Starwood has announced its latest promotion on their website: “It’s almost “two” good. With the SPG Take Two promotion, you’ll earn double Starpoints® on all eligible stays from September 1 through December 15, 2013 — with no limits. Plus, you’ll get 2,500 bonus Starpoints for every five eligible nights you stay — up to 10,000 bonus Starpoints and 20 nights. The earnings are endless at over 1,000 participating Starwood hotels and resorts worldwide. Any takers? Registration opens at the end of August.”
You can text TAKE2 to 44264 in the U.S. or447950080934 in the U.K. and Starwood will send you a message when registration starts in a few weeks.
This promotion isn’t as good as some other promotions Starwood has had in the past, however, depending on how many points you earn, it can certainly add up to a nice bonus!
There are a lot of hotels that are not participating in this promotion. Here’s a list of non-participating hotels (refer to the website for final list as things may change)
AUSTRIA
- Four Points by Sheraton Panoramahaus Dornbirn
BANGLADESH
- The Westin Dhaka
BRAZIL
- Four Points by Sheraton Curitiba
- Sheraton São Paulo WTC Hotel
- Sheraton Vitoria Hotel
BULGARIA
- Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Sofia
CANADA
- Four Points by Sheraton Mississauga Meadowvale, Ontario
- The Westin Prince, Toronto, Ontario
CHINA
- Aloft Beijing, Haidian, Beijing
- Aloft Nanhai, Foshan, Guangdong, Beijing
- Four Points By Sheraton Beijing, Haidian Hotel and Serviced Apartments, Beijing
- Four Points by Sheraton Taizhou, Yuhuan, Zhejiang
- Sheraton Changzhou Wujin Hotel, Jiangsu
- Sheraton Dongguan Hotel, Guangdong
- Sheraton Shunde Hotel, Foshan, Guangdong
- Sheraton Zhongshan Hotel, Guangdong
- The Westin Nanjing, Jiangsu
- The Westin Pazhou, Guangzhou, Guangdong
COLOMBIA
- Four Points by Sheraton Cali
- Four Points by Sheraton Medellin
- Sheraton Bogota Hotel
EGYPT
- Le Méridien Dahab Resort
- Sheraton Soma Bay Resort, Red Sea
EL SALVADOR
- Sheraton Presidente San Salvador Hotel
ETHIOPIA
- Sheraton Addis, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Addis Ababa
GERMANY
- Le Méridien Munich
- Le Méridien Stuttgart
- Sheraton Essen Hotel
- Sheraton Hanover Pelikan Hotel
- The Westin Bellevue, Dresden
- The Westin Leipzig
INDIA
- Aloft Bengaluru Whitefield, Karnataka
- Le Méridien Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
- Le Méridien New Delhi, New Delhi
- The Westin Pune Koregaon Park, Maharashtra
- The Westin Mumbai, Garden City, Maharashtra
INDONESIA
- Le Méridien Jakarta
IRELAND
- Westin Dublin Hotel
ITALY
- Hotel Eden, Rome
- Hotel Excelsior, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Naples
- Le Méridien Rimini
JAPAN
- Sheraton Miyako Hotel, Tokyo
- The Westin Osaka
- The Westin Nagoya Castle
JORDAN
- Sheraton Amman Al Nabil Hotel
SOUTH KOREA
- The Westin Chosun, Seoul
LITHUANIA
- Le Méridien Vilnius
MACAU
- The Westin Resort, Macau
MALAYSIA
- Four Points by Sheraton Kuching
MEXICO
- Sheraton Ambassador Hotel, Monterrey
MOROCCO
- Le Royal Mansour Méridien, Casablanca
PAKISTAN
- Sheraton Karachi Hotel
PANAMA
- The Westin Panama, Panama City
SAUDI ARABIA
- Sheraton Riyadh Hotel & Towers
- Le Méridien Jeddah
SOUTH AFRICA
- The Westin Cape Town
SPAIN
- Castillo Hotel Son Vida, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Mallorca
- Sheraton Fuerteventura Beach, Golf & Spa Resort Canary Isle
- Sheraton Mallorca Arabella Golf Hotel
- Sheraton Salobre Golf Resort and Spa, Maspalomas
- The St. Regis Mardavall Mallorca Resort
TAIWAN
- Le Méridien Taipe
- Sheraton Hsinchu Hotel, Taiwan, Zhubei City
THAILAND
- Plaza Athénée Bangkok, A Royal Méridien Hotel
TURKEY
- Sheraton Ankara Hotel & Convention Center
- Sheraton Cesme Hotel, Resort & Spa, Izmir
- Sheraton Istanbul Ataköy Hotel
- Sheraton Istanbul Maslak Hotel
UNITED ARAB EMARITES
- Grosvenor House, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Dubai
- Le Méridien Dubai
- Le Méridien Fairway, Dubai
- Le Méridien Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina, Dubai
- Le Royal Méridien Resorts & Spa, Dubai
- Sheraton Dubai Creek Hotel & Towers
- The Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina
UNITED KINGDOM
- The Park Lane Hotel, London, England
- Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh, Scotland
- The Lanesborough, a St. Regis Hotel, London, England
UNITED STATES
California
- Four Points by Sheraton San Jose Downton
- Le Méridien San Francisco
- Le Parker Méridien Palm Springs
- Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, San Francisco
- Sheraton Anaheim Hotel
- Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel
- Sheraton San Jose Hotel, Milpitas
- Sheraton Sunnyvale Hotel
- The St. Regis San Francisco
- The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles
- The Westin Monache Resort, Mammoth, Mammoth Lakes
- The Westin Sacramento
- The Westin San Francisco Market Street
- The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square
- W San Francisco
Colorado
- Element Denver Park Meadows, Lone Tree
- The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa at Beaver Creek Mountain, Avon
Florida
- Four Points by Sheraton Tallahassee Downtown
- Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Airport & Cruise Port Hotel, Dania
- Walt Disney World Dolphin, Lake Buena Vista
- Walt Disney World Swan, Lake Buena Vista
Georgia
- The St. Regis Atlanta
Illinois
- Four Points by Sheraton Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile
- Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
- The Westin Chicago River North
- The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center
- Tremont Hotel Chicago
- W Chicago-City Center
- The Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago
Louisiana
- Sheraton Metairie – New Orleans Hotel
- The Westin New Orleans Canal Place
Massachusetts
- Le Méridien Cambridge-MIT
- Sheraton Boston Hotel
- The Liberty, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Boston
- W Boston
- The Westin Boston Waterfront
- The Westin Copley Place, Boston
Minnesota
- The Westin Minneapolis
New Jersey
- The Westin Jersey City Newport
- The Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village
- W Hoboken
New York
- Aloft New York Brooklyn
- Element New York Times Square West
- Four Points by Sheraton Midtown-Times Square, New York
- Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan Chelsea, New York
- Four Points by Sheraton Plainview Long Island
- Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan SoHo Village, New York
- Le Parker Meridien New York
- Sheraton Brooklyn New York Hotel
- The St. Regis New York
- W New York
- W New York – Downtown
- W New York Union Square, New York
North Carolina
- Aloft Asheville Downtown
- Aloft Chapel Hill
- Four Points by Sheraton Asheville Downtown
Ohio
- The Westin Cincinnati
Oregon
- The Westin Portland
Pennsylvania
- Sheraton Erie Bayfront Hotel
Tennessee
- Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville
- Sheraton Nashville Downtown Hotel
Texas
- Aloft Dallas Downtown
- Aloft Frisco
- Aloft Las Colinas, Irving
- Aloft Plano
- Four Points by Sheraton Houston Southwest
- W Austin
Washington
- Four Points by Sheraton Downtown Seattle Center
- The Westin Bellevue
VIETNAM
- Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers, Ho Chi Minh City