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Hilton Tosses Points, IHG Pulls Up Quick To Retrieve 'Em (And HHonors Members)
So our headline featuring a Sir Mix-a-lot line doesn't quite work but the situation is the same--Hilton Hotels began devaluing some of their HHonors points back on January 15 to the outrage of many devoted Hilton guests and Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) is pulling up quick to retrieve 'em.
IHG just launched a new "Luckiest Loser" contest, aimed specifically at HHonors members. Here's how it works:
· HHonors Members must also be members of the IHG's Priority Club Rewards.
· Members need to tell PCR just how many points they lost.
· PCR will automatically give back 1,000 bonus points.
· The top 20,000 "losers" will earn back 20 percent of the Hilton points they lost. The biggest Luckiest Loser will earn 2 million in loyalty points. That's enough to stay at IHG for free for nearly three months!
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Does The Beverly Hilton Hotel Have Fugly Carpeting?
Amidst all the glittering stars last night that crammed into the Beverly Hills Hilton for the Golden Globes Awards last night, we couldn't help but notice the carpeting in the International Ballroom which looked to be imprinted with big blue stars with pointy edges, almost like they came out of Superman's Fortress of Solitude. Not cute.
Ok, you might accuse us of being too picky here but if this ballroom is going to be on camera every year for the GG awards then let's go with a more muted rug pattern. After all, the Beverly Hilton's ballroom holds quite a lot of history for the Hollywood elite.
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Starwood Alleges Hilton's Hotel Brands are 'Infected' With Their Secrets
UPDATE: Starwood's Chief Administrative Officer has a statement on the new court filings below.
The drama continues in the Starwood-Hilton lawsuit with Starwood filing new allegations yesterday saying that higher-up execs at Hilton knew full well that its employees were stealing Starwood's trade secrets and that two other Hilton brands--Waldorf-Astoria Collecion and Conrad Hotels--are "infected." And they don't mean with swine flu.
USA Today reports on the new filings which may have been prompted by the discovery of a whistleblower:
According to Starwood's filing, the whistleblower told [Hilton CEO Christopher] Nassetta that "numerous manuals, detailed plans, budgets, marketing systems, building specifications and other proprietary documents from Starwood were brought to Hilton by Mr. [Ross] Klein. Mr. Klein put some of these highly proprietary documents on Hilton's internal computer server, and instructed Hilton personnel to use these proprietary Starwood documents as a detailed plan for them to follow to develop and modify Hilton's luxury and lifestyle brands."
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There's Plenty of Hotel Rooms for Fired-Up Jets Fans in San Diego This Weekend
Have you seen LaDanian Tomlinson’s rap video that popped up on You Tube this week? Shot a couple of years ago, it suspiciously only goes viral in the leadup to the Chargers playoff game against the New York Jets this Sunday. Hmm …
Despite this distraction, the Jets are preparing for their biggest game of the season, and the hardest of hardcore fans were booking flights to San Diego before the end of last Saturday’s game. But are there hotel rooms in LT’s town to house Fireman Ed and his friends?
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Hilton Ft. Lauderdale Beach Has Suites for Super Bowl, Starting at $384 a Night
Know of a hotel room open for Super Bowl? Tell us where right here.
Thanks to commenter TonyT we learned that the media headquarters for the Super Bowl is on Fort Lauderdale Beach this year. And we know there are no shortages of hotels in the FLL.
While W Fort Lauderdale and anything in the Starwood family is sold out in Fort Lauderdale, the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Beach Resort does have rooms open and thanks to a little trick, we found them on sale too.
Using the Hilton's new weekend sale we found rooms from Feb. 5-8 for $384 a night for a pretty king bed ocean view suite with a balcony. Did you catch the "suite" part of that description? That means the room has a kitchenette with stainless steel appliances, a living room, dining room and a queen-sized sleeper bed. Perfect if you want to crash there with a few friends.
All in all three nights will cost you $1,276.19, including taxes. If you can split that three or four ways, it's a very good deal. (Or just book two nights instead of three.)
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Hilton Puts Weekends On Sale But Are They Worth It?
Where: United States
Ooh, January sales! We love us a good shoe bargain but we love a deal on our next vacation even more. One of the first hotel chain deals of the new year comes from Hilton, although our initial excitement turned to the kind of disappointment you get when you find just one lone shoe on the sale rack with no partner.
The deal sounds good—Hilton are offering up to 50% off weekend stays at participating hotels worldwide. But the savings are more like 20% or 33% off at some properties, and try as we might, we struggled to find any properties in Europe offering the discount, and we plugged in a variety of cities and dates.
The good part is the deal is for any trip during 2010—as long as you book before January 31. And kudos to Hilton for giving us discounts on weekends—usually you have to travel mid-week to save on rates.
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Virgin America Partners With … Hilton?
Let’s play a little game of One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other, shall we? After all, it’s not like you’re really doing any work this week, are you? OK, here we go … Virgin America. Mood lighting. Reality TV shows. Free WiFi. Hilton.
OK, so it wasn’t that hard, was it? Now, even though Hilton may seem like the odd one out in this lineup, the granddaddy of hotel chains is now linked to the cool-kid airline through a rewards partnership.
Here’s how it works: members of both the Hilton HHonors program and Virgin America’s Elevate frequent flyer program earn one Elevate point for every $2 spent at participating Hilton hotels. Or you can opt to earn points per stay:50 Elevate points per stay at Hampton, Homewood Suites by Hilton and Home2 Suites by Hilton properties, or 250 Elevate points at Hilton, Conrad Hotels & Resorts, Doubletree, Embassy Suites Hotels, Hilton Garden Inn, Hilton Grand Vacations and Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts.
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Hilton Hotels Puts 'Up in the Air' on Their Keycards
After the year that Hilton Hotels had with the whole Denizen Debacle, they were given some sweet relief this month with their featured role in the George Clooney movie "Up in the Air" about a frequent traveler trying to chase down the prize of 10 million miles.
Of course, we assumed that Hilton paid their way for this role or at least, slept with someone who knows someone (that is the Hollywood way, after all.) But nope. The NY Times report that neither Hilton or American Airlines paid for any positioning. However, they did let the crews film in their hotels free of charge and they cleared blocks of rooms:
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Home2 Suites Breaks Ground in North Carolina
The first Home2 Suites from Hilton has broken ground in in Fayetteville, North Carolina and we were recently tipped off to a YouTube video of the ceremony.
Last time we checked in on Home2Suites, Hilton's new extended-stay brand, things were looking a bit quiet. But it looks like now 50 Home2 Suites will be opening before 2012 is out. This one here will open in late 2010.
As for the brand concept, it's nothing earth-shattering but it is a good addition to the Hilton brand. The target audience is "the savvy, value-wise extended-stay guest." The hotel rooms will start at 323-sq.ft. and a large emphasis will be placed on community space called The Oasis, which will include an activity room, fitness centers, outdoor living rooms and even, barbecue grills.
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The Palmer House and the Joffrey Ballet Duet for Nutcracker Teas
Chicago's Palmer House Hilton is getting into the holiday spirit with its new series of Joffrey Nutcracker Teas with the famed company's ballerinas and danseurs making an appearance.
The teas, held Saturdays through December 26, kick off on November 21 with the lighting of the Christmas tree at the South Loop hotel's grand lobby. Kiddies can help decorate the tree beforehand and garnish some Nutcracker cookies.
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Will Hilton's iPhone App Really Be as Functional as They Promise?
Hilton Hotels announced today that they would be unveiling not just one or two but seven iPhone apps in the next week or so for hotel guests to use. The apps will be brand-specific, i.e. Doubletree will have its own app, Conrad Hotels will have its own app and so will Embassy Suites. It's an app-travaganza! (Word is that an app for the Waldorf-Astoria collection is in the works as well.)
Now, you already know how we feel about iPhone apps. A few weeks ago, we rounded up all of the hotel iPhone apps that were currently available in the iTunes store. Most of these have little to add to the already popular app of sitting at your computer and booking a room online. But Hilton told USA Today that their apps will be different and will have more functions than just booking a room.
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Hilton New York Honored With a 'Green Street' Award. Really.
Swarming with smog, exhaust, and buzzing with the din of taxis in neutral, New York's Avenue of the Americas is hardly a location we think of as being environmentally-considerate. A work in progress, maybe, with a little cheerleading needed to nudge it in the right direction.
The "Green Street" Award was established by the Avenue of the Americas Association to inspire the thoroughfare's tenants to think eco and find new ways to close the loop. This year, the Hilton New York was honored, and not just because it hosted the ceremony in its Trianon Ballroom last week.
Innovative eco-hotels are normally found bourgeois bohemian neighborhoods like the West Village or SoHo, so when we caught wind of this news we were looking for certifiable proof of the Hilton's investment in going green. According to the Avenue's Association, proof came in the form of a futuristic, energy-saving PureCell system that uses electric power to power the hotel and heat water, which has accounted for 6% of the hotel's consumption since being installed. It is also three times more energy efficient than a normal electric grid and operates 24-hours per day.
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