Starwood Hotels announced today a December 2 Instant Happiness giveaways and a grand prize of 225,000 points on Cyber Monday. In addition to the giveaways is a CyberMonday sale launch Monday, November 25 to Friday, December 6, 2013 for more than 500 hotels in the Americas at up to 40% off.

Starwood rate discounts are often based on prepaid, nonrefundable bookings. No details yet on the booking conditions for these Cyber Monday hotel rate discounts.

Starwood Cyber Monday sale provides savings for stays:

• November 25, 2013 and January 26, 2014 at participating hotels,
• November 25, 2013 and April 27, 2014 at participating resorts.
• All of Starwood’s nine lifestyle brands are participating, including Westin, Sheraton, W Hotels, Le Méridien and Aloft.

To browse and book, and for full terms and conditions, visit www.starwoodhotels.com/cybermonday starting November 25. All of Starwood’s nine lifestyle brands are participating, including Westin, Sheraton, W Hotels, Le Méridien and Aloft.

Loyalty Traveler note: The website is stated to open Monday, November 25. For now, five days early, the link goes to SPG promo pages like Starpicks (now defunct) and Birth Year discount rate offers. SPG Hot Escapes were released today for this week’s discount rates at about 80 hotels for bookings made by Saturday, Nov 23. http://www.spghotescapes.com/all

Sample CyberMonday Savings:

• Sheraton Kauai Resort from $169 per night,
• The Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort & Spa from $79 per night,
• The Westin St. John Resort & Villas from $190 per night,
• The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa from $169 per night,
• The Westin Snowmass Resort from $129 per night,
• Sheraton New Orleans Hotel from $87 per night,
• Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers from $95 per night,
• W New York from $199 per night
• The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square from $159 per night.

Cyber Monday Instant Happiness Sweepstakes.

On December 2, fans are invited to engage with Starwood on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/starwoodhotelstravelexclusives to ‘shake the snow globe’ for the chance to win instantly.

67 prizes will be awarded on Cyber Monday consisting of three to five night stays at hotels and resorts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Included among the Instant Happiness prizes:

— five night stay at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood,
Florida;
— four nights at The Westin Resort & Spa, Puerto Vallarta;
— three nights at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa in Hawaii;
— three night experience at The St. Regis Bahia Beach Resort in Puerto Rico,
— three nights at the W Austin in Texas;
— three nights at the Aloft Chicago City Center
— five nights at The Westin Resort & Spa, Whistler, British Columbia.

Starwood Instant Happiness on Monday, December 2.

Grand Prize = 225,000 SPG Starpoints

By participating in the Instant Happiness Sweepstakes, Facebook fans are entered for the chance to win a grand prize of 225,000 Starwood Preferred Guest Starpoints(R). Residents of the U.S. and Canada are eligible except for residents of Quebec.

Full terms and conditions of the giveaway will be available on December 2 at www.facebook.com/starwoodhotelstravelexclusives.

There is no mention of Instant Happiness on the Starwood Facebook page at time of writing this post.

Starwood Hotels Travel Exclusives Facebook page will host Instant happiness CyberMonday, December 2, 2013 with hotel stay prizes and points giveaways.

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Ric Garrido of Monterey, California is writer and owner of Loyalty Traveler.

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