Originally Posted by aaupgrade

50 weeks out at midnight eastern time on Saturday night the next week of inventory is released. So the next week of inventory will be loaded in 1 hour an 15 minutes from the time I made this post. While 99% of hotels adhere to this routine, there are some exceptions like, FOR EXAMPLE, conference hotels who withhold all inventory until pending contracts are finalized. Also if it is a special event, the hotel may have a corporate approved exception for the special event. In that case no AWARD inventory would be available. I don't know if Cherry Blossoms in Japan would be a special event, but if it was, the hotel(s) would need it approved by Corporate Marriott.