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After a 2-night stay including breakfast at JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead for $71, I made my way by MARTA train and public bus to Marriott Atlanta Century Center/Emory Area for a $23 hotel stay. Both of these hotel stays were booked using free stay certificates I won in the 2017 Marriott Omaha Business Council auction…
Sopot Marriott Resort & Spa, Poland is a category 5 hotel where we redeemed our winter MegaBonus free night earned from stays at Moxy London Stratford and AC Bella Sky Copenhagen during last December’s trip to Europe. The $300 room night at a beach resort in summer made a good value Marriott Rewards redemption based…
Africa makes Marriott and Starwood news with two recent developments. Sheraton Bamako Hotel opens in Mali at SPG category 5 reward nights. Bamako is the capital city of Mali on the Niger River and largest population center with 1.8 million residents. Mali is also where you find the ancient city of Timbuktu. I wanted to…
Marriott Irvine Spectrum is the first new build full-service hotel in the chain to open in Orange County in the past decade. The 271 room property, including 50 suites, held its grand opening reception this week on March 27, following its soft opening last month. Hive & Honey is the rooftop bar of the 15-story…
Some of the best deals I see this week in hotels are room rate discounts across Europe with Accor, Club Carlson and Hilton. Kimpton, Marriott and Starwood have sales on the USA home front. January is a tough month for promotions with Marriott Rewards in between MegaBonus offers Jan 16-31. Club Carlson has no new…
Do hotel chain mergers like Marriott International acquiring Starwood Hotels have far less impact on the combined loyalty program benefits compared to mergers between airlines like American and US Airways or United and Continental? New York Times published Merger Mania in Hospitality Raises Competition Concerns by Martha C. White last week on Dec. 7, 2015.…
Yesterday I created a list of hotel brands in major loyalty programs categorized by market segment from luxury, upper upscale, upscale, upper midscale, midscale and economy. The data came from 2015 STR Global Chain Scale rankings of hotel brands based on average daily rate. An important piece of data missing from my list is what…
Marriott Hotels has partnered with NetFlix to offer on-demand access for guests who can use the NetFlix app to log into their accounts or subscribe to NetFlix from the hotel room. The program is currently available in six hotels, with six more hotels plan to go online soon. NetFlix programming applies specifically to the Marriott…
Hotelwifitest.com published some results yesterday from their report Hotel Wifi Test ranks hotel chains. I discussed the global results in this post today: Loyalty Traveler – HotelWifiTest ranks hotel brands by WiFi quality. One of the main findings of the report is a hotel brand’s hotels in the USA often perform far less adequately that…
Marriott Traveler is a new site of curated material with local insight and tips on where to go for food, drink and entertainment, what to do for activities and relaxation, and where people are finding the clothing they are wearing. Marriott Traveler launches with new Orleans travel tips. Articles are categorized by headings of culture,…
