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Starwood offering targeted bonus for selected members.

The Sheraton Rio Resort tries its best to shake off the Sheraton tag.

Bangkok is one of the cheapest markets for hotels that I know of. You can easily find 4 or 5 Star properties below $150 a night, which is extremely good value any way you look at it. Service standards tend to be very high, rooms tend to be new...

The Milelion does not have children. This is not his fault. Rather, it is the women who are wrong. However, other Milelion readers have been able to procreate, and that's totally cool with The Milelion. He bears them no ill will, so long as their progeny don't end up seated...

Best Rate Guarantees, or BRGs, are cool ways you can make the cheaper prices offered by Online Travel Agents (OTAs eg Hotels.com, Expedia etc) work for you while still earning loyalty points and status with the hotel. Have a read of my refresher here on how BRG claims work.Now, I'm...

Starwood has announced its Q1 promotion for 2017 and I have mixed feelings about it. Registration is required and can be done here. Here's the details- Earn double Starpoints® on your first three stays between January 16 and April 15, 2017. Plus, we’re giving you an extra Double Take bonus to...

Art Meets Hospitality at Hotel VagabondA very different stay from the usual.Stayed November 2016Published November 2016This was a really last-minute decision as there is a promotion for Starwood members to stay at all 11 brands by the end of 2016.Our nearest Tribute Portfolio hotel was in Jakarta and naturally...

Starpoints are one of the most valuable points currencies out there because of the great redemption opportunities that exist. What's more, they're very hard for us Singapore-based travellers to earn. The only credit card route we have to earn Starpoints in Singapore is through American Express, at a really...