Originally Posted by
nighthawkrs
FHR: Amex FHR hotel program, some luxury hotel Amex has special rates with; usually includes breakfast, late checkout and some extra
includes many different hotels regardless of hotel chain/owner
LHW: Leading Hotels of the World, not a hotel chain, but a quite popular marketing group; no larger hotel chain normallly has hotels in this program, only really small chains or independent hotels
Is that enough?

Thank you,
nighthawkrs.
Always possible to teach an old dog - I haven't veered from the "chain tracks" in a long time, though I remember walking by Leading Hotels of the World plaques.