Update: Tuesday August 4. The website gave away 25 rooms at 9am today. I checked around 9:15  am when I saw the announcement on Twitter. I found room availability for both Thursday, August 13 and Friday, August 14. I posted on Twitter. Westin Bonaventure posted 3 minutes later all rooms gone.

I do not plan to write any more about this promotion on Loyalty Traveler. If interested follow @thebonaventure on Twitter.

5 more rooms to be given out at 10am Tuesday on Twitter.

Update Monday August 3,  9 am: Fooled again. The time is 10am Tuesday according to @thebonaventure tweet.

“Look alive, LA! #U.O.Me returns at 10am Tues. Giving away rooms for Sun. Aug 9-Thurs, Aug. 13. Six rooms every night. “

This is a reminder for the Westin Bonaventure, Los Angeles free night giveaway in case you missed or just plain forgot last week’s post .

Try for a free room through Twitter or online at the hotel’s website Monday morning at 9am PDT.

I think booking online is the easier route myself since you can easily tell if the rate is available as it shows up as $0.01. Otherwise, wait to see if you win the Twitter race to be in the first ten responders.

Hilton Hotels has extended the reservation dates for their international hotels 2-for-1 sale to include weekends in September. The booking date remains unchanged at August 17 for special offer rates good for any night of the week to August 31 or weekend nights (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday) thru September 27, 2009. This special offer is valid at participating hotels in Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, and Pacific. The rate includes free breakfast and late checkout, up to 6pm where available. This special offer requires a prepaid, no changes, nonrefundable booking.

Analysis and details and of this promotion were covered in this June 24 Loyalty Traveler post.

The animated Hilton Hotels Asia-Pacific website for this sale is worth checking out just to watch the rubber duckies bob in the tub and squeak. I had the catchy musical tune playing in my head all day.

Europe, Middle East, Africa hotel locations

Asia-Pacific 2 for 1 offer

InterContinental Hotels Group is starting a three day sale for select hotels in Japan beginning at 00:00 hours Wednesday, August 5 Japan Time and lasting for 72 hours. The time zone differential means this sale begins 7:00am Tuesday morning for those of us in the USA Pacific time zone or 10:00am Tuesday morning for east coasters.

Sale rates are advertised as 50% off Best Flexible Rate for stays from August 9 – September 30. These rates are prepaid, nonrefundable and do not allow changes. These rates are eligible for points or miles.

Great Japan 72 hour sale Special Offer link.

Participating Hotels

1.       ANA InterContinental Tokyo, The Strings by InterContinental,

2.       InterContinental Tokyo Bay, InterContinental Yokohama Grand,

3.       ANA InterContinental Manza Beach and Resort,

4.       ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort

5.       ANA Crowne Plaza Chitose, ANA Crowne Plaza Niigata,

6.       ANA Crowne Plaza Toyama, ANA Crowne Plaza Kanazawa,

7.       ANA Crowne Plaza Narita, ANA Crowne Plaza Osaka

8.       ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima, ANA Crowne Plaza Fukuoka,

9.       Okinawa Harborview Crowne Plaza, Crowne Plaza Kobe

10.   Holiday Inn Sendai

11.   Holiday Inn Express Shin-Kobe

12.   ANA Hotel Wakkanai

13.   ANA Hotel Sapporo

14.   ANA Gate Tower Hotel Osaka

15.   ANA Hotel Okayama

InterContinental Hotels