Delta Announces Upgrades for Starwood and Marriott Rewards Members

Delta Airlines recently announced they would be adding Comfort+ seat upgrades to their list of redeemable benefits for Starwood and Marriott rewards members. The all new perk is available for Starwood Preferred Guest members as well as Marriott Rewards Platinum members. Comfort+ seating joins pre-existing benefits from Delta such as priority boarding and free checked bags. [Read more…]

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Starwood Makes Design Hotels its 11th Brand

In the midst of it’s own acquisition by Marriott, Starwood has decided to fold the collection of Berlin-based, one-off properties into its portfolio. Starwood has always had a majority stake in Design Hotels, so to many this move was always in the making. This eleventh brand under the SPG banner comes seven months after the launch of Starwood’s tenth brand extension, Tribute Portfolio. [Read more…]