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by Ric Garrido
One of the new hotels in New York is the $320 million, 68-story skyscraper housing both the Courtyard and Residence Inn New York Manhattan Central Park. The ribbon cutting ceremony for the property was January 7, 2014. Floors 6 to 23 comprise the 378-room Courtyard hotel and floors 37 to 65 contain the 261-suites of…
Tutorial for finding HHonors Standard and Points & Money Rewards Now that you just transferred all your Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles into Hilton HHonors points before the February 6 devaluation when the rate changes from 10,000 VS miles = 20,000 HHonors points to 10,000 VS miles = 15,000 HHonors points, here are some tips…
Many Hilton HHonors members, to varying degrees, felt the hotel loyalty program was devalued when Hilton HHonors made major changes to the cost of hotel award nights in March 2013. Hilton HHonors is the biggest hotel loyalty shock yet in 2013 with today’s announcement of changes coming March 28. 10 hotel award categories ranging in…
Starwood Hotels has a large presence in New York with 25 hotels in the New York City area and over a dozen hotels in Manhattan and several in Harlem and Brooklyn. Starwood Hotels in New York range from St. Regis to Aloft Harlem. Starwood Hotel Brands in New York area: St. Regis = 1 Luxury…
Hyatt Gold Passport in New York reveals the variability in the value of points as room rates wildly fluctuate from week to week and weeknights to weekends. There are six Hyatt properties currently open in Manhattan and the new Hyatt Times Square New York scheduled to open later in 2013. The Hyatt Regency Jersey City…
New York City saw a blistering rise in the points price for HHonors Standard Rewards with the March 28, 2013 changes. Many hotels that were 50,000 points per night are now 80,000 to 95,000 per night. New York City was the first U.S. city to make a striking comeback in room rates following the 2008-2010…
Westin New York Grand Central held a grand opening celebration last week after a $75 million renovation. The new hotel has 774 rooms and a 3,000 square foot workout center which far exceeds the size of the small workout rooms I saw last month at Westin Times Square and W Union Square. Big wigs like…
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