Crowne Plaza Gerrards Cross UK
 

Looks like the Bellhouse Hotel in Beaconsfield is going to be rebranded as the CP Gerrards Cross.

The company that owns the property (Cairn Hotel Group) have recently rebranded a couple of independent properties in the north of England to Holiday Inn and are currently converting The Barkston Gardens Hotel to Hotel Indigo Kensington/Earls Court.

Thought to offically add the info on this thread:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/inter...-hix-1-cp.html

Holiday Inn Dijon
 

Thanks for letting me know. We're staying there next month, so I'll ask about it upon check-in.

Yes, they have some weird policies. Back in 2007 we stayed there on points, but they charged us for the tourist tax (taxe de séjour) anyway. EUR 0,80 for every adult is not that much, but I've never paid for it when I've had no expenses in a hotel.

Yes, according to their website it's closed for refurbishment... or forever, it's not clear.

I'm told it's just for the summer. As it is an indoor park most people are at the beach in the summer anyways. I expect it will be open again once school starts.

I don't think you get out of paying the tourist tax because it's a reward stay.
Also it varies by location, this year Calais was €0.80 per person, Dijon was €1.50 per person

We have always been charged when in France, I try and get them to charge it to the room, as well as one item from the minibar so as to earn some points for the stay.

In Dijon the stay posted automatically with points, in Calais I had to phone Helpdesk. On both stays I then seemed to also earn points on the room charge even though it was a reward stay.
It seems to pick up the rack room rate if you have to do a retro claim!

HI Sanya Yalong is gone

HIX Jinqiang (near Hongqiao Rail Station in Shanghai) is gone.

Master List of New Hotels and Disposals
 

ANA/IHG announced they are planning to open a 215-room IC in Osaka by Summer 2013. It will be located on floors 1-4 and 20-32 of the B block in the Grand Front Osaka development near Osaka Station. It will also host 57 serviced apartments.

Announcement (Japanese only): http://www.anaihghotels.co.jp/corpor.../120801_01.pdf

Good news.
Still the CP is a very good option for design, location, club lounge and service.

Candlewood Suites Farmington Hills MI gone, changed to Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Detroit Farmington Hills.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/inter...-hills-mi.html

We tried this once in a Comfort hotel in Nice. We tried very hard to tell them that we would prefer not having the coupon, but they refused. So we had to hide that 6 coupons (2x 3 nights) somewhere so that we can return them at check-out. :td:

It appears that the candlewood in Auburn Hills, MI is also leaving. The sign was removed from the highway on my way home from work Friday.

Frankly, I'd wonder why a leisure traveler to Auburn Hills wouldn't automatically elect to stay at the Crowne Plaza,

In my estimation, it is an excellent value.

More CS's leave
 

A whole gaggle of CS left on July 31. The two you mentioned in Michigan.... Illinois lost CS Schaumburg, CS Hoffman Estates, CS Wheeling, and in Kentucky CS Louisville East.

I have stayed at all of these and will miss them greatly. They were all old school Candlewoods with the sturdy floors. I hate the new buildings that have the floors that make noise constantly... seems like cheap construction.

Schaumburg, IL Staybridge leaves in a few weeks

Eight Hualuxe Hotels announced
 

Eight Hualuxe hotels will be opening between 2014 and 2016:

HUALUXE Beijing Xinan
HUALUXE Shanghai Pudong Kangqiao
HUALUXE Chengdu High-Tech West
HUALUXE Zhangjiajie Resort
HUALUXE Ordos Dongsheng
HUALUXE Foshan Nanhai
HUALUXE Yangjiang City Centre
HUALUXE Fuzhou Downtown

http://www.ihgplc.com/index.asp?PageID=57&newsid=2828