LOYALTY TRAVELER

As the Covid-19 pandemic has firmly rooted itself in this novel American life the latest data from STR hotel research reveals the steep decline in occupancy and room rates from one week of curtailed travel across the country. STR hotel industry data for March 8-14, 2020 compared to March 10-16, 2019 shows Occupancy: -24.4% to 53.0%. CONTEMPLATING 5 GREAT LAKES ROAD TRIPS ON 5,000 MILES OF Great Lakes Road Trips. Lake Ontario Toronto to Toronto 652 miles/1,050 km – 13 hours drive time. Lake Ontario. Lake Erie Cleveland to Cleveland 628 miles – 12 hours drive time. Lake Huron Detroit to Detroit 1,023 miles – 21 hours drive time. Add another 450 miles and 10 hours driving time to drive around Lake Huron’s

Georgian Bay in

MARRIOTT MORE POINTS AHEAD TO MARCH 31 WITH ANALYSIS OF 9K Marriott Bonvoy has a More Points Ahead targeted promotion offer for stays through March 31, 2020.. At least two versions of this offer are mentioned by members on FlyerTalk.My offer is earn 9,000 bonus points after 3 stays, up to 27,000 bonus points after 9 stays by March 31.

GOLDPOINTS PLUS

Club Carlson replaced goldpoints plus on March 31, 2011 as the hotel loyalty program for Carlson Hotels which consists of Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites hotel brands. There was a significant shift in the hotel reward category assignments for U.S. properties. Most U.S. hotels were reassigned to a higher category and. 27 OF 42 HILTON HONORS 10,000 POINTS HOTELS IN USA WENT TO Here is a list of 42 USA hotels from LoyaltyLobby.com at 10,000 points hotels in April 2019.. The reward rate today is shown next to these hotels. 27 of 42 hotels have risen to 20,000 points. There are now only 15 hotels in USA at 10,000 points reward nights. TRU HOTELS, NEW HILTON MIDSCALE BRAND FOR WHEN HAMPTON INN Hilton announced it will launch Tru Hotels, its 13th hotel brand, targeted for midscale market segment travelers.You might think Hampton Inn already fills the midscale market niche in the Hilton family of hotel brands, however, STR Chain Scale places Hampton Inn in the upper midscale market. Tru Hotels are geared for a new hotel brand targeting younger travelers with lower priced room PALMER HOUSE HILTON HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S OLDEST HOTEL The question came up when I was on a historic tour of Chicago asking, “What is the oldest hotel in Chicago?” Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel in the Loop is the oldest hotel in Chicago and considered the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA.. Forget AIRLINE HISTORY: WHY DELTA AIR LINES HQ WAS IN MONROESEE MORE ON LOYALTYTRAVELER.BOARDINGAREA.COM THINK BEFORE YOU EAT NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON There are three criteria where farmed salmon falls short in its environmental impact. 1. Chemicals – More than 6.5 million metric tons of pesticides are used in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming, primarily to control sea lice. The use of pesticides has risen rapidly in the past few years due to ineffectiveness as sea lice become more resistant to treatments, thus requiring multiple treatments. HYATT DOUBLE YOUR POINTS RATE ANALYSIS Hyatt Hotels offers a ‘Double Your Points’ 2XPTS rate at 56 hotels around the USA for stays through September 1, 2014. Double points rate earns an extra 5 points per dollar on hotel spend. This is generally a rate to avoid for most guests, unless you plan to have a high amount of incidental spend for dining and other purchases earning double

points.

LOYALTY TRAVELER

As the Covid-19 pandemic has firmly rooted itself in this novel American life the latest data from STR hotel research reveals the steep decline in occupancy and room rates from one week of curtailed travel across the country. STR hotel industry data for March 8-14, 2020 compared to March 10-16, 2019 shows Occupancy: -24.4% to 53.0%. CONTEMPLATING 5 GREAT LAKES ROAD TRIPS ON 5,000 MILES OF Great Lakes Road Trips. Lake Ontario Toronto to Toronto 652 miles/1,050 km – 13 hours drive time. Lake Ontario. Lake Erie Cleveland to Cleveland 628 miles – 12 hours drive time. Lake Huron Detroit to Detroit 1,023 miles – 21 hours drive time. Add another 450 miles and 10 hours driving time to drive around Lake Huron’s

Georgian Bay in

MARRIOTT MORE POINTS AHEAD TO MARCH 31 WITH ANALYSIS OF 9K Marriott Bonvoy has a More Points Ahead targeted promotion offer for stays through March 31, 2020.. At least two versions of this offer are mentioned by members on FlyerTalk.My offer is earn 9,000 bonus points after 3 stays, up to 27,000 bonus points after 9 stays by March 31.

GOLDPOINTS PLUS

Club Carlson replaced goldpoints plus on March 31, 2011 as the hotel loyalty program for Carlson Hotels which consists of Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites hotel brands. There was a significant shift in the hotel reward category assignments for U.S. properties. Most U.S. hotels were reassigned to a higher category and. 27 OF 42 HILTON HONORS 10,000 POINTS HOTELS IN USA WENT TO Here is a list of 42 USA hotels from LoyaltyLobby.com at 10,000 points hotels in April 2019.. The reward rate today is shown next to these hotels. 27 of 42 hotels have risen to 20,000 points. There are now only 15 hotels in USA at 10,000 points reward nights. TRU HOTELS, NEW HILTON MIDSCALE BRAND FOR WHEN HAMPTON INN Hilton announced it will launch Tru Hotels, its 13th hotel brand, targeted for midscale market segment travelers.You might think Hampton Inn already fills the midscale market niche in the Hilton family of hotel brands, however, STR Chain Scale places Hampton Inn in the upper midscale market. Tru Hotels are geared for a new hotel brand targeting younger travelers with lower priced room PALMER HOUSE HILTON HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S OLDEST HOTEL The question came up when I was on a historic tour of Chicago asking, “What is the oldest hotel in Chicago?” Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel in the Loop is the oldest hotel in Chicago and considered the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA.. Forget AIRLINE HISTORY: WHY DELTA AIR LINES HQ WAS IN MONROESEE MORE ON LOYALTYTRAVELER.BOARDINGAREA.COM THINK BEFORE YOU EAT NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON There are three criteria where farmed salmon falls short in its environmental impact. 1. Chemicals – More than 6.5 million metric tons of pesticides are used in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming, primarily to control sea lice. The use of pesticides has risen rapidly in the past few years due to ineffectiveness as sea lice become more resistant to treatments, thus requiring multiple treatments. HYATT DOUBLE YOUR POINTS RATE ANALYSIS Hyatt Hotels offers a ‘Double Your Points’ 2XPTS rate at 56 hotels around the USA for stays through September 1, 2014. Double points rate earns an extra 5 points per dollar on hotel spend. This is generally a rate to avoid for most guests, unless you plan to have a high amount of incidental spend for dining and other purchases earning double

points.

AVERAGE HOTEL RATES FOR HILTON AND MARRIOTT BRANDS The full-service Hilton Hotels brand with 508 hotels worldwide is Hilton’s flagship brand for the world with a little more than half (264 hotels) of the 508 hotels carrying the Hilton Hotels brand located outside the USA (244 hotels).Waldorf-Astoria and Conrad have an international presence, yet a relatively small footprint with only 48 hotels between the two luxury hotel segment brands WYNDHAM REWARDS AND WYNDHAM BYREQUEST OVERVIEW Wyndham Rewards is the only major hotel loyalty program that does not offer elite tiers and elite bonus points for members based on hotel stay frequency. Wyndham ByRequest. Wyndham ByRequest is a loyalty recognition program applicable only for stays at the flagship hotel brand Wyndham Hotels and Resorts. Wyndham ByRequest is a free

membership

PALMER HOUSE HILTON HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S OLDEST HOTEL The question came up when I was on a historic tour of Chicago asking, “What is the oldest hotel in Chicago?” Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel in the Loop is the oldest hotel in Chicago and considered the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA.. Forget HOW TO CHECK MARRIOTT BONVOY REWARD RATES EACH NIGHT IN How to see Marriott Bonvoy reward rates by month. Step 1: Search a city. Step 2: Click on the dates box to see the option for Flexible Dates search. Step 3: Select a month from the flexible dates list to see reward rates for each date in monthly calendar view. All the hotels in that city will show in a list, however, you need to select a

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THINK BEFORE YOU EAT NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON There are three criteria where farmed salmon falls short in its environmental impact. 1. Chemicals – More than 6.5 million metric tons of pesticides are used in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming, primarily to control sea lice. The use of pesticides has risen rapidly in the past few years due to ineffectiveness as sea lice become more resistant to treatments, thus requiring multiple treatments. TOP TEN U.S. CITIES BY HOTEL ROOMS Top Ten U.S. Cities by Hotel Rooms. New York has 106,000 hotel rooms open and currently ranks 5th place among U.S. cities for number of hotel rooms, according to the hotel industry data company Smith Travel Research. Las Vegas is the hotel room leader of the USA with 169,100 hotel rooms and Orlando is the other top destination in vacationland HILTON, MARRIOTT AND IHG HOTEL BRAND MARKET SEGMENTS Hilton = 1,074 (Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites, DoubleTree) IHG = 634 hotels (Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Staybridge Suites) Upper Midscale market segment. IHG = 3,341 hotels (Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express) Hilton = 1,806 (Hampton Inn) Marriott = 894 (Fairfield Inn, TownePlace Suites) Midscale market segment. WHY I DON’T PUBLISH HOTEL RATE MISTAKES 3. Computer errors and data entry mistakes result in hotel rate errors that are quickly manipulated by consumers in the social media world. Assume the Westin New York at Times Square for $60 per night results in $300 lost revenue per night compared to the hotel’s normal published rate. That is $300,000 in lost revenue in a few hours of HILTON CHICAGO AND ITS STEVENS HOTEL SCANDALOUS HISTORY Hilton Chicago has the reputation for hosting every President of the United States as a guest from the time the Stevens Hotel opened in 1927. There is a fascinating early hotel history from 1927 with the Stevens family of Chicago who built the immense hotel only to lose it in bankruptcy with the Great Depression.

LOYALTY TRAVELER

As the Covid-19 pandemic has firmly rooted itself in this novel American life the latest data from STR hotel research reveals the steep decline in occupancy and room rates from one week of curtailed travel across the country. STR hotel industry data for March 8-14, 2020 compared to March 10-16, 2019 shows Occupancy: -24.4% to 53.0%. CONTEMPLATING 5 GREAT LAKES ROAD TRIPS ON 5,000 MILES OF Great Lakes Road Trips. Lake Ontario Toronto to Toronto 652 miles/1,050 km – 13 hours drive time. Lake Ontario. Lake Erie Cleveland to Cleveland 628 miles – 12 hours drive time. Lake Huron Detroit to Detroit 1,023 miles – 21 hours drive time. Add another 450 miles and 10 hours driving time to drive around Lake Huron’s

Georgian Bay in

MARRIOTT MORE POINTS AHEAD TO MARCH 31 WITH ANALYSIS OF 9K Marriott Bonvoy has a More Points Ahead targeted promotion offer for stays through March 31, 2020.. At least two versions of this offer are mentioned by members on FlyerTalk.My offer is earn 9,000 bonus points after 3 stays, up to 27,000 bonus points after 9 stays by March 31.

GOLDPOINTS PLUS

Club Carlson replaced goldpoints plus on March 31, 2011 as the hotel loyalty program for Carlson Hotels which consists of Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites hotel brands. There was a significant shift in the hotel reward category assignments for U.S. properties. Most U.S. hotels were reassigned to a higher category and. 27 OF 42 HILTON HONORS 10,000 POINTS HOTELS IN USA WENT TO Here is a list of 42 USA hotels from LoyaltyLobby.com at 10,000 points hotels in April 2019.. The reward rate today is shown next to these hotels. 27 of 42 hotels have risen to 20,000 points. There are now only 15 hotels in USA at 10,000 points reward nights. TRU HOTELS, NEW HILTON MIDSCALE BRAND FOR WHEN HAMPTON INN Hilton announced it will launch Tru Hotels, its 13th hotel brand, targeted for midscale market segment travelers.You might think Hampton Inn already fills the midscale market niche in the Hilton family of hotel brands, however, STR Chain Scale places Hampton Inn in the upper midscale market. Tru Hotels are geared for a new hotel brand targeting younger travelers with lower priced room PALMER HOUSE HILTON HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S OLDEST HOTEL The question came up when I was on a historic tour of Chicago asking, “What is the oldest hotel in Chicago?” Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel in the Loop is the oldest hotel in Chicago and considered the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA.. Forget AIRLINE HISTORY: WHY DELTA AIR LINES HQ WAS IN MONROESEE MORE ON LOYALTYTRAVELER.BOARDINGAREA.COM THINK BEFORE YOU EAT NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON There are three criteria where farmed salmon falls short in its environmental impact. 1. Chemicals – More than 6.5 million metric tons of pesticides are used in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming, primarily to control sea lice. The use of pesticides has risen rapidly in the past few years due to ineffectiveness as sea lice become more resistant to treatments, thus requiring multiple treatments. HYATT DOUBLE YOUR POINTS RATE ANALYSIS Hyatt Hotels offers a ‘Double Your Points’ 2XPTS rate at 56 hotels around the USA for stays through September 1, 2014. Double points rate earns an extra 5 points per dollar on hotel spend. This is generally a rate to avoid for most guests, unless you plan to have a high amount of incidental spend for dining and other purchases earning double

points.

LOYALTY TRAVELER

As the Covid-19 pandemic has firmly rooted itself in this novel American life the latest data from STR hotel research reveals the steep decline in occupancy and room rates from one week of curtailed travel across the country. STR hotel industry data for March 8-14, 2020 compared to March 10-16, 2019 shows Occupancy: -24.4% to 53.0%. CONTEMPLATING 5 GREAT LAKES ROAD TRIPS ON 5,000 MILES OF Great Lakes Road Trips. Lake Ontario Toronto to Toronto 652 miles/1,050 km – 13 hours drive time. Lake Ontario. Lake Erie Cleveland to Cleveland 628 miles – 12 hours drive time. Lake Huron Detroit to Detroit 1,023 miles – 21 hours drive time. Add another 450 miles and 10 hours driving time to drive around Lake Huron’s

Georgian Bay in

MARRIOTT MORE POINTS AHEAD TO MARCH 31 WITH ANALYSIS OF 9K Marriott Bonvoy has a More Points Ahead targeted promotion offer for stays through March 31, 2020.. At least two versions of this offer are mentioned by members on FlyerTalk.My offer is earn 9,000 bonus points after 3 stays, up to 27,000 bonus points after 9 stays by March 31.

GOLDPOINTS PLUS

Club Carlson replaced goldpoints plus on March 31, 2011 as the hotel loyalty program for Carlson Hotels which consists of Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites hotel brands. There was a significant shift in the hotel reward category assignments for U.S. properties. Most U.S. hotels were reassigned to a higher category and. 27 OF 42 HILTON HONORS 10,000 POINTS HOTELS IN USA WENT TO Here is a list of 42 USA hotels from LoyaltyLobby.com at 10,000 points hotels in April 2019.. The reward rate today is shown next to these hotels. 27 of 42 hotels have risen to 20,000 points. There are now only 15 hotels in USA at 10,000 points reward nights. TRU HOTELS, NEW HILTON MIDSCALE BRAND FOR WHEN HAMPTON INN Hilton announced it will launch Tru Hotels, its 13th hotel brand, targeted for midscale market segment travelers.You might think Hampton Inn already fills the midscale market niche in the Hilton family of hotel brands, however, STR Chain Scale places Hampton Inn in the upper midscale market. Tru Hotels are geared for a new hotel brand targeting younger travelers with lower priced room PALMER HOUSE HILTON HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S OLDEST HOTEL The question came up when I was on a historic tour of Chicago asking, “What is the oldest hotel in Chicago?” Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel in the Loop is the oldest hotel in Chicago and considered the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA.. Forget AIRLINE HISTORY: WHY DELTA AIR LINES HQ WAS IN MONROESEE MORE ON LOYALTYTRAVELER.BOARDINGAREA.COM THINK BEFORE YOU EAT NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON There are three criteria where farmed salmon falls short in its environmental impact. 1. Chemicals – More than 6.5 million metric tons of pesticides are used in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming, primarily to control sea lice. The use of pesticides has risen rapidly in the past few years due to ineffectiveness as sea lice become more resistant to treatments, thus requiring multiple treatments. HYATT DOUBLE YOUR POINTS RATE ANALYSIS Hyatt Hotels offers a ‘Double Your Points’ 2XPTS rate at 56 hotels around the USA for stays through September 1, 2014. Double points rate earns an extra 5 points per dollar on hotel spend. This is generally a rate to avoid for most guests, unless you plan to have a high amount of incidental spend for dining and other purchases earning double

points.

AVERAGE HOTEL RATES FOR HILTON AND MARRIOTT BRANDS The full-service Hilton Hotels brand with 508 hotels worldwide is Hilton’s flagship brand for the world with a little more than half (264 hotels) of the 508 hotels carrying the Hilton Hotels brand located outside the USA (244 hotels).Waldorf-Astoria and Conrad have an international presence, yet a relatively small footprint with only 48 hotels between the two luxury hotel segment brands WYNDHAM REWARDS AND WYNDHAM BYREQUEST OVERVIEW Wyndham Rewards is the only major hotel loyalty program that does not offer elite tiers and elite bonus points for members based on hotel stay frequency. Wyndham ByRequest. Wyndham ByRequest is a loyalty recognition program applicable only for stays at the flagship hotel brand Wyndham Hotels and Resorts. Wyndham ByRequest is a free

membership

PALMER HOUSE HILTON HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S OLDEST HOTEL The question came up when I was on a historic tour of Chicago asking, “What is the oldest hotel in Chicago?” Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel in the Loop is the oldest hotel in Chicago and considered the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA.. Forget HOW TO CHECK MARRIOTT BONVOY REWARD RATES EACH NIGHT IN How to see Marriott Bonvoy reward rates by month. Step 1: Search a city. Step 2: Click on the dates box to see the option for Flexible Dates search. Step 3: Select a month from the flexible dates list to see reward rates for each date in monthly calendar view. All the hotels in that city will show in a list, however, you need to select a

DRURY GOLD KEY CLUB

Enter the Drury Hotels Facebook Sweepstakes by Friday October 22, 11pm CDT for a chance to win 125,000 Gold Key Club points. Simply enroll in

Drury Gold Key Club

THINK BEFORE YOU EAT NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON There are three criteria where farmed salmon falls short in its environmental impact. 1. Chemicals – More than 6.5 million metric tons of pesticides are used in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming, primarily to control sea lice. The use of pesticides has risen rapidly in the past few years due to ineffectiveness as sea lice become more resistant to treatments, thus requiring multiple treatments. TOP TEN U.S. CITIES BY HOTEL ROOMS Top Ten U.S. Cities by Hotel Rooms. New York has 106,000 hotel rooms open and currently ranks 5th place among U.S. cities for number of hotel rooms, according to the hotel industry data company Smith Travel Research. Las Vegas is the hotel room leader of the USA with 169,100 hotel rooms and Orlando is the other top destination in vacationland HILTON, MARRIOTT AND IHG HOTEL BRAND MARKET SEGMENTS Hilton = 1,074 (Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites, DoubleTree) IHG = 634 hotels (Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Staybridge Suites) Upper Midscale market segment. IHG = 3,341 hotels (Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express) Hilton = 1,806 (Hampton Inn) Marriott = 894 (Fairfield Inn, TownePlace Suites) Midscale market segment. WHY I DON’T PUBLISH HOTEL RATE MISTAKES 3. Computer errors and data entry mistakes result in hotel rate errors that are quickly manipulated by consumers in the social media world. Assume the Westin New York at Times Square for $60 per night results in $300 lost revenue per night compared to the hotel’s normal published rate. That is $300,000 in lost revenue in a few hours of HILTON CHICAGO AND ITS STEVENS HOTEL SCANDALOUS HISTORY Hilton Chicago has the reputation for hosting every President of the United States as a guest from the time the Stevens Hotel opened in 1927. There is a fascinating early hotel history from 1927 with the Stevens family of Chicago who built the immense hotel only to lose it in bankruptcy with the Great Depression.

LOYALTY TRAVELER

As the Covid-19 pandemic has firmly rooted itself in this novel American life the latest data from STR hotel research reveals the steep decline in occupancy and room rates from one week of curtailed travel across the country. STR hotel industry data for March 8-14, 2020 compared to March 10-16, 2019 shows Occupancy: -24.4% to 53.0%. CONTEMPLATING 5 GREAT LAKES ROAD TRIPS ON 5,000 MILES OF Great Lakes Road Trips. Lake Ontario Toronto to Toronto 652 miles/1,050 km – 13 hours drive time. Lake Ontario. Lake Erie Cleveland to Cleveland 628 miles – 12 hours drive time. Lake Huron Detroit to Detroit 1,023 miles – 21 hours drive time. Add another 450 miles and 10 hours driving time to drive around Lake Huron’s

Georgian Bay in

MARRIOTT MORE POINTS AHEAD TO MARCH 31 WITH ANALYSIS OF 9K Marriott Bonvoy has a More Points Ahead targeted promotion offer for stays through March 31, 2020.. At least two versions of this offer are mentioned by members on FlyerTalk.My offer is earn 9,000 bonus points after 3 stays, up to 27,000 bonus points after 9 stays by March 31.

GOLDPOINTS PLUS

Club Carlson replaced goldpoints plus on March 31, 2011 as the hotel loyalty program for Carlson Hotels which consists of Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites hotel brands. There was a significant shift in the hotel reward category assignments for U.S. properties. Most U.S. hotels were reassigned to a higher category and. 27 OF 42 HILTON HONORS 10,000 POINTS HOTELS IN USA WENT TO Here is a list of 42 USA hotels from LoyaltyLobby.com at 10,000 points hotels in April 2019.. The reward rate today is shown next to these hotels. 27 of 42 hotels have risen to 20,000 points. There are now only 15 hotels in USA at 10,000 points reward nights. TRU HOTELS, NEW HILTON MIDSCALE BRAND FOR WHEN HAMPTON INN Hilton announced it will launch Tru Hotels, its 13th hotel brand, targeted for midscale market segment travelers.You might think Hampton Inn already fills the midscale market niche in the Hilton family of hotel brands, however, STR Chain Scale places Hampton Inn in the upper midscale market. Tru Hotels are geared for a new hotel brand targeting younger travelers with lower priced room PALMER HOUSE HILTON HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S OLDEST HOTEL The question came up when I was on a historic tour of Chicago asking, “What is the oldest hotel in Chicago?” Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel in the Loop is the oldest hotel in Chicago and considered the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA.. Forget AIRLINE HISTORY: WHY DELTA AIR LINES HQ WAS IN MONROESEE MORE ON LOYALTYTRAVELER.BOARDINGAREA.COM THINK BEFORE YOU EAT NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON There are three criteria where farmed salmon falls short in its environmental impact. 1. Chemicals – More than 6.5 million metric tons of pesticides are used in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming, primarily to control sea lice. The use of pesticides has risen rapidly in the past few years due to ineffectiveness as sea lice become more resistant to treatments, thus requiring multiple treatments. HYATT DOUBLE YOUR POINTS RATE ANALYSIS Hyatt Hotels offers a ‘Double Your Points’ 2XPTS rate at 56 hotels around the USA for stays through September 1, 2014. Double points rate earns an extra 5 points per dollar on hotel spend. This is generally a rate to avoid for most guests, unless you plan to have a high amount of incidental spend for dining and other purchases earning double

points.

LOYALTY TRAVELER

As the Covid-19 pandemic has firmly rooted itself in this novel American life the latest data from STR hotel research reveals the steep decline in occupancy and room rates from one week of curtailed travel across the country. STR hotel industry data for March 8-14, 2020 compared to March 10-16, 2019 shows Occupancy: -24.4% to 53.0%. CONTEMPLATING 5 GREAT LAKES ROAD TRIPS ON 5,000 MILES OF Great Lakes Road Trips. Lake Ontario Toronto to Toronto 652 miles/1,050 km – 13 hours drive time. Lake Ontario. Lake Erie Cleveland to Cleveland 628 miles – 12 hours drive time. Lake Huron Detroit to Detroit 1,023 miles – 21 hours drive time. Add another 450 miles and 10 hours driving time to drive around Lake Huron’s

Georgian Bay in

MARRIOTT MORE POINTS AHEAD TO MARCH 31 WITH ANALYSIS OF 9K Marriott Bonvoy has a More Points Ahead targeted promotion offer for stays through March 31, 2020.. At least two versions of this offer are mentioned by members on FlyerTalk.My offer is earn 9,000 bonus points after 3 stays, up to 27,000 bonus points after 9 stays by March 31.

GOLDPOINTS PLUS

Club Carlson replaced goldpoints plus on March 31, 2011 as the hotel loyalty program for Carlson Hotels which consists of Radisson, Park Plaza, Park Inn and Country Inns & Suites hotel brands. There was a significant shift in the hotel reward category assignments for U.S. properties. Most U.S. hotels were reassigned to a higher category and. 27 OF 42 HILTON HONORS 10,000 POINTS HOTELS IN USA WENT TO Here is a list of 42 USA hotels from LoyaltyLobby.com at 10,000 points hotels in April 2019.. The reward rate today is shown next to these hotels. 27 of 42 hotels have risen to 20,000 points. There are now only 15 hotels in USA at 10,000 points reward nights. TRU HOTELS, NEW HILTON MIDSCALE BRAND FOR WHEN HAMPTON INN Hilton announced it will launch Tru Hotels, its 13th hotel brand, targeted for midscale market segment travelers.You might think Hampton Inn already fills the midscale market niche in the Hilton family of hotel brands, however, STR Chain Scale places Hampton Inn in the upper midscale market. Tru Hotels are geared for a new hotel brand targeting younger travelers with lower priced room PALMER HOUSE HILTON HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S OLDEST HOTEL The question came up when I was on a historic tour of Chicago asking, “What is the oldest hotel in Chicago?” Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel in the Loop is the oldest hotel in Chicago and considered the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA.. Forget AIRLINE HISTORY: WHY DELTA AIR LINES HQ WAS IN MONROESEE MORE ON LOYALTYTRAVELER.BOARDINGAREA.COM THINK BEFORE YOU EAT NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON There are three criteria where farmed salmon falls short in its environmental impact. 1. Chemicals – More than 6.5 million metric tons of pesticides are used in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming, primarily to control sea lice. The use of pesticides has risen rapidly in the past few years due to ineffectiveness as sea lice become more resistant to treatments, thus requiring multiple treatments. HYATT DOUBLE YOUR POINTS RATE ANALYSIS Hyatt Hotels offers a ‘Double Your Points’ 2XPTS rate at 56 hotels around the USA for stays through September 1, 2014. Double points rate earns an extra 5 points per dollar on hotel spend. This is generally a rate to avoid for most guests, unless you plan to have a high amount of incidental spend for dining and other purchases earning double

points.

AVERAGE HOTEL RATES FOR HILTON AND MARRIOTT BRANDS The full-service Hilton Hotels brand with 508 hotels worldwide is Hilton’s flagship brand for the world with a little more than half (264 hotels) of the 508 hotels carrying the Hilton Hotels brand located outside the USA (244 hotels).Waldorf-Astoria and Conrad have an international presence, yet a relatively small footprint with only 48 hotels between the two luxury hotel segment brands WYNDHAM REWARDS AND WYNDHAM BYREQUEST OVERVIEW Wyndham Rewards is the only major hotel loyalty program that does not offer elite tiers and elite bonus points for members based on hotel stay frequency. Wyndham ByRequest. Wyndham ByRequest is a loyalty recognition program applicable only for stays at the flagship hotel brand Wyndham Hotels and Resorts. Wyndham ByRequest is a free

membership

PALMER HOUSE HILTON HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S OLDEST HOTEL The question came up when I was on a historic tour of Chicago asking, “What is the oldest hotel in Chicago?” Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel in the Loop is the oldest hotel in Chicago and considered the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA.. Forget HOW TO CHECK MARRIOTT BONVOY REWARD RATES EACH NIGHT IN How to see Marriott Bonvoy reward rates by month. Step 1: Search a city. Step 2: Click on the dates box to see the option for Flexible Dates search. Step 3: Select a month from the flexible dates list to see reward rates for each date in monthly calendar view. All the hotels in that city will show in a list, however, you need to select a

DRURY GOLD KEY CLUB

Enter the Drury Hotels Facebook Sweepstakes by Friday October 22, 11pm CDT for a chance to win 125,000 Gold Key Club points. Simply enroll in

Drury Gold Key Club

THINK BEFORE YOU EAT NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON There are three criteria where farmed salmon falls short in its environmental impact. 1. Chemicals – More than 6.5 million metric tons of pesticides are used in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming, primarily to control sea lice. The use of pesticides has risen rapidly in the past few years due to ineffectiveness as sea lice become more resistant to treatments, thus requiring multiple treatments. TOP TEN U.S. CITIES BY HOTEL ROOMS Top Ten U.S. Cities by Hotel Rooms. New York has 106,000 hotel rooms open and currently ranks 5th place among U.S. cities for number of hotel rooms, according to the hotel industry data company Smith Travel Research. Las Vegas is the hotel room leader of the USA with 169,100 hotel rooms and Orlando is the other top destination in vacationland HILTON, MARRIOTT AND IHG HOTEL BRAND MARKET SEGMENTS Hilton = 1,074 (Hilton Garden Inn, Homewood Suites, DoubleTree) IHG = 634 hotels (Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Staybridge Suites) Upper Midscale market segment. IHG = 3,341 hotels (Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express) Hilton = 1,806 (Hampton Inn) Marriott = 894 (Fairfield Inn, TownePlace Suites) Midscale market segment. WHY I DON’T PUBLISH HOTEL RATE MISTAKES 3. Computer errors and data entry mistakes result in hotel rate errors that are quickly manipulated by consumers in the social media world. Assume the Westin New York at Times Square for $60 per night results in $300 lost revenue per night compared to the hotel’s normal published rate. That is $300,000 in lost revenue in a few hours of HILTON CHICAGO AND ITS STEVENS HOTEL SCANDALOUS HISTORY Hilton Chicago has the reputation for hosting every President of the United States as a guest from the time the Stevens Hotel opened in 1927. There is a fascinating early hotel history from 1927 with the Stevens family of Chicago who built the immense hotel only to lose it in bankruptcy with the Great Depression.

LOYALTY TRAVELER

As the Covid-19 pandemic has firmly rooted itself in this novel American life the latest data from STR hotel research reveals the steep decline in occupancy and room rates from one week of curtailed travel across the country. STR hotel industry data for March 8-14, 2020 compared to March 10-16, 2019 shows Occupancy: -24.4% to 53.0%. CONTEMPLATING 5 GREAT LAKES ROAD TRIPS ON 5,000 MILES OF Great Lakes Road Trips. Lake Ontario Toronto to Toronto 652 miles/1,050 km – 13 hours drive time. Lake Ontario. Lake Erie Cleveland to Cleveland 628 miles – 12 hours drive time. Lake Huron Detroit to Detroit 1,023 miles – 21 hours drive time. Add another 450 miles and 10 hours driving time to drive around Lake Huron’s

Georgian Bay in

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Here is a list of 42 USA hotels from LoyaltyLobby.com at 10,000 points hotels in April 2019.. The reward rate today is shown next to these hotels. 27 of 42 hotels have risen to 20,000 points. There are now only 15 hotels in USA at 10,000 points reward nights. A WALK ACROSS MONACO, CAP D’AIL FRANCE TO ROQUEBRUNE CAP A direct walk across Monaco by the shortest route is only about 4 kilometers and can be covered in about one hour. I followed the coast line and probably covered a couple of additional kilometers in a 3.5 hour walk. All in, I spent 6.5 hours walking across Monaco from Cap d’Ail to Roquebrune Cap-Martin and back to the Marriott Cap d’Ail PALMER HOUSE HILTON HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S OLDEST HOTELPALMER HOUSE CHICAGO ILLINOISPALMER HOUSE CLOSEDPALMER HOUSE HISTORY TOURPALMER

HOUSE IN CHICAGO

The question came up when I was on a historic tour of Chicago asking, “What is the oldest hotel in Chicago?” Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel in the Loop is the oldest hotel in Chicago and considered the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA.. Forget

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Design is a big factor for making a small room a comfortable environment. #1: Singapore Changi Airport, Ambassador Transit Hotel, approximately 75 square feet; 100 sq. ft. with ensuite bath. These rooms are still low priced at $68.27 Singapore Dollars (about $47USD) for a room with bathroom or as low as $41.20 SGD (about $28.40USD) for

a room

AIRLINE HISTORY: WHY DELTA AIR LINES HQ WAS IN MONROESEE MORE ON LOYALTYTRAVELER.BOARDINGAREA.COM TRU HOTELS, NEW HILTON MIDSCALE BRAND FOR WHEN HAMPTON INNDIFFERENCE BETWEEN HILTON BRANDSDOUBLETREE OR HILTON GARDEN INNDOUBLETREE VS HILTONHILTON GARDEN INN GEORGIA LOCATIONSHOLIDAY INN VS HILTON Hilton announced it will launch Tru Hotels, its 13th hotel brand, targeted for midscale market segment travelers.You might think Hampton Inn already fills the midscale market niche in the Hilton family of hotel brands, however, STR Chain Scale places Hampton Inn in the upper midscale market. Tru Hotels are geared for a new hotel brand targeting younger travelers with lower priced room THINK BEFORE YOU EAT NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON There are three criteria where farmed salmon falls short in its environmental impact. 1. Chemicals – More than 6.5 million metric tons of pesticides are used in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming, primarily to control sea lice. The use of pesticides has risen rapidly in the past few years due to ineffectiveness as sea lice become more resistant to treatments, thus requiring multiple treatments. HILTON CHICAGO AND ITS STEVENS HOTEL SCANDALOUS HISTORYSTEVENS HOTEL CHICAGO HISTORYSTEVENS HOTEL CHICAGO HISTORYCOMFORT SUITES STEVENS POINTHOLIDAY INN STEVENS POINT WI Hilton Chicago has the reputation for hosting every President of the United States as a guest from the time the Stevens Hotel opened in 1927. There is a fascinating early hotel history from 1927 with the Stevens family of Chicago who built the immense hotel only to lose it in bankruptcy with the Great Depression.

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As the Covid-19 pandemic has firmly rooted itself in this novel American life the latest data from STR hotel research reveals the steep decline in occupancy and room rates from one week of curtailed travel across the country. STR hotel industry data for March 8-14, 2020 compared to March 10-16, 2019 shows Occupancy: -24.4% to 53.0%. CONTEMPLATING 5 GREAT LAKES ROAD TRIPS ON 5,000 MILES OF Great Lakes Road Trips. Lake Ontario Toronto to Toronto 652 miles/1,050 km – 13 hours drive time. Lake Ontario. Lake Erie Cleveland to Cleveland 628 miles – 12 hours drive time. Lake Huron Detroit to Detroit 1,023 miles – 21 hours drive time. Add another 450 miles and 10 hours driving time to drive around Lake Huron’s

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Here is a list of 42 USA hotels from LoyaltyLobby.com at 10,000 points hotels in April 2019.. The reward rate today is shown next to these hotels. 27 of 42 hotels have risen to 20,000 points. There are now only 15 hotels in USA at 10,000 points reward nights. A WALK ACROSS MONACO, CAP D’AIL FRANCE TO ROQUEBRUNE CAP A direct walk across Monaco by the shortest route is only about 4 kilometers and can be covered in about one hour. I followed the coast line and probably covered a couple of additional kilometers in a 3.5 hour walk. All in, I spent 6.5 hours walking across Monaco from Cap d’Ail to Roquebrune Cap-Martin and back to the Marriott Cap d’Ail PALMER HOUSE HILTON HISTORY OF CHICAGO’S OLDEST HOTELPALMER HOUSE CHICAGO ILLINOISPALMER HOUSE CLOSEDPALMER HOUSE HISTORY TOURPALMER

HOUSE IN CHICAGO

The question came up when I was on a historic tour of Chicago asking, “What is the oldest hotel in Chicago?” Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel in the Loop is the oldest hotel in Chicago and considered the oldest continuously operating hotel in the USA.. Forget

MY SQUARE FOOT

Design is a big factor for making a small room a comfortable environment. #1: Singapore Changi Airport, Ambassador Transit Hotel, approximately 75 square feet; 100 sq. ft. with ensuite bath. These rooms are still low priced at $68.27 Singapore Dollars (about $47USD) for a room with bathroom or as low as $41.20 SGD (about $28.40USD) for

a room

AIRLINE HISTORY: WHY DELTA AIR LINES HQ WAS IN MONROESEE MORE ON LOYALTYTRAVELER.BOARDINGAREA.COM TRU HOTELS, NEW HILTON MIDSCALE BRAND FOR WHEN HAMPTON INNDIFFERENCE BETWEEN HILTON BRANDSDOUBLETREE OR HILTON GARDEN INNDOUBLETREE VS HILTONHILTON GARDEN INN GEORGIA LOCATIONSHOLIDAY INN VS HILTON Hilton announced it will launch Tru Hotels, its 13th hotel brand, targeted for midscale market segment travelers.You might think Hampton Inn already fills the midscale market niche in the Hilton family of hotel brands, however, STR Chain Scale places Hampton Inn in the upper midscale market. Tru Hotels are geared for a new hotel brand targeting younger travelers with lower priced room THINK BEFORE YOU EAT NORWEGIAN FARMED SALMON There are three criteria where farmed salmon falls short in its environmental impact. 1. Chemicals – More than 6.5 million metric tons of pesticides are used in Norwegian Atlantic salmon farming, primarily to control sea lice. The use of pesticides has risen rapidly in the past few years due to ineffectiveness as sea lice become more resistant to treatments, thus requiring multiple treatments. HILTON CHICAGO AND ITS STEVENS HOTEL SCANDALOUS HISTORYSTEVENS HOTEL CHICAGO HISTORYSTEVENS HOTEL CHICAGO HISTORYCOMFORT SUITES STEVENS POINTHOLIDAY INN STEVENS POINT WI Hilton Chicago has the reputation for hosting every President of the United States as a guest from the time the Stevens Hotel opened in 1927. There is a fascinating early hotel history from 1927 with the Stevens family of Chicago who built the immense hotel only to lose it in bankruptcy with the Great Depression. A WALK ACROSS MONACO, CAP D’AIL FRANCE TO ROQUEBRUNE CAP A direct walk across Monaco by the shortest route is only about 4 kilometers and can be covered in about one hour. I followed the coast line and probably covered a couple of additional kilometers in a 3.5 hour walk. All in, I spent 6.5 hours walking across Monaco from Cap d’Ail to Roquebrune Cap-Martin and back to the Marriott Cap d’Ail AVERAGE HOTEL RATES FOR HILTON AND MARRIOTT BRANDS The full-service Hilton Hotels brand with 508 hotels worldwide is Hilton’s flagship brand for the world with a little more than half (264 hotels) of the 508 hotels carrying the Hilton Hotels brand located outside the USA (244 hotels).Waldorf-Astoria and Conrad have an international presence, yet a relatively small footprint with only 48 hotels between the two luxury hotel segment brands

MY SQUARE FOOT

Design is a big factor for making a small room a comfortable environment. #1: Singapore Changi Airport, Ambassador Transit Hotel, approximately 75 square feet; 100 sq. ft. with ensuite bath. These rooms are still low priced at $68.27 Singapore Dollars (about $47USD) for a room with bathroom or as low as $41.20 SGD (about $28.40USD) for

a room

BONO AND ENYA’S NEIGHBORHOOD KILLINEY, COUNTY DUBLIN Killiney Beach looking south to Bray Head, County Wicklow, Ireland. The seaside beaches of south County Dublin developed as 19th century Victorian resorts once the railroad was built along the coast in the 1840s and 1850s. The DART rail tracks from Dublin hug the coast all the way to Greystones, County Wicklow, a few miles south of Bray Head.

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5 STARÉ MĚSTO-OLD TOWN PUBS IN PRAGUE Klub Lavka. Klub Lavka – Staré Město/Old Town below Charles Bridge. When the summer crowds on Charles Bridge are too much to handle, stop at Klub Lavka terrace for a beer below Charles Bridge. This is one of the most expensive beers I have bought in Prague at 75czk per pint. Terrace view is worth the extra $1.25 per pint. HILTON HONORS USA MAP 10,000 POINTS HOTELS (58 HOTELS 2 hotels are no longer with Hilton, 1 hotel increased to 15,000 points, 15 hotels 20,000 points, 1 hotel increased to 30,000 points. Net result is there are currently 58 hotels in the USA at 10,000 points and one hotel at 5,000 points for a standard reward night. 58 Hilton Honors USA Hotels at 10,000 points and 1 hotel at 5,000 points. WYNDHAM REWARDS AND WYNDHAM BYREQUEST OVERVIEW Wyndham Rewards is the only major hotel loyalty program that does not offer elite tiers and elite bonus points for members based on hotel stay frequency. Wyndham ByRequest. Wyndham ByRequest is a loyalty recognition program applicable only for stays at the flagship hotel brand Wyndham Hotels and Resorts. Wyndham ByRequest is a free

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Apr052020

A VISIT TO TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA YEARS BEFORE COVID-19

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The coast of Georgia is a place I consider to be one of the most beautiful parts of America after two road trips through that area of the USA in 2014 and 2015. Brian Kemp, governor of Georgia, nullified local jurisdiction orders on Friday, April 3 that do not correspond to statewide shelter in place…

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Apr032020

ARE HOTELS ACROSS THE USA CLOSING QUICKLY ENOUGH TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF

COVID-19?

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Hotels across the USA and many other countries have closed or have plans to close down. Recent hotel industry data indicate hotel closures across the USA may not be happening quickly enough. Hotel News Now – Inside weekly US data: Looking at comparisons, classes published a graph comparing the impact of Covid-19 on hotel

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Mar192020

U.S. HOTEL DATA MARCH 8-14 REVEALS STEEP DECLINE IN OCCUPANCY AND

RATES

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As the Covid-19 pandemic has firmly rooted itself in this novel American life the latest data from STR hotel research reveals the steep decline in occupancy and room rates from one week of curtailed travel across the country. STR hotel industry data for March 8-14, 2020 compared to March 10-16, 2019 shows Occupancy: -24.4% to

53.0%…

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Mar182020

HILTON CLOSING MAJOR CITY HOTELS, MARRIOTT FURLOUGHS TENS OF THOUSANDS

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A White House meeting yesterday with lodging industry executives discussed the impact of Covid-19. American Hotels & Lodging Association expects half of the hotels in U.S. will temporarily shut down this year. Hilton is closing most of its hotels in major cities. Marriott had 174,000 employees worldwide with about 130,000 employees

in the U.S. at…

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Mar172020

‘WHEN HAS ARRIVED’ – IMPACT OF COVID-19 IN HOTEL DATA

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I flew out of London Heathrow on February 22, the day it was becoming clear there was a serious coronavirus epidemic accelerating through northern Italy. A week later the spread of Covid-19 through Europe and growing concern for outbreaks in Washington and California indicated a pandemic was happening. Multinational companies started shutting down

travel. The…

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Mar132020

HYATT MAJOR NEWS: MARCH 22 HOTEL CATEGORY CHANGES DELAYED TO 2021; MORE RESERVATION FLEXIBILITY

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Hyatt has announced several new updates for members regarding new hotel reservations and a delay from March 22 to 2021 for hotel category reward night changes, peak and nonpeak rates set to go into effect this month. These are very consumer-friendly changes for members in the face of travel disruptions due to the COVID-19

pandemic.…

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Mar122020

SFO TO SYDNEY $589 APRIL-MAY, VIA CHINA CAN AIRPORT TRANSIT

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China Southern has SFO to Sydney at $589 round trip for many dates in April and May 2020. Unfortunately the flight tends to require an overnight in Guangzhou when transiting CAN airport. That may lead to some major issues getting back into the USA without a quarantine based on current restrictions. Anyway, my primary purpose…

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Mar122020

TRUMP’S EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TRAVEL BAN FOR 30 DAYS, UK/IRELAND EXEMPT DESPITE 29% INFECTION INCREASE IN PAST DAY

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President Trump announced a travel ban lasting for 30 days beginning 11:59pm Eastern, Friday March 13 of foreign nationals who have been in any European Schengen-zone country in the preceding 14 days before entry into the United States. For purposes of this proclamation, the Schengen Area comprises 26 European states: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark,…

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Mar102020

MY 3-MONTH TRAVEL PLAN IS AMAZON PRIME AND NETFLIX

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Paul Bowles’ 1949 novel and Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1991 film The Sheltering Sky came to mind as I considered clicking the purchase button for airline tickets to Amsterdam in June. The story centers on Port Moresby and his wife Kit, a married couple originally from New York who travel to Algeria, accompanied by their friend Tunner.

Tunner:…

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Mar102020

BEST WESTERN REWARDS EXTENDS 2019 ELITE STATUS THROUGH JAN 31, 2022 DUE TO COVID-19 IMPACT ON GLOBAL TRAVEL

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Best Western Rewards is notifying BWR elite members that their elite status level from 2019 is extended through January 31, 2022 due to Covid-19 impact on global travel. Even if you were downgraded a BWR elite level based on 2019 nights, BWR will upgrade you to the elite status you held for 2019 through January…

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