Thanks for the update, ajamieson, as I'm headed to this property next month with my family for a couple of nights -- albeit as a lowly gold.

Glad to hear that you got renovated rooms. That's been a pretty constant complaint about this property. We'll see if I get lucky, too.

Did you take a taxi from the airport? Was that pretty straightforward? Do you remember the approximate cost? And what about transport into the old city?

I'm used to bellmen snatching my bags upon arrival at luxury hotels in "third world" countries. I rarely need the help, and would probably prefer to wheel my rollerboard, but I simply "play along" because, well, why not? I presume bags are in safe hands at a Le Meridien. Although this is my first trip to Morocco, I understand that everyone plies you with mint tea. It would be a complimentary welcome drink, right?

BTW, my earlier posts indicated that I had booked the C&P rate. It's a good rate, but after emailing the hotel, I found out that it did not include breakfast -- and that breakfast is $24/ per person! Since all their other rates DO include breakfast, like you, I simply switched to a cheap promo deal. But I noticed that not all nights are cheap, so you have to get a bit lucky. We're driving out of Marrakech for the desert and then returning for a night before flying out: I thought of also booking that last night at the N'Fis, but the rate was extremely high. We're trying the Terres M'barka instead (car necessary there).