Goodbye SPG, Hello Marriott Bonvoy!
It is the end of an era as Starwood Preferred Guest brand is dissolved and Marriott Bonvoy comes to life. See what changes are happening for all its members around the world.
Starwood Preferred Guest
Starwood Preferred Guest “More For You” promotion launched.
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.
“Stay for more” SPG Q3 2015 promotion
SPG’s Q3 2015 promotion is live. Stay for More allows you to earn double points on stays of 2 nights or more, plus an extra 500 points if staying 3+ nights.
A couple of hotel promotions which I had neglected…
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
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.
IHG Big Win and SPG Take Two promotions launch today
Two of the big hotel chains have launched their Q3 promotions today.
Beginners’ guide to Starwood Preferred Guest
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.
Beginners’ guide to hotel points
(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…
Earn 12 Starwood points for less than 1 minute of work
Admittedly this isn’t life changing, but free points are free points.