New Zone Boundaries, Star Levels, Name Changes?

[BEAV]

The 3* Holiday Inn Concord (Oakland East Bay Concord/Lafayette zone) is now the Red Lion and is rated 2.5 stars per Priceline Vacations.

[thereuare]

Got it... THANKS!

[scottlevin]

There is no longer a Crowne Plaza at JFK. It is now the...

JFK Plaza Hotel

Lots of problems, it seems, and it lost its affiliation:

http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/c...t-brand-dispute

No idea if they are even on PL or if they do NYOP.

[thereuare]

Thanks for the info.

[scottlevin]

Just wanted to clear up one thing... in my search for hotels in Paris, I noticed that the Melia Vendome Boutique Hotel is not in the zone listed on this list.

It is in Opera Quarter WEST, not Opera Quarter East. Reference the zone maps at priceline.com and Melia Vendome's location at Google Maps.

[XT600]

Munich Renaissance will close its doors forever on 09/30/2011.

For guests who have a reservation after this date, please contact the hotel or PRICELINE!

[thereuare]

Thanks for the info.

[Colfax]

Gainesville, FL used to be one Priceline zone. Now it's split into Gainesville-University and Gainesville West.

Gainesville-University

3* Courtyard

3* Hilton at U of Florida

2.5* Springhill Suites

2* Extended Stay America I-75

2* Paramount Resort

Gainesville West

2.5* Best Western Gateway Grand

2.5* La Quinta

2* Fairfield Inn

[Colfax]

Priceline, Austin TX. Northwest-Arboretum zone now split into Austin Arboretum and Austin Northwest.

Austin Arboretum

4* Renaissance Austin

4* Westin in the Domain

3* Courtyard Northwest/Arboretum (Stonelake Blvd)

3* Holiday Inn Northwest Plaza

3* Hilton Garden Inn

3* Hyatt Place

3* Summerfield Suites

2.5* Springhill Suites

2* Candelewood Suites

2* Extended Stay America Arboretum

Austin Northwest

3* Staybridge Suites

2* Extended Stay America Deluxe NW Research Park

1* Crestwood Suites Arboretum

[Colfax]

Priceline San Diego.

The former MISSION VALLEY zone is now HOTEL CIRCLE-MISSION VALLEY WEST.

The former KEARNEY MESA-MISSION VALLEY NORTH zone is now MISSION VALLEY EAST-CENTRAL SAN DIEGO.

No boundary change, I don't think, just new zone names. The new names--MV East and West--are confusing and inaccurate, imo. On Priceline's map the zone now called MV-East is actually North Mission Valley and the zone called West is actually South Mission Valley. As drawn these zones should be called "North" and "South", not "East" and "West".

[Colfax]

Priceline, San Antonio TX. Downtown-Riverwalk zone is split in three. New zones are Riverwalk, Market Square Area, and Downtown East.

Downtown East

3* Staybridge Suites Sunset Station

2* Red Roof Inn Downtown

Market Square Area

3* Doubletree

3* Holiday Inn Market Square (West Durango)

2* La Quinta Market Square

Riverwalk

4* Emily Morgan

4* Grand Hyatt

4* Hilton

4* Hotel Contessa

4* Hyatt Regency

4* Marriott Plaza

4* Marriott Rivercenter

4* Marriott Riverwalk

4* Omni La Mansion Del Rio

4* Westin

3.5* Crowne Plaza

3.5* Sheraton Gunter

3.5* Wyndham St Anthony

3* Courtyard Riverwalk

3* Holiday Inn El Tropicano

3* Holiday Inn Riverwalk

3* Hotel Indigo

3* Riverwalk Plaza Hotel

[thereuare]

Thanks Colfax... i think i got it all. :)

[Colfax]

Priceline, Atlanta GA. Hartsfield Airport zone is divided in three: Airport North, Airport South, Airport West. Airport West only has one reported hotel so far.

Airport North

4* Hilton

4* Renaissance Concourse

3.5* Crowne Plaza

3* Courtyard North (Virginia Ave)

3* Doubletree College Park-Airport

3* Hyatt Place North

2.5* Best Western Airport East

2* Fairfield Inn North

Airport South

4* Marriott Atlanta Airport

4* Westin

3.5* Sheraton Gateway

3* Courtyard South (Sullivan Road)

3* Embassy Suites

3* Hilton Garden Inn Airport

3* Holiday Inn Select Airport South

3* Hyatt Place South

2.5* Wyndham Garden Airport South

2* Country Inn and Suites South

2* Fairfield Inn South

Airport West

3* Courtyard West (Creek Pointe Drive)

p.s. There's a 3* Radisson in the Hotel List. That's a former name for the current Wyndham Garden, so it's a double listing.

[allybunnie]

Hi - wanted to give you a heads up on the Sheraton East Hartford 100 E. River Dr.....this is on your list of priceline hotels...I personally have won this hotel thru priceline & this forum website. Unfortunately the have just changed the sign to Hartford Plaza Hotel which probably means Sheraton has sold off this property.....It's too bad as it is a great hotel that a lot of people report winning, as it is very clean & you almost always could win it for a very good price :)

[thereuare]

Thanks for the info.

[slruud]

Looks like Hotwire has divided the Gaslamp area in San Diego into two zones....Gaslamp Quarter North-Horton Plaza, and Gaslamp Quarter South-Convention Center.

[thereuare]

Thanks for the heads-up!

[Colfax]

Here's the new Hotwire breakdown in San Diego's Gaslamp area. Thanks to slruud for noticing the change. Hotwire has three zones in Downtown San Diego now. On Priceline the same territory is all one large zone.

Gaslamp Quarter North-Horton Plaza

5* U.S. Grant Hotel

4.5* Andaz

4.5* Se San Diego

4* Westgate Hotel

4* Westin Gaslamp

3* Ramada Inn Suites Gaslamp

2* Comfort Inn

Gaslamp Quarter South-Convention Center

4* Hilton Bayfront

4* Hilton Gaslamp

4* Hotel Indigo

4* Hotel Solamar

4* Marriott Gaslamp

4* Omni San Diego

3.5* Horton Grand

[thereuare]

Thanks for helping us update the Hotwire Hotel List.

[Colfax]

Hotwire's Oakland-Alameda (California) zone is now divided into Oakland-Alameda and Oakland International Airport OAK zones.

Oakland-Alameda

3* Executive Inn and Suites

3* Inn at Jack London Square

2* Marina Village Inn

Oakland International Airport OAK

3* Hilton

3* Holiday Inn Express

3* Park Plaza (now Red Lion)

2* Days Inn Airport-Coliseum

2* Econolodge Inn and Suites Airport

2* Extended Stay Deluxe Oakland Airport Alameda (formerly Studio Plus)

[scottlevin]

For the 4* hotels in Nice, France, both an NH Nice and a Sofitel are listed.

The Sofitel should be crossed out. The NH Nice USED to be a Sofitel.

Apparently the property (before a Sofitel, now an NH) still participates in Priceline.

[Colfax]

Hotwire zone change in San Diego.

The former SeaWorld-Mission Bay-Shelter Island zone is split into 1) Sea World-Mission Bay-Shelter Island (same name as before but with new smaller boundaries) and 2) Shelter Island-Point Loma.

Hotwire should remove "Shelter Island" from the first zone's name because it's misleading. Shelter Island now lies entirely within the new Shelter Island-Point Loma zone.

Sea World-Mission Bay-Shelter Island

4* Hilton Mission Bay

4* Hyatt Regency Mission Bay

4* Pacific Terrace Hotel

4* Paradise Point Resort and Spa

3.5* Catamaran Resort

3.5* Dana Inn and Marina

3.5* Hyatt Regency Islandia

3* Bahia

2.5* Best Western Mission Bay

2.5* Holiday Inn Express (De Soto Blvd)

2* Good Nite Inn SeaWorld

Shelter Island-Point Loma

3.5* The Pearl

3* Best Western Island Palms

3* Holiday Inn Bayside

3* Humphreys Half Moon Inn and Suites

3* Kona Kai

2.5* Howard Johnsons Inn

p.s. gentle reminder: the Atlanta updates from March still aren't in the Georgia Hotel List. See post #61 above. :)

[scottlevin]

How do you notice these changes so quickly?

Very impressed!

[Colfax]

Thanks, Scott!

I use Hotwire in California a lot, so if there's a zone change in Cali I usually see it within days. Other states I don't follow as much unless I'm travelling there.

This winter I visited Florida for the first time in several years and I noticed some of the Florida hotel lists were outdated and I updated them. But I don't know if those Florida changes happened days before my visit or years. I just don't look at the Florida lists much.

Keeping the hotel lists current is an impossible, neverending task. As soon as we think we've got it right Hotwire and Priceline change something. :)

[scottlevin]

Yeah, Cancun for example needs some love. I might do it tomorrow if I get bored.