General Discussion on Australian Hilton properties

[k3nnis]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

What would you guys rate HSW and Hilton Sydney? And maybe the HSP?

 

[beardoc]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

I put Sydney in the 5 star category as far as all the services are ticked.

HSW 4.5 stars (no pool - not to rehash that argument, though).

 

[k3nnis]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

Thanks. Will try HSW one day when I'm in MEL. Sounds like one of the nicer properties.

I put Sydney in the 5 star category as far as all the services are ticked.

HSW 4.5 stars (no pool - not to rehash that argument, though).

 

[simongr]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

I think HSW has really grown on me. I think the property has more character than HOTP. For me lack of a pool doesn't dull this hotel.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

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I think HSW has really grown on me..... lack of a pool doesn't dull this hotel.

But given MEL has some bloody hot weather, that may not be a universally held view. For business people, probably neither here nor there. For holiday makers, in summer this will probably mean ruling this hotel off the itinery. Well for us at least. Love the hotel, hate MEL scorchers. Easy compromise, find hotel with pool. .....(perhaps HOTP)

 

[drross]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

But given MEL has some bloody hot weather, that may not be a universally held view. For business people, probably neither here nor there. For holiday makers, in summer this will probably mean ruling this hotel off the itinery. Well for us at least. Love the hotel, hate MEL scorchers. Easy compromise, find hotel with pool. .....(perhaps HOTP)

have stayed at HOTP a couple times over summer and the pool is usually closed for maintenance!

 

[Deleted member 29185]

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have stayed at HOTP a couple times over summer and the pool is usually closed for maintenance!

Now that's clever.

 

[straitman]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

have stayed at HOTP a couple times over summer and the pool is usually closed for maintenance!

If it is open, the pool is on the north side in direct sunlight.

Not a good option IMHO.

 

[straitman]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

I think HSW has really grown on me. I think the property has more character than HOTP. For me lack of a pool doesn't dull this hotel.

But given MEL has some bloody hot weather, that may not be a universally held view. For business people, probably neither here nor there. For holiday makers, in summer this will probably mean ruling this hotel off the itinery. Well for us at least. Love the hotel, hate MEL scorchers. Easy compromise, find hotel with pool. .....(perhaps HOTP)

I agree with simongr that whilst a pool would be nice it is actually doesn't dull the hotel to me. IF it is a hot Melbourne scorcher you are better off indoors IMHO.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

IF it is a hot Melbourne scorcher you are better off indoors IMHO.

So when I see on TV all those Victorians seeking respite at any one of the bay beaches, they've all got it wrong? Retire to the lounge room and turn on all those air-conds and send the power grid into a spin.

Honestly, as I said, some don't mind the lack of a pool, others will be turned off a hotel because of it. I like HSW, but find the lack of even a basic pool for such a new(ish) establishment to be odd. Winter, a spa would be nice, summer a pool is almost a must for my family (the kids would revolt)!

 

[k3nnis]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

Is there any room for HSW to add a pool?

 

[Moopere]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

Is there any room for HSW to add a pool?

Now that the property has been built I can't see how they'd do it. Unless they went right to the top and built one into the roof? That massive expanse of corrugated roofing on the eastern view from the lounge is just nasty ... would have been great if they found a way to put a pool in there to break up the view a bit.

 

[Deleted member 29185]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

Is there any room for HSW to add a pool?

Now that the property has been built I can't see how they'd do it.

It is possible that the building was designed with a pool for later. The area that Moopere has mentioned would lend itself perfectly.......but only if the engineering was pre-existing.

 

[simongr]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

Never realised I started this thread

 

[beardoc]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

Never realised I started this thread

There's another HSW thread that this one should be merged with.

 

[drross]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

There's another HSW thread that this one should be merged with.

agreed. there's a thread about HSW and pools alredy running

 

[simongr]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

I think this was split out from the "How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?" and was about the general Hiltons in Oz - but has tracked back again to the pool issue in HSW.

 

[Aussie_flyer]

Re: How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

I think this was split out from the "How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?" and was about the general Hiltons in Oz - but has tracked back again to the pool issue in HSW.

indeed it would seem this is now the correct thread to discuss the pool or lack thereof, rather than the elite benefits thread