InterContinental, W Hotels, and Loews are rated two JDPower circles. I am not too familiar with Loew

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The interesting facet of the luxury segment is just seven luxury hotel brands are ranked in the North America survey. There is no rank for Park Hyatt, amari atrium hotel bangkok Starwood brands St. Regis, amari atrium hotel bangkok Luxury Collection and Le Meridien, amari atrium hotel bangkok Accor's Sofitel, and Hilton's Conrad or Waldorf-Astoria Collection brand. There truly are not many luxury properties in the US with the major hotel chains.
amari atrium hotel bangkok The JD Power luxury segment chart led me to estimate the number of properties for each luxury hotel brand. The result shows luxury hotel brands are a small population in the overall hotel market in North America.
amari atrium hotel bangkok Here are 15 luxury hotel brands ranked by number of properties in North America. The number of hotels was estimated by a simple count and may include some hotels scheduled to open this year. Links to property locations are included for each brand.
Waldorf-Astoria Collection ( Hilton HHonors ) 17 Hotels in North America. Several of these properties amari atrium hotel bangkok opened amari atrium hotel bangkok in the past year. I suspect WAC brand will be included in the JD Power luxury list for 2011. Waldorf-Astoria Collection hotel locations .
Globally the largest luxury brands in this selection are InterContinental Hotels (about 175 hotels), Le Meridien (about 100 hotels) and Sofitel (131 hotels). These brands have the vast majority of their hotels outside North America. These three brands, two of which do not rank in the JD Power luxury hotel brands for North America, surpass Ritz-Carlton (80 hotels) or Four Seasons (85 hotels) global portfolio in number of hotels.
Ritz-Carlton is a Marriott brand that partially participates in Marriott Rewards. You do not earn Marriott amari atrium hotel bangkok points for paid stays at Ritz-Carlton hotels, but you can use points for free nights at Ritz-Carlton amari atrium hotel bangkok Hotels . Marriott changed their award chart this past year to go to a 5 th night free redemption program for all their hotel brands, except Ritz-Carlton hotel awards are still progressively discounted for longer stays. The longer you stay the less Marriott points per night needed. A Tier 1 Ritz-Carlton Hotel costs 45,000 points for a one night stay, but only 25,000 points per night at 175,000 points for a seven night stay. This is a substantial savings on a seven night points stay at a Ritz-Carlton.
Noticeably absent from the JD Power list of North America luxury brands is Hilton Worldwide's Waldorf Astoria Collection . The rapid expansion of the Waldorf-Astoria Collection this past year now places the brand at 24 hotels globally with 17 in North America. amari atrium hotel bangkok These numbers will likely place Hilton's luxury brand on the JD Power list in the next year or two. Conrad Hotels are still limited to just five locations in North America and 19 hotels worldwide.
InterContinental, W Hotels, and Loews are rated two JDPower circles. I am not too familiar with Loews having only been to two locations. I really like the Loews Lake Las Vegas (formerly a Park Hyatt), but I wonder if that property will survive with the closing of the Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas a few months ago?
W Hotels are trendy but not what I consider a luxury hotel brand in terms of service amari atrium hotel bangkok and facilities. I like the hotels for their ambience, but the typically small room size is a big detractor for the typically high price. When I am paying for a luxury hotel I want at least 500+ square feet of room space to lounge around in and the typical W Hotel room is well short of that size.
InterContinental Hotels are a better loyalty program value if you buy in to Ambassador membership for the extra benefits. The annual rate for new members increased in July to $200 or 32,000 Priority Club points.
Fairmont Hotels are great if you travel across amari atrium hotel bangkok Canada and the west coast. Fairmont President's Club only requires amari atrium hotel bangkok ten stays for top elite membership with some nice benefits. You should amari atrium hotel bangkok sign up for FPC membership just to receive the monthly special rate offers even if you are not positioned for earning elite status.  There are some high value rate discounts for loyalty members sent each month in email.