The Hilton Sukhumvit is located near the Phrom Phong BTS and Emporium malls, offers some of the best value in the Hilton portfolio in town and a nice Executive Lounge to boot. If you are Hilton Honors fan, you should consider it on your next visit to the City of Angels! … Continue reading
Find out all you need to know in one place – about Hilton Worldwide, the facts and figures, the brand experience and the Hilton Honors rewards program! Get an overview of the distribution of Hilton Hotels across regions, brands and price categories. Understand the different brand experiences from Conrad to Hampton Inn. And get the highlights of the Hilton Honors … Continue reading
The Hilton Honors program advertises that you can get a free night from only 5,000 points – yet category 1 and 2 (10,000 points/night) hotels are very rare and usually the lower brand hotels. I was excited to find a Doubletree hotel in Kuala Lumpur, a full-service hotel near the iconic Petronas Towers! I booked the Doubletree Hotel Kuala Lumpur for … Continue reading
The Hilton Kota Kinabalu is the latest upscale hotel to open in the capital of Sabah on Borneo. During previous visits, I stayed at the Hyatt KK and the Le Meridien, so I wanted to see how the Hilton compares – and the low Hilton Honors rate of only 10,000 points/night made it easy! It’s a very stylish property, much … Continue reading
This week’s Daily Getaway Promotion by the U.S. Travel Association is offering deals by Hilton Honors, Marriott Hotels, Caesar Resorts & Casinos, Universal Studios and Orbitz, the online booking site! Check out my recommendations to pass or strike for each day! … Continue reading
The Hilton Worldwide hotel group has been in business for over 100 years and with 4,875 hotels in 97 countries, is one of the largest hotel businesses in the world. While the flagship brand Hilton is probably the best known one, the largest brand is Hampton Hotels. Find out all the details about the Hilton brands, the price categories and … Continue reading
Last year Hilton announced the launch of a new hotel brand, Tru, and now the first hotel is scheduled to open next month in Oklahoma City. While their is a dizzying number of hotel brands out there already, this is one brand I’m excited about: It’s a mid-scale, select service hotel brand that is much bolder than any other brand … Continue reading
A big part of the excitement about travel rewards credit cards are the huge sign-up bonuses credit card companies in the US have been handing out. And they are especially high during the occasional promotions – currently, Marriott offers an increased bonus of 100,000 points for their Chase Visa card and Starwood offers 35,000 points for their American Express card … Continue reading
Fortunately, Hotel News Now’s infographics for the largest hotel company and hotel chain are much better than the info cards at the Oscars, so I didn’t mess up the announcement! Like in any other industry, being “the biggest” gives you some bragging rights, so Hotel News Now has compiled the data for the largest hotel chains and hotel brands for 2016: … Continue reading
A few weeks ago, Hilton announced major changes to their HHonors rewards program. I reviewed it in TravelNews here and concluded that it will be more flexible and easier to use for regular members just looking for a free night, but reflect a devaluation for points & miles enthusiasts looking for the best value for their points. Now, Hilton has implemented … Continue reading