Starwood Preferred Guest

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Deals

Starwood Preferred Guest “More For You” promotion launched.

ByTim

SPG’s latest promotion is open for registration, and is pretty simple in its earning structure. Members can earn double or triple points for stays of 2 or more nights.

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Hotel promotions

A couple of hotel promotions which I had neglected…

ByTim

HIlton and SPG this week launched their Q2 promotions, which unfortunately look rather bland compared to what they have done in the past. Seems like the trend these days is more a slow and consistent growth in points, at the risk of a massive unexpected devaluation!

New W Hotel to open in Amsterdam

ByTim

Market Watch reports of a new Starwood Preferred Guest hotel to open around Autumn 2015 on Dam Square in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The new W Hotel will be the first in its brand to open in NL, and the 4th SPG property, and will be situated in a former telephone exchange.

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Guides

Beginners’ guide to Starwood Preferred Guest

ByTim

This post is part of the “Beginners’ guide to hotel points” series, and will also be duplicated as placed as a permanent page in the navigation bar above. The intended readership is for total beginners based within Europe, and highlights the most important things a beginner should know.

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Beginners’ guide to hotel points

ByTim

(This post will be duplicated as a permanent page in the “Beginner’s guide” tab at the top.) Introduction: As a beginner in loyalty programmes it sometimes seems understanding your way through the different schemes can be utterly bewildering with the amount of information to absorb. But if there’s one I want to put forward: If you’re…