Hilton Milton Keynes {GBR} (no longer Honors)
Mar 24, 2019, 4:23 am
#16
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: AA, BA, Accor, Honors Diamond, IHG Diamond Elite and lots more....
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No big loss in my opinion, very time I’ve stayed here there have been issues, I rate it as the worst Hilton in the uk.......when they removed the pool and sauna a while back I decided to use the nearby doubletree instead for business in MK.
On the positive note, the doubletree is a decent choice.
On the positive note, the doubletree is a decent choice.
Maybe they will all slowly leave once contracts expire.
Mar 24, 2019, 2:03 pm
#17
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: norwich, uk
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Posts: 5,391
Agreed. I only used it to get an additional stay rather than 2 nights ta the Doubletree. I can't see any announcement on Northampton. pretty sure that Blackpool, Milton Keynes and Northampton were all under the same ownership and recently sold. There was a couple of others as well.
Maybe they will all slowly leave once contracts expire.
Maybe they will all slowly leave once contracts expire.
Guess time will tell......shame though if Northampton does go........great breakfast!
Mar 24, 2019, 2:09 pm
#18
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indeed - one day our paths will cross.......
Mar 24, 2019, 3:44 pm
#19
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Location: norwich, uk
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Yeah...I’d like that mate!......
I always read your reports with interest....... let’s hope so.
I do try to post my planned stays on the meeting thread but I cancel some due to the nature of the music business but yes I’ve met many on here and always a pleasure.
I always read your reports with interest....... let’s hope so.
I do try to post my planned stays on the meeting thread but I cancel some due to the nature of the music business but yes I’ve met many on here and always a pleasure.
Mar 24, 2019, 9:09 pm
#20
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Loftus Road UK
Programs: AA Lifetime Plat; BA GGL; Virgin Gold; United Silver; Hilton Dia; IHG Spire; Marriott Tit; Hertz PC
Posts: 337
Mar 25, 2019, 3:39 am
#21
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Yeah, it was £29 last night, crazy cheap but I guess this is reflected in the rooms/service
Mar 25, 2019, 4:35 am
#22
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Somewhere in Europe
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From what I can see they were bought on behalf of the Dayan family who operate a number of IHG branded properties.
Mar 25, 2019, 1:26 pm
#23
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Northampton wasn’t one of the ones that went to Kew Green last year, however the company that owns Northampton and eight other Hiltons (Leeds, York, EMA, Croydon, Watford, Cobham, Nottingham, Tewksbury) went into administration last year and was subsequently sold on last month.
From what I can see they were bought on behalf of the Dayan family who operate a number of IHG branded properties.
Mar 25, 2019, 9:58 pm
#24
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Loftus Road UK
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Mar 26, 2019, 2:10 am
#25
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Ha, it’s very rarely £29, I would say £39 is still a good deal.
If ( you are sad enough like me ) to do a uk search on Hilton’s website on a Sunday afternoon for stays that night you will see some crazy low prices, I also saw Hilton Edinburgh Carlton for £54 !..... .nuts!
If ( you are sad enough like me ) to do a uk search on Hilton’s website on a Sunday afternoon for stays that night you will see some crazy low prices, I also saw Hilton Edinburgh Carlton for £54 !..... .nuts!
Mar 26, 2019, 10:12 pm
#26
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Loftus Road UK
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, but I do remember £29-£33 rates at the Newbury Hiltons a few years ago that helped keep Diamond cheaply in a lean year
Mar 27, 2019, 1:40 am
#27
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Haha, thought not......... cheapest I ever saw was for a single room at Hilton Birmingham metropole @ £24 a couple of years back....to be fair Hilton Milton Keynes has alerted been reasonable on price for a mediocre hotel and it was always clean and comfortable, just crap service and nothing worked.
