Tag: marriott

Bino Chua pens a review of the Renaissance Bangkok- how do the rooms, service and food measure up?

Don't let the mozzies bite.

A review of the Courtyard Madrid Princesa- how are the rooms, the service and the food?

Answer: very.

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...

(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...