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W Bangkok Review

W Bangkok Impressed by the breakfast! And the great Thai service quality  Visited October 2015  Bangkok is definitely a popular destination for many Singaporeans as well as foreigners around the world. Having been to Bangkok many times, and stayed in many different hotels, I have not typed a review for some of them. Remarkably,...

St Regis Beijing Review

St Regis Beijing China is definitely one of the great places for hotel stays and I finally visited Beijing for my birthday.The main objective of this trip was to see the Great Wall of China and 2 sections were close to Beijing, namely the Badaling and Mutianyu sections. I decided on...

Navigating Starwood’s new BRG policy

Every time you book a hotel through a 3rd party OTA like Expedia/Agoda etc, that 3rd party keeps a share of the total stay. This can be as high as 20% in some cases, and as you can imagine, takes a big bite out of the hotel's profits. Therefore, hotels...

Sheraton Samui review

  View of the hotel pool and beach Koh Samui is one of the resort islands in the Gulf of Thailand, arguably the most visited in that region, definitely contributed by the presence of an airport on the island itself. For this trip, I flew via Silkair Business from Singapore to Koh...

9 things to expect from Marriott’s acquisition of Starwood

(18/3/2016) HERE COMES A NEW CHALLENGER: Anbang offers higher deal for Starwood, threatens to derail Marriott merger. This is good and bad. Good if it stops Marriott from taking over, bad if it leads to a bidding war and inflated price. What's the first thing someone who overpaid for...

150 Free Starwood Points for Updating Security Questions

I believe that Starwood is one of the last remaining hotel programs  with any significant value left. Starwood points are generally considered to be worth about 2 US cents each. So here's an opportunity for free US$3 for 10 seconds of work. Simply update your SPG account's security questions by...

Starwood Q4 Promo: Double Starpoints

SPG has announced its Q4 promotion for 2015 and it's way better than Q3's. From Flyertalk With SPG Stay for More, members can earn double Starpoints® on eligible stays of two or more nights — plus 500 bonus Starpoints when eligible stays include three or more nights. For example, if your...

Starwood Promos: Free Sheraton nights, extra weekend points

Although I love the SPG program, I'm generally not a big fan of Sheratons. This may in part be due to my rather sub-par experiences staying at Sheratons, in particular the dismal Sheraton Towers Singapore and the Sheraton Casablanca. The Sheraton Towers Singapore has tired, old rooms and refuses...

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