Hilton has done a great job over the past year of incorporating Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) properties into the Hilton Honors program. They continue to press ahead with the onboarding of more properties, with 31 more hotels now being bookable with Hilton points or free night certificates.
They’ve also lost two properties, but this is obviously a significant improvement in the overall hotel lineup, especially with more hotels now being bookable in locations ranging from the Maldives to Chile to Greece to Indonesia and more.
List of new SLH properties
Here’s a list of the newly-added properties. I’ve also added links to each hotel on Hilton’s website to make it easier to check them out.
- Correntoso Lake and River Hotel, Argentina
- Severin’s – The Alpine Retreat, Austria
- Debaines Hotel Santiago, Chile
- LN Hotel Five, China
- Movich Hotel Cartagena de Indias, Colombia
- Park Lane Copenhagen, Denmark
- Schlossle Hotel, Estonia
- Grand Hotel du Palais Royal, France
- Domes White Coast Milos, Greece
- Eagles Palace, Greece
- Lindos Blu, Greece
- Kozmo Hotel Suites & Spa, Hungary
- Brij Lakshman Sagar, India
- Desa Hay, Indonesia
- Dylan Hotel, Dublin, Ireland
- Due Lune Puntaldia Resort & Golf, Italy
- Il Melograno, Italy
- VISTA Palazzo Lago di Como, Italy
- VISTA Palazzo Verona, Italy
- Grand Palace Hotel Riga, Latvia
- NARUTIS Hotel, Lithuania
- Villa Haven Resort Maldives
- Nobu Hotel Warsaw, Poland
- Hotel Urban Madrid, Spain
- Taru Villas Maia, Sri Lanka
- Taru Villas The Long House, Sri Lanka
- MUU Bangkok Hotel, Thailand
- Carneros Resort and Spa, California, USA
- Hotel on Rivington, New York, USA
- Lennox Miami Beach, Florida, USA
- Namia River Retreat, Vietnam
SLH properties no longer bookable through Hilton
There are two SLH properties that are no longer bookable via Hilton:
- BOTANIQ Castle of Tura,Hungary
- Villa Orselina, Switzerland
New Countries
Some of these hotels represent the first SLH properties bookable via Hilton in some countries. Those are:
- Debaines Hotel Santiago in Chile
- Movich Hotel Cartagena de Indias in Colombia
- Kozmo Hotel Suites & Spa in Hungary (Hungary did have BOTANIQ Castle of Tura previously, but that’s no longer available)
- Grand Palace Hotel Riga in Latvia
- NARUTIS Hotel in Lithuania
- Nobu Hotel Warsaw in Poland
Booking Tips
If you click through to any of these properties and see that the hotel is sold out, try adjusting your length of stay because sometimes SLH properties have a minimum stay requirement of two or more nights.
Similarly, during past rollouts such as this we sometimes saw zero availability initially at new SLH properties, but with award space opening up a day or two later. If there’s a property that catches your eye, it’s therefore worth keeping an eye on it in the coming days in case it becomes bookable soon. That’s already been the case; when starting research earlier this afternoon, I wasn’t able to find availability at several properties. When checking again later this evening, there were some standard rooms available at those hotels.
With many of these hotels being boutique properties with few standard rooms being bookable with points, it’s best to book as early as you can to ensure you lock in availability.
Properties that caught my eye
With there being 31 new-to-Hilton SLH properties, there are too many to highlight here. Here are some that caught my eye though.
VISTA Palazzo Lago di Como, Italy
Nick has had a tremendous time visiting the Grand Hotel Victoria Concept & Spa on Lake Como in the last few years:
- Amazing: Grand Hotel Victoria Concept & Spa on Lake Como
- A return to the SLH Grand Hotel Victoria, a dream within a dream
He booked those stays back when SLH was bookable through the World of Hyatt program. SLH has since moved to Hilton, but thankfully that property on Lake Como is now available via Hilton too (not all hotels that are part of SLH are currently bookable via Hilton).
With this latest batch of additions, there’s now another SLH property on Lake Como – VISTA Palazzo Lago di Como. Unsurprisingly, it’s priced at 150,000 Hilton Honors points per night if you can find standard award availability. That’s steep, but you can also book the hotel using Hilton free night certificates.
Hopefully Nick ends up booking a stay at the Lake Como property too so that he can compare the two for us.
Villa Haven Resort Maldives
Last July, Hilton added three SLH locations in the Maldives. This latest batch adds another one – Villa Haven Resort Maldives.
A Beach Pool Villa is the standard room type available and costs 130,000 points per night. Other room types are exponentially more expensive, starting at almost 2 million points per night for the dates I looked at. The Beach Pool Villa comes with a terrace, its own plunge pool and an exclusive stretch of beach.
It looks like this is a brand new property – not just new to Hilton – so it’ll be interesting to see how it compares to other resorts in the Maldives.
LN Hotel Five, China
LN Hotel Five is a hotel in the arts district of Guangzhou. While it isn’t necessarily the most luxurious-looking hotel on this list, it is available from 25,000 points per night which is among the cheapest award pricing out there for SLH locations.
Namia River Retreat, Vietnam
I enjoyed my super-brief stay in Ho Chi Minh City during the Million Mile Madness challenge, so I’m keen to return to Vietnam to see more of the country.
There was already an SLH property in Vietnam – The Anam Mui Ne – and another hotel called Namia River Retreat has been added. It looks like a beautifully-designed property on the river in Hoi An. Standard rooms are one bedroom villas with a sunken bath and a terrace with a pool and cost 90,000 points per night. On the dates I checked, rates were $800 per night, so that’s excellent value on a cents per point (cpp) basis.
When booking a stay directly, the Namia River Retreat’s own website states that you get the following:
A 90-minute daily wellness journey is included for every person every night of your stay. Comprising a 30-minute herbal steam (hammam) and a 60-minute traditional therapy.
It’s not clear if that benefit is extended to people who book via Hilton channels. I suspect they would, so this SLH property sounds like a wonderful place if you’re looking for a truly relaxing getaway.
Severin’s – The Alpine Retreat, Austria
I’m not a skier, but if I was I might be tempted by this new SLH resort in Austria.
Availability is hard to come by at the moment, but I found a three night period from March 4-7 where a standard room is available.
The standard room is in fact a Junior Suite which costs 150,000 points per night. In addition to having a sitting area, there’s a terrace or balcony with mountain views.
Question
Which of these new properties caught your eye? Or have you stayed at any of these hotels in the past? Let us know in the comments below.
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What is your definition of newly added? I made reservations at Severin’s The Alpine Retreat before Christmas and just completed my stay Valentine’s Day weekend.
Not to put Stephen on the spot, but an article he posted yesterday was also riddled with inaccuracies. I hope you get your stuff together because I generally enjoy reading stuff from the FM website.
Verona, Italy is gorgeous and the Vista Palazzo is in a great location in the center of the city. Would definitely recommend as a stopover between Milan or Lake Como and Venice.
Nice addition by Hilton. I still can’t believe that Hyatt screwed up enough to lose SLH.
There are a number of interesting hotels for sure including Lake Como. The value proposition can vary a lot so hopefully people do a little homework. The above listed place in Bali looks quite nice. It reminds me of where my wife and are staying in Ubud for about $120 a night although the place in Bali has a larger pool. The Desa Hay runs about four times that.
$800 a night or equivalent in points in Hoi An is insanity. I just stayed in Danang for $500 for 30 days.
IC Danang isn’t far behind. I too stayed in Hoi An for $20/night before going to the IC. However, it was worth the splurge (not that I paid the cash rate) and I cannot overstate how much I loved the splendid luxury and tranquility.
Awesome. A quick search suggests people prefer Grand Victoria over VISTA Palazzo. Losing Orselina sucks tho.