loyalty program within the past six years. I have followed these loyalty programs for more than a decade and some of the hotel brands listed in…
Four developments in the past week have influenced my travel decisions for trips over the next six months. My trip planning moved into high speed to take advantage of high value hotel loyalty promotions and low reward night rates in Europe. 1. IHG Rewards Club PointBreaks changed from all 5,000 points per night hotels to…
Club Carlson has posted its 2018 hotel category changes for 124 hotels effective March 1, 2018. Overall the changes look relatively even handed with 55 hotels going up in award category and 69 hotels dropping award category. EMEA-Europe, Middle East and Africa see the majority of changes where 33 hotels rise in category and 42…
Prague turns out to be a major tourism destination for New Year’s Eve. Most midscale hotels were running about $150 to $200 per night with upscale hotels in the $300 range. Many hotels also appeared to have a 2-night or 3-night minimum stay for the weekend Sunday New Year’s Eve fireworks event. IHG Rewards Club…
Country Inns & Suites by Carlson is now officially Country Inns & Suites by Radisson. Country Inns latest brand fact sheet shows 482 Country Inns & Suites open and 76 hotels in development. Sign changes at hotels will be changed throughout 2018. A fact sheet distribution map shows 458 or 95% of Country Inns…
Club Carlson has a 20% discount rate for 2-night or more stays at Radisson and 15% off Country Inn hotels in the Americas for January 2018. An additional 5,000 bonus points can be earned for booking your January 2-night stay by Sunday, January 14. This is a flexible cancellation rate. Hotel rate rules I checked…
