Hilton Cairns {AUS}
Mar 31, 2002, 4:41 pm
#31
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by kawoh:
Hi,
I'm a HHonors Gold and want to redeem a VIP reward - GLON 6 nights for 100k points. I was wondering whether the Hilton Cairns is a GLON or a GLONP hotel. If it's a GLONP hotel it will cost me 150k points instead of 100k point.
Do flyertalk members know whether the hilton cairns is a preimum or a standard hotel? Do people know whether hilton cairns participates in this promotion?
Thanks in advance.
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Hi,
I'm a HHonors Gold and want to redeem a VIP reward - GLON 6 nights for 100k points. I was wondering whether the Hilton Cairns is a GLON or a GLONP hotel. If it's a GLONP hotel it will cost me 150k points instead of 100k point.
Do flyertalk members know whether the hilton cairns is a preimum or a standard hotel? Do people know whether hilton cairns participates in this promotion?
Thanks in advance.
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There are no Premium hotels in Australia, it is in fact a Select Hotel as it would seem are all the Australian ones.
Dave
Apr 1, 2002, 1:22 pm
#32
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At Select (Level 3) hotels, the GLON should be used only on non-PointStretcher dates, because 6 PS nights can be had for only 78,000 points + you can get any # of nights you want. At Classic (4) hotels the diff. is slight.
Nov 13, 2002, 5:03 pm
#34
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Hilton Cairns
Considering staying at the Hilton Cairns next June. Looking for comments from those that have stayed there recently on rooms, location, resturants/lounges, executive floor, suites?
Nov 13, 2002, 5:56 pm
#35
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Stayed there last in May 2001. I paid a low weekend rate and was upgraded to a top-floor room overlooking the bay, with a fruit bowl. The executive lounge was very quiet and serves a nice continental breakfast. Overall a nice property.
Nov 14, 2002, 3:41 am
#36
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I spent a 6 day vacation there on a GLON reward in Jan 01.
Great hotel, great lounge service and food for breakfast and (free) cocktails.
Close to the pier where tours to the Great Barrier start. Close to the casino (ouch!).
Only minus point: the dinner buffet, everynight the same one!
Very good memories....
Great hotel, great lounge service and food for breakfast and (free) cocktails.
Close to the pier where tours to the Great Barrier start. Close to the casino (ouch!).
Only minus point: the dinner buffet, everynight the same one!
Very good memories....
Nov 14, 2002, 6:04 am
#37
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Stayed there in October, top floor suite, pool area is nice but don't expect a beach nearby, very convenient for the boats to the reef, lots of Asian tour groups, executive lounge and staff were excellent, room decor is a little dated but still good. Overall one of my favorite Hiltons.
Nov 14, 2002, 1:42 pm
#39
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Stayed there 3 nights in Jan 2002. Wasn't Gold then, so I couldn't get access to the lounge. But had a airy top floor room with a patio and great view. Very nice hotel located only a few blocks from the tourist area. No beach nearby. Pool is nice, but access to it is difficult since you are going up and down staircases due to the fact they closed up their outdoor access to it. Nice lobby and restaurant. Good concierge service to set up tours of the Reef. Across the street from the Las Vegas-type casino, so any money you win, you can keep. Lots to do at night in Cairns as it is a major tourist town with about 130,000 population. Would definitely return if I ever go back to Cairns.
Mar 9, 2003, 11:22 am
#40
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Wow!!!
Does it get any better than this hotel?
We just returned from Cairns Hilton and I don't hardly know where to start describing how wonderful we were treated. We snagged some inexpensive rooms on an internet deal and I wasn't expecting to much. They had already agreed to upgrade us to the water side of the hotel because we were Gold Card members so I was happy. When we arrived we were very surprised to find that we had been upgraded to the Executive floor with full access to the executive lounge. We were able to get early check in. From there it just kept getting better. An hour after we arrived a bucket of Champagne was delivered along with a bowl of chocolate dipped strawberries. I could hear my wife telling the lady that she must have the wrong room. It wasn't, there was a card from the manager with our name on it thanking us for choosing their hotel. They closed the executive lounge for some updating and we were invited to have breakfast in the hotel restaurant, which had a GREAT buffet. Received a letter from the manager later in the day inviting us to the hotels main lounge for drinks and snacks each evening. A first class operation in every way. I've stayed in about 40 different Hilton properties and this one is head and shoulders above the rest.
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Does it get any better than this hotel?
We just returned from Cairns Hilton and I don't hardly know where to start describing how wonderful we were treated. We snagged some inexpensive rooms on an internet deal and I wasn't expecting to much. They had already agreed to upgrade us to the water side of the hotel because we were Gold Card members so I was happy. When we arrived we were very surprised to find that we had been upgraded to the Executive floor with full access to the executive lounge. We were able to get early check in. From there it just kept getting better. An hour after we arrived a bucket of Champagne was delivered along with a bowl of chocolate dipped strawberries. I could hear my wife telling the lady that she must have the wrong room. It wasn't, there was a card from the manager with our name on it thanking us for choosing their hotel. They closed the executive lounge for some updating and we were invited to have breakfast in the hotel restaurant, which had a GREAT buffet. Received a letter from the manager later in the day inviting us to the hotels main lounge for drinks and snacks each evening. A first class operation in every way. I've stayed in about 40 different Hilton properties and this one is head and shoulders above the rest.
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"A day without Points/Miles is like a day without SUNSHINE"
Mar 9, 2003, 12:28 pm
#41
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Excellent hotel. Clean, comfortable, convenient, great water views, and it has an Executive Lounge that has good food. This hotel has a very friendly, helpful staff both throughout the hotel and in the Executive Lounge. I do not say this often about anything, but I highly recommend this property.
Enjoy your stay there!
Enjoy your stay there!
Mar 9, 2003, 1:24 pm
#42
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We stayed there on a GLON in November 2002 and had a great time. Staff treated us like royalty. I don't remember her name but the woman who operates the Executive Club lounge (she has a British, not Aussie accent) is simply the best on the planet.
As others have posted, we had a room on the top floor which was great. Mind you, the rooms are not the most luxurious in the Hilton chain but they are furnished very nicely and are spotlessly clean. Cairns is not the kind of place where you spend much time in your room anyway.
Cairns is a very interesting place....a little bit like Key West...have a fun time!
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As others have posted, we had a room on the top floor which was great. Mind you, the rooms are not the most luxurious in the Hilton chain but they are furnished very nicely and are spotlessly clean. Cairns is not the kind of place where you spend much time in your room anyway.
Cairns is a very interesting place....a little bit like Key West...have a fun time!
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[This message has been edited by MileageAddict (edited 03-09-2003).]
Mar 15, 2003, 12:55 pm
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COOBER,
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Welcome to FlyerTalk. Below the "Post New Topic" feature is a "search" option that works very well. Doing a quick search for you, I think this thread will help you:
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Mar 15, 2003, 4:37 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by COOBER:
Any advice I would appreciate- Thank you.</font>
Any advice I would appreciate- Thank you.</font>
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