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Conde Nast Traveler Gold List 2013 is the annual list of best ranked hotels by CN Traveler readers. 47,000 participants in the Readers Choice survey selected about 500 of the world's best hotels for the 2013 list. Hotels making the Gold List five consecutive years are designated Platinum Circle status. The Platinum Circle list has 182 slides of hotels.
One of my first projects in 2008 when I started Loyalty Traveler blog was an analysis of the Conde Nast 2008 Hotel Gold List to categorize hotels that were part of hotel loyalty programs. The hotels on the 2008 Conde Nast Traveler Gold List did not mention any hotel brand affiliation if the brand name was not part of the hotel name.
I also analyzed the 2009 CN Traveler Gold List for hotel loyalty program affiliation. Looking back at those articles I wish I had included the hotel award category for each property in both my 2008 Gold List analysis and 2009 Gold List Analysis to track the five year changes.
The rest of this post looks at hotels on the 2008 CN Traveler Gold List and their award costs in 2008 compared to 2013 for hotels in Marriott Rewards, Hyatt Gold Passport, InterContinental Hotels Group Priority Club, Hilton HHonors and Starwood Preferred Guest.
The comparison of 2008 rates to 2013 rates shows there are actually lower nightly award rates in 2013, but 7-night stays increased when Marriott Rewards went to a simple 5th night free chart in 2009.
Starwood Hotels had more European hotels on the 2008 Gold List than any other chain. Most of the hotels on the hot list in 2008 missed the 2013 list. Here is a five hotel sample from the 21 Starwood historic inns of new england Hotels on the 2008 CN Gold List to compare award rate changes.
Cash Points Night = $150 + 8,000 points per night. ( NOTE: SPG Cash Points category 6 rates are rising to $180 + 10,000 points as of March 5, 2013 ). This hotel will be 100% more in 2013 than 2008 C P award cost.
2013 SPG Category 7 Award Nights = 30,000 or 35,000 points per night or 120,000 – 140,000 for a 5-night stay. Cash Points Award = $275 and 15,000 points historic inns of new england per night or book a suite for 30,000 points + $625 per night.
Looking over the changes in hotel award stay cost for upper-upscale and luxury hotels in Europe that are considered the world's best hotels by Conde Nast Traveler readers shows less change in the cost of high end hotel award nights than I would expect.
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