Originally Posted by
SueDonJ
Not sure this is correct - the timeshare division was spun off (to Marriott Vacations Worldwide) but they still pay a license fee to Marriott for use of the name as well as management services. Isn't that similar to the set-up with the majority of the hotels, that they're not owned by Marriott but managed by it?
At the timeshares most of them have gone to limited newspaper delivery. You probably won't get it if you're staying on your owned week/DC points or on an exchange, but if you're staying on cash/MR points then you probably will. Like others have said, newspapers are still available somewhere onsite - at the check-in area, near the elevators in each building, at the MarketPlaces, etc. That's what we're seeing recently, anyway.
Let me try to make this clearer - MVCI was spun off to a new company which manages all of the MVCI properties, they pay a license fee to Marriott International to use their name but they are no longer a part of MI, both companies are public with their own boards and management teams....MI does not manage any of MVCI's properties (MVCI is now considered a franchisee)...the TS Boards have hired MVCI to manage their resorts on their behalf not MI