Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
So a place becomes a convention hotel if it's ever in its history been booked by an event planner or it becomes a convention hotel during the period that it's booked by some organizer/planner in connection with a convention? If one uses the second definition, does this affect the individual traveler who might have the misfortune to stay at one of these places during an event in which the person is not participating? In other words, one would need to contact every hotel to ask them about their event schedule in order to verify that the late checkout "guarantee" applies?
Not totally, but this link shows that Marriott has 100 properties that crop up on the Convention-Resort Network:
"Marriott’s Convention & Resort Network is a collection of 100 of the largest convention and resort hotels across the Americas that have united to deliver excellent, seamless meetings year after year. Our world-class convention hotels are dedicated to providing the ultimate meeting experience for attendees"
Marriott properties:
http://www.marriott.com/convention-r...-all-hotels.mi
and this link brings up SPG properties:
http://meetings.spg.com/promo/crn/
I think properties would have a harder time saying they're a convention hotel if they're not listed on the convention network.
Cheers.