Accor has added three top London hotels to its ever-expanding portfolio. Accor, owner of Novotel, Ibis, Sofitel, Mercure etc, has been on a massive spending spree in the last couple of years. Some of .....

Accor has added three top London hotels to its ever-expanding portfolio. Accor, owner of Novotel, Ibis, .....

12 Oct 201812 October 2018 by Rob Burgess

Accor Live Limitless has announced a new partnership with Club Eurostar. I was a little surprised to see this but I shouldn’t have been.  As the biggest hotel group in France and with a big .....

Accor Live Limitless has announced a new partnership with Club Eurostar. I was a little surprised to see this .....

4 Oct 20184 October 2018 by Rob Burgess • 15 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  We didn’t run this feature during September as all of the main chains were switching their offers during the .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  We didn’t run this .....

2 Oct 20182 October 2018 by Rob Burgess • 29 comments

Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend.  It is usually a terrible deal.  The price is often only modestly cheaper than buying miles outright but no new .....

Most frequent flyer schemes allow you to pay to transfer miles to a friend.  It is usually a terrible .....

29 Sep 201829 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 9 comments

Accor Hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman / Raffles / Swissotel / Fairmont etc, has brought back its potentially generous promotion to earn 6,000 bonus Avios or .....

Accor Hotels, which own Novotel / Ibis / Mercure / M Gallery / Sofitel / Pullman / Raffles / Swissotel / .....

13 Sep 201813 September 2018 by Rob Burgess • 45 comments

There is a generous Avios / Economist deal currently running which we covered here, and it is also now available via the BA website. Le Club AccorHotels is running a similar deal.  You can .....

There is a generous Avios / Economist deal currently running which we covered here, and it is also now .....

9 Sep 20189 September 2018 by Rob Burgess

Miles & More is running a lot of special deals this month as part of its 25th birthday celebrations. Nothing is going to top the current Hilton offer, which offers a crazy 2,500 Miles & More .....

Miles & More is running a lot of special deals this month as part of its 25th birthday celebrations. .....

4 Sep 20184 September 2018 by Rob Burgess

A couple of new hotel and airline cashback offers have appeared on American Express statements.  You may find some, none or all of these under the ‘Offers’ tab on your online .....

A couple of new hotel and airline cashback offers have appeared on American Express statements.  You may .....

1 Sep 20181 September 2018 by Rob Burgess

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  What is far rarer is for a frequent flyer scheme to let you transfer your points INTO a hotel .....

Almost all hotel loyalty programmes let you transfer you points into certain frequent flyer schemes.  What is .....

24 Aug 201824 August 2018 by Rob Burgess • 36 comments

Back in March I wrote an article on the rumour that IHG, which operates InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo etc, was in talks to buy hotel group Belmond. .....

Back in March I wrote an article on the rumour that IHG, which operates InterContinental, Holiday Inn, .....

11 Aug 201811 August 2018 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Accor has launched a new promotion for stays at their hotels in the UK and Ireland. Members of Le Club AccorHotels will receive double base points.  In the past Accor has given a higher bonus to .....

Accor has launched a new promotion for stays at their hotels in the UK and Ireland. Members of Le Club .....

31 Jul 201831 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  Apologies that this edition is a little later than usual. All of the information in this article can also be found on .....

Welcome to our regular round-up of the best hotel promotions currently running.  Apologies that this edition .....

15 Jul 201815 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 42 comments

MGallery by Sofitel is one of the lesser known brands under the Accor portfolio. According to the MGallery site: MGallery by Sofitel is a collection of boutique hotels dedicated to lovers of life, .....

MGallery by Sofitel is one of the lesser known brands under the Accor portfolio. According to the MGallery .....

11 Jul 201811 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 103 comments

The sun is out, so  I thought it was a good time to update our ‘Holiday Tips’ series in preparation for the Summer season. Future articles will look at earning miles from credit cards .....

The sun is out, so  I thought it was a good time to update our ‘Holiday Tips’ series in .....

9 Jul 20189 July 2018 by Rob Burgess • 26 comments