I have been a Hyatt fan for a long time and I have always heard good things about the Hyatt Regency in London. My trips to London have been for business and the rates at the Hyatt were always out of what I could spend so I would pick the Hilton London Tower Bridge or Hilton Paddington; both very good hotels. After my stay at the Hyatt they were blown out of the water, just a really nice hotel. I should say I have very low expectations for any hotel in the UK, but in London I have ...

It looks like SPG just announced their newest promotion. The Points Guy writes a fairly long summary here, but here's the basic gist:

Two night stays earn double points.Stays of three nights or longer earn triple points.

This is an interesting promo for a couple reasons. First, it's kinda similar to the last promo. The primary difference is that the last promo gave you an extra bonus kicker if you stayed a weekend night - for this promo, the kicker is staying three nights or ...

In this week's flight attendant travel podcast we are joined by Sluggo and Paul to discuss the news, funny passenger stories and the sordid details that he sees in hotel van rear view mirror.

• Qantas investigates pilot's steamy midair 'interaction'
• Crew hotel layovers
• and more...

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For my Mothers Birthday I treated her to a weekend in Milan. I was lucky to score a room at the Park Hyatt Milan, emailed the GM of the hotel asking if they could put some birthday related welcome amenity in the room. (I offered to pay) He quickly got back to me and said he would take care of it with with complements. When we arrived at the hotel around 10am our room was not yet ready the staff was very welcoming and wish my mother a Happy Birthday! They took my mobile phone number to call ...

I can spend a great deal of my time away from home, and the biggest question I ask when I arrive in a new city is, “Will I have a decent hotel room?”

 

Unlike my friends in the airlines, the corporate aviation world doesn’t have arrangements with hotels, due to the fact that we don’t have structured routes and can end up in any part of the world. Therefore it is usually down to our operations departments to arrange hotels for the flight ...

Aloft Brooklyn Finally Opens!

When booking my hotel for NYC last week, I was pumped to see the Aloft Brooklyn finally opened!  The much anticipated June 9th opening marked the 42nd Aloft in the United States. The Aloft is truly "A Vision of W Hotel" without the W price tag. This property is no exception.

Located in downtown Brooklyn, the 176-room Aloft is in the heart of local action and two subway stops away from Manhattan. The modern loft-like ...