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Back in July, Hilton confirmed the rumors that had been circulating for some time when it announced that it would be adding almost 400 SLH properties (Small Luxury Hotels of the World) to the Hilton Honors program and that in time, all these properties would be bookable via Hilton.com.
Well, we’re now told that today, 17 September 2024, will see the start of the final 102 SLH properties being added to Hilton’s booking channels with all ~400 SLH properties expected to be bookable through Hilton for stays commencing 23 September 2024.
Example additions
In this latest (and final) batch of additions, these are the properties that Hilton is highlighting and the text appended to them is straight from the PR release.
Grace La Margna St Moritz, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Lovingly restored to its Art Nouveau splendour, the Grace La Margna St Moritz offers boutique luxury at new heights. Enjoy contemporary rooms with handmade Swiss king-sized beds and panoramic mountain views, while celebrated artists’ work adds to the visual feast. After cocktails at N/5 – The Bar, indulge in Mediterranean cuisine on the terrace or unwind in the spa, while younger guests enjoy the fun Kids Club.
The Atlantic Hotel, St Brelade, Jersey
Set in ten acres of private gardens overlooking St Ouen’s Bay, The Atlantic Hotel offers a picturesque coastal hideaway on Jersey’s coastline. Guests can enjoy modern bedrooms with ocean views, an outdoor pool, and the Palm Club’s gym, saunas, and indoor pool. In the evening, indulge in a celebrated tasting menu at the fine dining restaurant, using the finest local produce.
Hacienda Zorita Wine Hotel & Spa, Salamanca, Spain
Hacienda Zorita Wine Hotel & Spa, a former 14th-century monastery overlooking the River Tormes, offers a blissful retreat surrounded by vineyards in the Duero Valley. Guests enjoy gourmet dining, a vinotherapy spa, wine tasting in the cellars, and historic charm with 16th-century art in the chapel. The 40 rooms and suites feature original stone walls and oak beams, with some offering river-view balconies, and specialties like olive oil, local cheese, and pata negra are produced on the estate.
Rawah Ranch, Glendevy, Colorado, United States
Rawah Ranch offers a true Wild West experience in Northern Colorado’s rugged Laramie River Valley, with historic cabins and a stunning mountain backdrop. Guests can enjoy cozy wooden cabins, complete with handpicked furnishings that evoke the region’s indigenous and frontier past. After a day of adventure, relax by the fire with a Colorado Gin Fizz and feast on hearty meals like wild boar or roast salmon.
Related: Now live – Hilton’s final big promotion for 2024 (register now)
Quick thoughts
At the time of writing, only one of the properties that Hilton is highlighting has been added to the booking engine (this probably has something to do with the fact that we’ve been given early notice of this news), but what we can see looks promising.
The Atlantic Hotel on the island of Jersey seems to get pretty decent reviews on Tripadvisor (for what that’s worth) and room rates seem to range from ~$190 in low season to $440+ (including taxes) in high season.
For July 2025 (high season), these are the nightly cash rates that Hilton is showing:
And this is how much award bookings would cost on the same nights:
Every night is set to 50,000 points which means that during high season months such as this one, it should be possible to get between ~0.9 cents and ~1.1 cents of value out of each point used and considering Hilton will frequently sell points at just 0.5 cents each, that looks like a very good deal.
Interestingly, the converse is true for low season bookings because it doesn’t look like dynamic pricing is in play here. Irrespective of which month we check, all dates that show award availability will cost 50,000 points/night, so while this would be a great property at which to redeem points in high season, it would be a bad property at which to redeem points when rooms rates are at their lows.
Searches in other parts of the world also appear to show that a set nightly points cost is being used (rather than dynamic pricing) when standard rooms are available at SLH properties that are bookable through Hilton*, and this suggests that these are properties at which it should be relatively easy to get good (possibly great) value out of Hilton Honors points.
Further examples:
Hotel Lord Byron, an SLH Hotel (Rome, Italy) – 0.70 cents/point
Dukes London, an SLH Hotel – 0.77 cents/point
BoHo Prague Hotel, an SLH Hotel – 0.9 cents/point
*Apologies if this is already well known, but this is news to us (probably because we lost a lot of interest in SLH properties when the Hyatt relationship ended).
Related: Buy Hilton Points and get 5 nights in the Maldives for $2,400 (targeted & ends 24 September)
Bottom line
Starting today and continuing for a week, Hilton will be adding the remaining 102 SLH properties that will be joining the Hilton Honors program to its booking engine, so by 23 September 2024, all of the ~400 SLH properties that we were told would be joining Hilton should be bookable.
