Hey everyone welcome back to talking points. This is your host Brian Kelly

the points guy and today we're talking to the head of loyalty at Hilton to find out what you can expect from honors and the Hilton brand in 2019.

After, you'll definitely want to stick around for TPG senior writer Darren Murph to hear the best

ways to redeem your Hilton points and how elite status compares to other loyalty

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points guy.com slash advertising. Today we have an exciting guest from the

hotel industry and he probably has the longest title of

anyone that I've ever interviewed. We've got Mark Weinstein who is the

SVP and global head of customer engagement, loyalty, and partnerships at Hilton.

Thanks for joining us, Mark.

Thanks for having me, Brian.

You can call me the honors guy today.

Let's talk about your career at Hilton and what got you to this point.

Absolutely.

Well, I've been in Hilton about eight years, a little over eight years, came out of consulting.

I grew up in Pennsylvania and I had a father who was a business traveler and so I got the bug really

early on.

It was just a once a lifetime opportunity to come to Hilton.

How do you describe the Hilton brand today? You know, it's hard to encapsulate into one, but if you could describe to someone who's unfamiliar with Hilton, how would you describe it as a brand?

Yeah, look, the portfolio itself, and it's more than just one hotel brand as you know, but it's a pioneering scrappy, gritty

organization that is always trying to figure out new ways to engage with travelers.

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