Originally Posted by
Xeno
Please update your post as I am going to Rio next month and trying to decide on which hotel to use for relatively short stays.
I tried to reserve a Rio Sheraton this morning on Marriott web but when it sent me to the old SPG web that web refused to accept my Marriott number which I cannot change.
The IT issue you've had with the reservation is probably due to the poor IT integration between Marriott and SPG.
As for the supposed reflagging, I think it's much more likely to have been a reporter confused by the whole merger. I can hardly imagine the logic in reflagging an "iconic" property like the Sheraton in Rio.