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Old May 18, 2007 | 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by trekkie
I had a look at the website and can probably guess what the mindset of mary kearney is. You have to point out that despite the Sheraton logo being on the website, it is NOT a starwood.com/sheraton.com website even though the vendor has permission to use sheraton's logo.
That is clearly the point. The agents sees the "brand" and understand it as a "Starwood branded website". Though, this specifc agent does not understand that the T&Cs is legal language and uses a defined term (with capital letter: "Starwood-branded Websites"). And the definition refers to Sheraton.com, Westin.com, StRegis.com, Whotels.com, LeMeridien.com, FourPoints.com, LuxuryCollection.com, SPG.com, and Starwood.com ("Starwood-branded Websites"). For me it is crystal clear.
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