The InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong offers great service and renovated rooms in a waterfront location in Kowloon, at high prices typical for Hong Kong. Despite enjoying a flawless stay, we are not likely to return – because the other InterContinental Hong Kong is better in every way and my recommended choice for Hong Kong!
The Kindness Hotel Chihkan Tower offers simple, modern rooms in the heart of Tainan, Taiwan’s old capital. A large breakfast and dinner buffet are included in the price, making it great value. Tourists will appreciate the proximity to historic sights, restaurants and shops, making the Kindness Hotel Tainan a great choice for first-time visitors!
Hilton made big changes in 2017 to their Honors rewards program and is continuing to tune the program in 2018: They are simplifying the earning structure, with additional points for the most frequent guests, allow the roll-over of status nights, introduce gifting of status and introduce free breakfast for Gold and Diamond members at Waldorf Astoria
Marriott Hotels has launched their first MegaBonus promotion for the new year, offering to earn up to 3,000 points per stay between January, 16th and April, 15th, 2018. You earn 2,000 bonus points per stay and an additional 1,000 bonus points for weekend stays and hotels of all 18 Marriott brands are participating.
As the year comes to an end, hotel loyalty programs announce their new promotions for the new year. Hilton has launched their “points unlimited” offering 2,000 points per stay between January 1st and April 30th, 2018. You’ll earn an additional 10,000 points after 5 stays and there is no limit for the number of points
Siargao is my new favorite island in the Philippines and the Islana Cabana Resort Siargao came highly recommended by a local – it was as good as it was praised to be and a (re)treat to remember! It offers luxurious, private pool villas right on the beach with great privacy, all on one of the
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!
The pullman King Power Bangkok was the first pullman hotel worldwide, recently celebrated it’s 10 year anniversary and underwent a renovation. It now offers a grand lobby, great pool, spa and lounge and stylish rooms at reasonable prices. If you don’t mind the walk to BTS and airport train, you’ll get quickly to anywhere in
Crowne Plaza is an upscale hotel brand in the InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG) with over 400 properties around the world. Crowne Plaza is one of the most globally distributed brands of IHG and focused on business travelers. You’ll find them in big cities and airport locations. They are not flashy, but they get the job
The Accor group has 4,195 hotels in 92 countries as of 2017, making it one of the largest hotel chains in the world. Yet, its LeClub hotel rewards program gets very little coverage in the blogosphere – part of the problem was the lack of benefits for elite members and Accor set out to improve it.
Accor Hotels is running another Private Sale – book a room by November 23rd, 2017 for stays as far out as November 2018 and get up to 50% off! As always, the discounts and dates are different by region and not all hotels will have these rates for all days, so your mileage may vary!
Wyndham Garden Hotels are a sub-brand of Wyndham Hotels with over 100 properties, mostly in North America! While the main Wyndham brand is considered upper upscale and focuses on city locations, Wyndham Garden offers simpler hotels in suburban and airport locations. They are not that common, so find out more about who they are and what