The iconic Cape Grace hotel on Cape Town’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront has joined Accor. This follows the acquisition of the hotel by investment group Kasada in March. My understanding is .....

The iconic Cape Grace hotel on Cape Town’s Victoria & Alfred Waterfront has joined Accor. This .....

30 Jul 202230 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 39 comments

The general consensus about hotel loyalty programmes is that Marriott Bonvoy is the only scheme where it is is worthwhile trading your points for airline miles. There are a couple of reasons for this. .....

The general consensus about hotel loyalty programmes is that Marriott Bonvoy is the only scheme where it is is .....

29 Jul 202229 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 11 comments

Accor has decided to follow the other major hotel groups and relaunch its special incentive programme for luxury travel agents. Luckily for you, we partner with such an agent – Emyr Thomas of .....

Accor has decided to follow the other major hotel groups and relaunch its special incentive programme for .....

25 Jul 202225 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Accor has launched a new batch of ‘experience’ redemptions on its dedicated website. These are generally decent value, given that the alternative is 2 Eurocents of free hotel stay per Accor .....

Accor has launched a new batch of ‘experience’ redemptions on its dedicated website. These are .....

24 Jul 202224 July 2022 by Rob Burgess

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, Sofitel, Raffles, Fairmont, Pullman etc, has launched a promotion with Club Eurostar. The Accor and Club Eurostar partnership works .....

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Novotel, Mercure, Sofitel, Raffles, Fairmont, Pullman etc, .....

20 Jul 202220 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 7 comments

Once upon a time, it was not unusual for airlines to offer transfer options out of their frequent flyer miles and into hotel schemes. Over the years this changed, creating a pyramid of sorts: There .....

Once upon a time, it was not unusual for airlines to offer transfer options out of their frequent flyer miles .....

11 Jul 202211 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 10 comments

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Mercure, Novotel, Fairmont etc, has launched taxi and ride-hailing booking inside its app and website. You can see full details on this page of the .....

Accor Live Limitless, the loyalty scheme for Ibis, Mercure, Novotel, Fairmont etc, has launched taxi and .....

10 Jul 202210 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 8 comments

News in brief: Fever-Tree opens its first branded bar in Edinburgh Airport If you’re passing through Edinburgh Airport soon, look out for the new Fever-Tree cafe and bar. You can, we are told, .....

News in brief: Fever-Tree opens its first branded bar in Edinburgh Airport If you’re passing through .....

2 Jul 20222 July 2022 by Rob Burgess • 34 comments

This is our review of the Fairmont hotel in Austin, Texas. After my celebratory inaugural flight to the Texas capital – you can read my review of Virgin Atlantic Upper Class on the 787 here .....

This is our review of the Fairmont hotel in Austin, Texas. After my celebratory inaugural flight to the Texas .....

21 Jun 202221 June 2022 by Rhys Jones • 70 comments

Accor LIve Limitless has launched a ‘double points’ promotion for stays in selected European countries, including the UK. You can register here. As usual with Accor offers, existing .....

Accor LIve Limitless has launched a ‘double points’ promotion for stays in selected European .....

12 Jun 202212 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 3 comments

I thought it was about time to revise and update the lists I first published in 2012 about the best way to use up small amounts of miles and points. What I want to explore is ‘What is the .....

I thought it was about time to revise and update the lists I first published in 2012 about the best way .....

7 Jun 20227 June 2022 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Accor has launched its Summer sale covering 1,300 hotels across the UK and Europe. Participating brands include Novotel, Mercure, Ibis, Pullman, Sofitel and Fairmont, amongst others. Details are here. .....

Accor has launched its Summer sale covering 1,300 hotels across the UK and Europe. Participating brands .....

24 May 202224 May 2022 by Rob Burgess

News in brief: The new Emirates Premium Economy cabin will soon be bookable Emirates has announced that its new Premium Economy cabin will be bookable from 1st June. The roll-out of the new cabin is .....

News in brief: The new Emirates Premium Economy cabin will soon be bookable Emirates has announced that its .....

12 May 202212 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 23 comments

One of the side effects of our stay at Fairmont Royal Pavilion Barbados last year – a stay which netted me Accor Live Limitless Diamond status from a standing start, due to reduced thresholds in .....

One of the side effects of our stay at Fairmont Royal Pavilion Barbados last year – a stay which netted .....

4 May 20224 May 2022 by Rob Burgess • 5 comments