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Starwood is offering an attractive promotion where you can be a Starwood Gold with just one stay if you have an eligible MasterCard on you. Registration is required and you get the status for one year. Check in for all the details!
Starwood Hotels has just received and agreed to a new takeover bid by Marriott hotels, which outbids the chinese and essentially, takes them inside the door.
We’ll see if the Chinese group makes another counteroffer, or is this the end of this takeover battle. What do you feel?
Starwood is not yet merged with Marriott, but they have a new proposal on the table for a much higher cash amount. Will the board of Starwood choose this deal over the Marriott one?
The season for hotel category adjustments is here and while we have shared with you the changes for IHG and Marriott, now Starwood has announced its category changes for 2016. The change will come in to effect from March 1, 2016. As a quick reminder Starwood hotels globally range between categories 1 to 7 and operate under the following brand names. Global Impact Overall 282 Starwood hotels have been affected this year with the category change. 168 hotels are going up and 114 are going down the index, clearly indicating that overall the Starwood portfolio has gotten expensive. The regions with maximum number of increases are US, Europe and Asia and there have been significant category decreases in Canada, Russia…
SPG’s Take Two promotion is offering bonus points for stays of two nights or more. Also, there is a new tiered promo offer which allows you to get up to 10000 more points if you are a Starwood regular.
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Marriott Hotels is entering a transaction to acquire competitor Starwood Hotels & Resorts. Transaction expected to complete by Mid-2016. Post transaction, Marriott will have 30 brands, 1.1 million rooms and will be the largest hotel management co. in the world.
St. Regis, the iconic luxury hospitality brand from Starwood is all set to launch next week in India with their first opening in Mumbai. The flag will replace the Palladium Hotel flag that has been in place over the past two years!
Starwood will take over the management of the existing Palladium Hotel in Mumbai and reflag it as a Palladium Hotel in Q3 2015. That initiates the launch of the St. Regis brand in India.
Le Meridien Mahabaleshwar opened their doors on May 1, 2015. Here is the first review of the resort which is an impressive property set in the midst of nature, and perfect for a weekend retreat.
One of the easiest way to get Starwood’s Gold status, is to have an address in the Asia Pacific, hold a MasterCard World or MasterCard World Elite, and make just one eligible stay. You of course, need to register here, before you get started with the process. Starwood’s SPG Gold status confers on you the following benefits: 4pm late checkout Complimentary welcome gift 50% more Starpoints Room upgrades at check-in when available I don’t count on it much since Starwood’s benefit recognition for elites varies significantly, but the one consistent bit is the 50% extra starpoints you earn as a Gold member. This is an offer that has gone on for a few years now and I posted about…
One of the anticipated hotel launches for the year for me is the Le Meridien Mahabaleshwar Resort & Spa. This is a resort that has been in the making forever, and I was very excited when they decided to open up March 1, 2015. Eager to check it out earlier than everyone else, I went ahead and made reservations for the coming weekend, except, the property has not opened doors yet. I got an email from the sales team of the hotel, a month ago informing me about the fact that the hotel is not opening. No remorse, nothing except an apology. As if, I am supposed to take it as fait accompli that the hotel decided not to open…
