Originally Posted by
CJKatl
My thought is that the rate has been negotiated for both the customer's own employees and those who come into town to do business with the company, making it less expensive to do business with the company.
I would think that this depends on the rate and the rules of usage for that rate that Marriott and the company negotiated. If the hotel negotiates a rate and agrees that it will be only for its own employees, then that is the rules. If the company, its employees, its vendors, or customers have issues, then shouldn't they be talking to the company to negotiate a rate that all could use? (BTW, I have no idea what, if any, the difference in price, # of beds/nights, etc would be by negotiating employees only, versus others using a rate.)