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IHG Rewards ties the knot with Mr & Mrs Smith, giving loyalty members even more choice for luxury and lifestyle stays
IHG® Hotels & Resorts, one of the world's leading hotel companies, and Mr & Mrs Smith, the world-renowned travel club and boutique hotel specialists, today launched their loyalty partnership to give IHG Rewards members an even wider selection of luxury and lifestyle hotels to indulge in while they earn and redeem points.
From today, the first selection of over 400 handpicked Mr & Mrs Smith hotels are available to book by IHG Rewards members through IHG's direct channels (including IHG.com and IHG mobile app). New hotels will be added each week, with the full selection of stylish properties available to book by early December.
This exclusive partnership more than doubles the number of luxury and lifestyle hotels which members can choose from; complementing IHG's luxury and lifestyle portfolio of hotels and resorts across Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, Regent® Hotels & Resorts, InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton® Hotels & Restaurants and Hotel Indigo®.
Founded in 2003, Mr & Mrs Smith is the “Travel Club for Hotel Lovers,” offering a carefully curated collection of over 1,600 boutique and luxury properties in over 90 countries. Mr & Mrs Smith's high-tech, high-touch approach to business enables deep relationships with its boutique hotel partners and onward distribution of its inventory to more travel-savvy guests.
Join PONANT's next Live Online Event 'Unchartered Antarctica onboard Le Commandant-Charcot'
Craig Farrell, National Business Development Manager, will host the event during the afternoon of 19 November, with key discussion points and conversation topics aimed to bring us up to date with the construction progress, explain the unique points of difference and capabilities of this luxury PC2 (Polar Class 2) rated ice-explorer ship, and provide background to the range of unique expedition experiences Le Commandant-Charcot has on offer during this inaugural season in Antarctica.
Planning a polar experience? This live event will reveal new itineraries in ice-packed Antarctic regions other ships simply cannot access. For example, an expedition to one of the least visited places on the planet, Peter 1 island. Surrounded by a protective ice front that made exploration ashore impossible for over 100 years after discovery, join the handful of people who have ever visited this far-flung island. In the practically unexplored Bellingshausen Sea you will be rewarded when exploring gigantic colonies of ever elegant Emperor penguins.
Conceived as a new class of luxury polar expedition cruise ship, Le Commandant Charcot incorporates the latest innovations in environmental protection, its hybrid propulsion system utilising liquefied natural gas (LNG) and electric engines, designed to minimise its environmental impact.
Timing: Thursday 19 November 2020 at 2pm AWST/5pm AEST/7pm NZST
Innovative Solution to Cover Holiday Accommodation Launches in Indonesia
An innovative holiday solution – which allows travellers to purchase into a holiday trust providing them with access to a variety of resorts for the next 20 years at today's prices – has launched in Indonesia.
Innovative Holiday Club by Club Wyndham (“IHC”) is a holiday club that gives its members usage rights at thousands of properties around the world. Most properties are well located with extensive facilities including swimming pools, day spas, restaurants, bars and kids' clubs, and offer various accommodation options including spacious apartments that feel like a home away from home..
Members of IHC pay an upfront fee and gain usage rights at IHC resorts for 20 years and, as part of their membership currently, the ability to utilise other vacation clubs across the Wyndham Destinations network and more than 4,200 resorts through exchange partner RCI. Unlike most vacation clubs, members of IHC only pay annual levies when and if they holiday.
The assets of the club, which has a term of 20 years, are sold at the end of the club term and the net proceeds flow back to members.
Best practice cleaning procedures have also been implemented across the IHC resort portfolio in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This, combined with the added space typical at resort environments, means members can relax, feeling safe during holidays at IHC properties.
Reconnect to the Joy of Travel with Trafalgar in Singapore
Responding to the impact of Covid-19, guided holiday company Trafalgar has launched a unique “Near Not Far” staycation tour itinerary to allow Singaporeans and local residents to reconnect to the joy of travel. One such highlight experience of its 2D1N “Singapore Heritage Highlights” itinerary is an exclusive tour of The Arts House (TAH) and Victoria Theatre & Victoria Concert Hall (VTVCH), an experience enhanced with a climb up the VTVCH clock tower. Both venues are managed by Arts House Limited (AHL).
Trafalgar's Near Not Far Series is designed to provide travel-lovers around the world the opportunity to enjoy deeper, richer experiences in their home country. Additionally, Trafalgar, alongside its parent company, The Travel Corporation (TTC), has focused on curating experiences that integrate sustainability and address the impact of travel on local communities.
Trafalgar's new itineraries ensure that these communities' benefit from the operator's presence, as part of a new 5-year sustainability strategy for a regenerative return to travel. A key priority for the curated experiences of its itineraries is to support local arts communities, and Trafalgar has sought out AHL as its not-for-profit partner for its Near Not Far staycation tours.
Through immersive Trafalgar exclusives like the 'Be My Guest' dining experiences, guests on the 'Near Not Far' staycation tours will form real connections with their fellow neighbours and travellers. They'll uncover the tapestries of multi-cultural Singapore and gain new perspectives of familiar places through stories shared by their passionate and knowledgeable Travel Director. https://www.trafalgar.com/en-sg https://www.trafalgar.com/en-sg/ways-to-go/singapores-heritage-highlights