How much impact will it have? As you may have seen in the media, British Airways cabin crew on the Mixed Fleet contracts have voted to strike. As Unite members of Mixed Fleet only represent 15% of cabin crew, the impact would be nowhere near that for the previous cabin crew…
IHG Rewards Club IHG Rewards Club is the loyalty scheme for InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites brands. It has the usual benefits at the entry level which make it worth joining even for one stay. IHG runs regular ‘PointBreaks’ offers. Every two…
Today we will look at some of the lesser known luxury hotel loyalty schemes and discuss whether it is worth joining them for even a single stay. Tomorrow I shall looking at the remaining large chains, IHG (Intercontinental and Holiday Inn), Accor (Sofitel and Novotel) and Club Carlson (Park Plaza…
In part 2 I will look at two of the other major players in the hotel market – Marriott and Starwood. Tomorrow I will look at some of of the smaller hotel groups which may be of interest to the luxury traveller, Langham, Shangri-la and Leading Hotels of the World. Starwood…
Many of us think that it’s not worth joining a hotel loyalty scheme unless you are planning on staying with the chain a number of times. We also sometimes don’t realise which luxury brands of hotels are actually covered by a wider scheme such as Marriott or Hilton. It can…
There are many apps that I use to book hotels and save during my travels. Today I am going to review my recent experience using one of them, Hotel Tonight. Here is an honest review of my experience at the Park Plaza Hotel Westminster Bridge booking with Hotel Tonight. …
There are thousands of travel apps to choose from so it can be confusing knowing where to start. This article brings you the 5 travel apps I recommend as starting point when travelling. Hotel Tonight Hotel tonight is an app-based hotel booking service that allows you to book a…
Finnair has launched a UK and Ireland flight sale to Asia, bookable until the 9th January 2017. You can travel from London, Manchester or Birmingham. Is Finnair the best business class choice to Asia? Finnair is probably not your first thought when selecting an airline to fly to Asia in business…
Qatar announces Dublin launch details I wrote about the new Qatar service from Dublin last week in this article. They have now announced the details and there is good news about the aircraft type. Qatar will be flying a B787 Dreamliner from Dublin which has the latest reverse herringbone seats….
Malaysian Business class holidays Trailfinders, a respected UK travel agent, has some cut price holidays to Malaysia and Australia flying with Malaysian Airlines. Given that even in the current Malaysian Airlines offers, flights to Malaysia are around the £2000 mark, this is an excellent price. The Trailfinders offer page is here. Although…
