Originally Posted by
eternaltransit
My understanding is the category assigned to a property is linked to the amount of points bookings. So Marriott's best values are in the areas where the least tourism occurs. A currency drop will make a points value less attractive so may lower the number of bookings, I suspect Zika has softened points bookings going forward. I noticed that no changes in South Africa even though their currency has been falling over the last year or so.